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GA Code § 43-37-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 37 - Dealers in Precious Metals and Gems|§ 43-37-3. Permanent Records Required; Content

  Every dealer in precious metals or gems shall maintain a book, in permanent form, in which shall be entered at the time of each purchase of precious metals or gems or goods made from precious metals or gems the following:   The date and time of the purchase;   The name of the person making the purchase from the seller;   The name, age, and address of the seller of the items purchased and the distinctive number from such seller's driver's license or other similar identification card containing a photo of the seller;   A clear and accurate identification and description of the purchased goods, including the serial, model, or other number, and all identifying marks inscribed thereon;   The price paid for the goods purchased;   The number of the check issued for the purchase price, if payment is made by check; and   The signature of the seller.     The permanent record book required by this Code section shall be in legible English. Entries shall appear in chronological order. No blank lines may be left between entries. No obliterations, alterations, or erasures may be made. Corrections shall be made by drawing a line of ink through the entry without destroying its legibility. The book shall be maintained for each purchase of precious metals or gems or goods made from precious metals or gems for at least two years. The book shall be open to the inspection of any duly authorized law enforcement officer during the ordinary hours of business or at any reasonable time.   Dealers exclusively engaged in buying or exchanging for merchandise scrap dental gold and silver from licensed dentists by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery may record the post office record of the mailed parcel in lieu of the seller's age and driver's license number as required in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Code section and in lieu of the seller's signature as required in paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Code section.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1570, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Reports to judge of probate court by persons purchasing native gold, gold bullion, § 12-4-120 et seq.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to subsection (c) is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Worley v. State, 201 Ga. App. 795, 412 S.E.2d 845 (1991).
GA Code § 43-37-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 37 - Dealers in Precious Metals and Gems|§ 43-37-4. Written Reports of Purchases Required; Time of Report; Form; Preservation; Accessibility

  Every dealer in precious metals or gems shall make a report in writing to the appropriate law enforcement officer of the county or municipality in which he is registered, on forms approved or prescribed by the appropriate law enforcement officer of the county or the municipality, of all precious metals or gems or goods made from precious metals or gems purchased on the day previous to the date of the report. The report shall contain the information specified in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section 43-37-3 and shall be typewritten or handwritten in legible English and mailed or delivered to the appropriate law enforcement officer of the county or the municipality within 24 hours after the day on which the transactions occurred.   All reports shall be maintained in a locked container under the direct supervision of the appropriate law enforcement officer of the county or municipality and shall be available for inspection only for law enforcement purposes.   The appropriate law enforcement officer of the county or municipality may, in his discretion, authorize any person who demonstrates theft of precious metals or gems by the presenting of an incident report or other similar document to inspect the reports in an effort to locate stolen property.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1570, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1504, §§ 3, 7.)   Cross references.   - Reports to judge of probate court by persons purchasing native gold, gold bullion, § 12-4-120 et seq.   Law reviews.   - For article surveying developments in Georgia local government law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1981).
GA Code § 43-37-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 37 - Dealers in Precious Metals and Gems|§ 43-37-5. Local Requirements

 No provision of this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or preventing a county or municipality from licensing dealers in precious metals or gems or from establishing and imposing additional requirements or qualifications on dealers in precious metals or gems.   (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1570, § 7.)
GA Code § 43-37-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 37 - Dealers in Precious Metals and Gems|§ 43-37-6. Unlawful Acts; Penalty

  It shall be unlawful for any dealer in precious metals or gems or any agent or employee of a dealer in precious metals or gems who makes purchases of precious metals or gems or of goods made from precious metals or gems to:   Make any false statement in the registration provided for in Code Section 43-37-2;   Fail to maintain and make entries in the permanent record book as required by Code Section 43-37-3;   Make any false entry in such permanent record book;   Falsify, obliterate, destroy, or remove from the place of business such permanent record book;   Refuse to allow any duly authorized law enforcement officer to inspect such permanent record book, or any precious metals or gems or goods made from precious metals or gems in his possession, during the ordinary hours of business or at any reasonable time;   Sell, exchange, or remove from the legal possession of the buyer, or to alter the form of, any precious metals or gems or goods made from precious metals or gems purchased by remounting, melting, cutting up, or otherwise altering the original form until at least seven calendar days have elapsed from the time of purchase or acquisition;   Fail to make the written report as required in Code Section 43-37-4; or   Purchase any precious metals or gems from any person under 17 years of age.     It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or transact business as a dealer in precious metals or gems without first registering pursuant to Code Section 43-37-2.   It shall be unlawful for any dealer in precious metals or gems to purchase precious metals in a melted or smelted state unless the purchase is from a registered dealer in precious metals or gems.   If the appropriate law enforcement officer of the county or municipality has probable cause to believe that precious metals or gems have been stolen, he may give notice in writing to the dealer to retain the precious metals or gems for an additional 15 days; and it shall be unlawful for the dealer to dispose of the property unless the notice is revoked in writing within the 15 day period.   Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1570, §§ 5, 6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1504, §§ 4, 8.)
GA Code § 43-37-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 37 - Dealers in Precious Metals and Gems|§ 43-37-7. Exemptions

