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Georgia laws

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poccodiablo

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I'm looking at relocating to Georgia and North Carolina,Washington, Arizona, Florida, and Texas for work. What are the laws regarding keeping corns in these states? I thought I read somewhere that its illegal in Georgia to keep corns. If so then I'll leave my guy here in Saskatoon with a babysitter till I get back. I'm doing 3month stints in different states working on highway wieght stations, so I'd be in Georgia for only 3 months.

Jeff Robertson
 
The problem that I see here is for you to get the snake from Canada to US. Cause you can't just ship or bring your animal on the plane. You'll need a licence and vet checked your animal before you can put it on board.......unless you have eveything prepared it is not wise to do anything other than that. Besides if you can get a snake sitter for your snakes then it is better to do so since getting the licence and the vet checked is quite expensive

hope everything works well for you
 
I just found the Georgia site

Oh my god.. Mabey I'll avoid Georgia all together. Seems all snakes are illegal there (Corns,Hognose,Kings,Milks,Rats). Damn.. sucks to live there.

Jeff Robertson
 
Well, we TX doesn't have any native corns, but there are some really nice native species. What part of the state were you looking at?
 
Just got the final word

I'm working in Georgia,Florida,Tennese,Alabama,& Kentuky. This is going to be cool to work where corns live. Its almost a dream come true.

Jeff Robertson.
 
Here in North Carolina and in South Carolina, the only thing you need is a permit for venomus(SP) and crocidilian anilmals. Other than that, that is about it.
 
There is a few sites

I found this site which pretty much states that anything thing that crawls on Georgian soil is illegal to keep as pets.
http://grare.org/legal/state/ga/dnrcomp.html
Which sucks because I'm moving there for the next year or so. : ( I so wanted to bring my little guy with me but its illegal to keep him, so I have to find him a new home.

Jeff Robertson
 
Yeah, georgia's laws are backwards. A simple corn snake is illegal, but you can capture and keep all the rattlesnakes you want without a permit.
 
Texas corn snakes

I thought that some cornsnakes were infact native to texas because some are native to Northeastern Mexico
 
Both Georgia and New Jersey have laws banning the ownership of cornsnakes (and lots and lots and lots of other species). Stay away from these states!!!!
 
Hmmm

Does anyone know anybody (even a friend of a friend) that has had the Ga. laws affect their keeping of reptiles? I've sold many a corn to a fella in Georgia. Not that I'm an "outlaw" but it's a pretty arcane system. I kept eastern indigos for years and was prepared to call them black milks should my lack of a permit ever cause issue. I'm involved in a herp society and get calls for rescue, etc. so I am probably too high profile now and would get neccessary permits, but the average Joe six-pack could call any animal anything and no one would be the wiser. Not that I'm suggesting lying...
I wish we herpers would all flood the mailboxes of representatives of these states. I've sent my share, but with no network like we have with the Internet.
Pocco, PM me if you'd like. But I wouldn't sweat getting "busted" in your temporary housing with a cornsnake. Just my 2 cents...
 
elrojo said:
Does anyone know anybody (even a friend of a friend) that has had the Ga. laws affect their keeping of reptiles? I've sold many a corn to a fella in Georgia. Not that I'm an "outlaw" but it's a pretty arcane system. I kept eastern indigos for years and was prepared to call them black milks should my lack of a permit ever cause issue. I'm involved in a herp society and get calls for rescue, etc. so I am probably too high profile now and would get neccessary permits, but the average Joe six-pack could call any animal anything and no one would be the wiser. Not that I'm suggesting lying...
I wish we herpers would all flood the mailboxes of representatives of these states. I've sent my share, but with no network like we have with the Internet.
Pocco, PM me if you'd like. But I wouldn't sweat getting "busted" in your temporary housing with a cornsnake. Just my 2 cents...
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Hey,
There are many people in Georgia who keep pet corn snakes. I've seen snakes on the "can't keep" list for sale in pet stores. I've never heard of anyone having a problem...though, it seems likely that someone, sometime, has run into some sort of minor problem over keeping one of these snakes.

I kept corn snakes for about 20 years in South Georgia. Lots of people including police, professors, and pets stores knew about it. Perhaps the rules against keeping these snakes are just not enforced?
 
poccodiablo said:
I'm looking at relocating to Georgia and North Carolina,Washington, Arizona, Florida, and Texas for work. What are the laws regarding keeping corns in these states? I thought I read somewhere that its illegal in Georgia to keep corns. If so then I'll leave my guy here in Saskatoon with a babysitter till I get back. I'm doing 3month stints in different states working on highway wieght stations, so I'd be in Georgia for only 3 months.

Jeff Robertson
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Arizona is great for keeping reptiles, we can even keep, breed and give away our native species, even "hot" species like rattlesnakes. We just cannot ask for money or trades for our native herps, they must be gifted away. Check out AZ Game and Fish for specific laws http://www.gf.state.az.us/ and our local herp club which has a great forum and herp info http://www.sloanmonster.com/index.php

While we don't have local corns to go out and find there are a few people that breed them here. We have a great warm climate, perfect for field herping our native species most of the year. Our local herp club is great if you are into meeting like minded herp people. Come on over, we love more snake people here!

Silvia :wavey:
 
Corns in Georgia.....

We moved to Savannah, GA in July....mostly we keep and breed boa constrictor ssp. and morphs, but we are also working with a small number of corns. Of all the snakes I've kept....corns are the last one I thought would ever get me in trouble. I've spoken with Fish and Wildlife, and the Dept. of Natural Resources. I've corresponded with the Director of special permits....it is VERY difficult to get a permit from my experience...and possesion comes with a $1000 fine PER VIOLATION. Suddenly my Corn Snake population doesn't seem so small. BTW - This is just one of the many examples of rampant ignorance in the south. If anyone knows anyone with a permit that would be willing to share their experience with me...please put them in touch...

What town will you be living in Jeff?

Chris Olson
 
here in illinois it's illegal to keep great plains rat snakes without a permit, but i've seen them sold as Emory's Ratsnakes and Western Cornsnakes in pet shops. if anyone asks, couldn't you just say it's a great plains ratsnake - unless they're illegal in georgia too.
 
Being a native georgian. That kinda of surprises me that keeping a Captive Bred snake would be illegal. In GA it is illegal to molest or kill any non-venomus snake seen in the wild. The capture of such would also probably require a permit. My interpation of the law is that it is illegal to capture or keep an native animal captured as a pet. I dont feel that an Captive bred animal falls under this catagory. But to make sure i am right or wrong i have emailed a friend with The GA DNR with the question. I will post a response when i get one.
 
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