Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses

• § 43-38-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Private Detective and Security Agencies Act."
• § 43-38-2 - Declaration of Purpose
  This chapter is enacted for the purpose of safeguarding the citizens of this state by regulation of the private detective and private security businesses....
• § 43-38-3 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Board" means the Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies, a professional licensing board. (2)...
• § 43-38-4 - Creation of Board; Members; Secretary; Records; General Powers and Duties
  (a) There is created the Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies. The board shall consist of seven members, each of whom shall...
• § 43-38-5 - Licensure and Registration of Persons Practicing for One Year on July 1, 1981
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1400, § 2, effective July 1, 1987.
• § 43-38-6 - Licenses; Qualifications; Criminal Records; Fingerprints; Bond, Insurance, or Net Worth Affidavit; Display of License; Suspension; Temporary Permits; License Recognition Agreements
  (a) Any individual, firm, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation desiring to engage in the private detective or private security business in...
• § 43-38-7 - Licensing of Armed Employees; Qualifications; Continuing Education; Fingerprints; License Card; Suspension
  (a) Any employer may employ as many agents, guards, watchmen, or patrolmen as he or she deems necessary for the conduct of his or...
• § 43-38-7.1 - Registration Records of Unarmed Security Employees; Fingerprint Identification of Prospective Registrants
  (a) Any individual, firm, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in the private security business and licensed pursuant to Code Section...
• § 43-38-8 - Temporary Employees
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any person or corporation may use temporary employees for special events, provided that such temporary employment does...
• § 43-38-9 - Disposition of Applicants' Fingerprints
  (a) The board shall forward the necessary fingerprints received from each prospective licensee and registrant required to be licensed or registered by the board...
• § 43-38-10 - Permits to Carry Firearms; Proficiency Requirement; Exemption From Specified Laws; Denial, Refusal to Renew, and Suspension of Permits; Effect of License Suspension and Restoration
  (a) The board may grant a permit to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm to any person who is a license holder as...
• § 43-38-10.1 - Training Instructors and Training Programs
  (a) The board shall provide by rule and regulation for the registration of all training instructors or training programs so as to regulate all...
• § 43-38-11 - Denial, Revocation, or Sanction of Licenses and Registrations; Action by Board; Judicial Review
  (a) The board shall have the authority to refuse to grant a license or registration to an applicant therefor or to revoke the license...
• § 43-38-11.1 - Suspension of License, Registration, or Weapons Permit
  (a) After proper notification, the board may suspend the license, registration, or weapons permit of any licensee, registrant, or weapons permit holder without a...
• § 43-38-12 - Applicability of the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
  All hearings required to be conducted by the board shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure...
• § 43-38-13 - Arrest Powers of Licensees and Registrants
  Licensees or registrants under this chapter shall have the same power of arrest as that granted to a private person by Code Section 17-4-60.
• § 43-38-14 - Exceptions to Operation of Chapter; Local Regulation
  (a) This chapter shall not apply to: (1) An officer or employee of the United States of America or of this state or a...
• § 43-38-14.1 - Restrictions on Local Business Licenses
  (a) No municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state shall grant a business license to any person required to be licensed under...
• § 43-38-15 - Applicability of Chapter
  No individual, firm, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation shall engage in any activity covered by this chapter unless such individual, firm,...
• § 43-38-16 - Penalty
  Any person who engages in the private detective business or private security business or offers, pretends, or holds himself out as eligible to engage...
• § 43-38-17 - Termination
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, § 30, effective July 1, 1992.

Last modified: October 14, 2016