2025 Georgia Codes – Page 7

(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term “powdered alcohol” means a powdered or crystalline sub-
stance that contains any amount of alcohol for direct use or reconstitution.
(b)(1) No person shall manufacture, use, offer for use, purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer to sell, or pos-
sess powdered alcohol.
(2) No person licensed or issued a permit pursuant to this title shall use powdered alcohol as an alcoholic
beverage or use powdered alcohol to create an alcoholic beverage.
(c) This Code section shall not apply to the use of powdered alcohol for bona fide research purposes by a:
(1) Health care provider that operates primarily for the purpose of conducting scientific research;
(2) State institution;
(3) Private college or university; or
(4) Pharmaceutical or biotechnology company.
(d) Any person convicted of a violation of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(e) Any violation of this Code section by a person licensed or issued a permit pursuant to this title shall con-
stitute grounds for the suspension and revocation of any and all of such licenses and permits issued to such
person.
Title 4
Animals
Chapter 3
Livestock Running at Large

Any owner of livestock who intentionally or knowingly permits the same to run at large or stray upon the
public roads of this state or any property not belonging to the owner of the livestock unless by permission
of the owner of such property, or any person who shall release livestock, after being impounded, without
authority of the impounder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding $500.00, or by both
fine and imprisonment.
Title 16
Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 1
Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions