Any person who violates this part by failing to obtain a required permit or who intentionally defaces, injures, destroys, displaces, or removes any underwater cultural resource or portion thereof in any manner not in accordance with a permit issued by the department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 12-3-83
Prohibited acts constituting misdemeanor
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 101 F. Supp. 3d 1345 - Aqua Log, Inc. v. Lost & Abandoned Pre-Cut Logs & Rafts of Logs (2015)
Most recently applied in 94 F. Supp. 3d 1345 - Aqua Log, Inc. v. Lost & Abandoned Pre-Cut Logs & Rafts of Logs (March 2015)
— Code 1981, § 12-3-83, enacted by Ga
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