 This chapter shall not apply to dealers exclusively engaged in the sale or exchange of numismatic coins or to transactions exclusively involving numismatic coins or other coinage.   (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1570, § 8.)
GA Code § 43-38-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|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."   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 40, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Security guard company's liability for negligent hiring, supervision, retention, or assignment of guard, 44 A.L.R.4th 620.   Actions of security service company's employee as rendering company liable under contract to protect persons or property, 83 A.L.R.4th 1150.
GA Code § 43-38-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 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. The regulation of such businesses is declared to be in the public interest; and this chapter shall be liberally construed so as to accomplish the foregoing purpose.   (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 1.)
GA Code § 43-38-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 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.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 4; Ga. L. 1986, p. 751, § 1.
GA Code § 43-38-7.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 43-38-7.1. Registration Records of Unarmed Security Employees; Fingerprint Identification of Prospective Registrants

  Any individual, firm, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in the private security business and licensed pursuant to Code Section 43-38-6 shall be required to maintain registration records of all guards, watchmen, or patrolmen who are unarmed pursuant to rules and regulations of the board. A licensee shall not be required to register such unarmed employees with the board. Unarmed employees shall be required to complete a certain number of hours of training as prescribed by the board, and a record of such training shall be maintained with the registration records of such employees.   The licensee shall forward fingerprints received from each prospective registrant to the Georgia Crime Information Center of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of criminal identification through the fingerprint system of identification established by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the fingerprint system of investigation established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.   It shall be the duty of the licensee to keep a record of all information received from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with respect to criminal identification and to cooperate with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, similar departments in other states, and the United States Department of Justice in any criminal identification system.   At such times as the board may require, fingerprint cards of registrants may be periodically reprocessed by a licensee to identify criminal convictions subsequent to registration.     (Code 1981, §43-38-7.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1400, § 7; Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 44.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Actions of security service company's employee as rendering company liable under contract to protect persons or property, 83 A.L.R.4th 1150.
GA Code § 43-38-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 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 not exceed 30 days in a calendar year and such employees do not carry firearms in connection with such employment.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 40, § 9; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 7A; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1400, § 8.)
GA Code § 43-38-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 43-38-9. Disposition of Applicants' Fingerprints

  The board shall forward the necessary fingerprints received from each prospective licensee and registrant required to be licensed or registered by the board under this chapter to the Georgia Crime Information Center or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of criminal identification through the fingerprint system of identification established by such bureau and the fingerprint system of investigation established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.   It shall be the duty of the division director to keep a record of all information received from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with respect to criminal identification and to cooperate with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, similar departments in other states, and the United States Department of Justice in any criminal identification system.   At such times as the board may require, fingerprint cards of licensees and registrants may be periodically reprocessed to identify criminal convictions subsequent to licensure or registration.    (Ga. L. 1973, p. 40, § 11; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 8; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1338, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1400, § 9; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19.)   Cross references.   - Georgia Crime Information Center generally, § 35-3-30 et seq.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Board may issue licenses and registrations prior to receiving investigation report from agencies.   - While fingerprints of applicants for licensure and registration must be forwarded to certain state and federal agencies, the Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies may, in the Board's discretion, issue such licenses and registrations prior to receiving responses from these agencies. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-100.
GA Code § 43-38-10.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 43-38-10.1. Training Instructors and Training Programs

  The board shall provide by rule and regulation for the registration of all training instructors or training programs so as to regulate all training requirements for licensure, registration, or weapons permits required by this chapter.   The board shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing minimum training standards for licensure, registration, or weapons permits. Such training shall be conducted by a board registered training instructor or through a board approved training program.   Any board registered training instructor or board approved training program shall be required to submit to appropriate inspection of facilities and review of curriculum.   The board may suspend, revoke, or deny any application for registration for any training instructor or suspend, revoke, or deny approval of any training program as provided in Code Section 43-38-11.     (Code 1981, §43-38-10.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1400, § 11.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1987, "weapons" was substituted for "weapon's" in both subsection (a) and the first sentence of subsection (b).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Actions of security service company's employee as rendering company liable under contract to protect persons or property, 83 A.L.R.4th 1150.
GA Code § 43-38-11.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 43-38-11.1. Suspension of License, Registration, or Weapons Permit

  After proper notification, the board may suspend the license, registration, or weapons permit of any licensee, registrant, or weapons permit holder without a prior hearing as required in Code Section 43-38-11, provided that said licensee, registrant, or weapons permit holder is determined by the board to present a clear and present danger to the public safety on the grounds outlined in Code Section 43-38-11, is found to have had a prior felony conviction, or is currently under a first offender sentence for a felony crime that was not reported on the application for licensure or registration.   After proper notification the board may suspend without a prior hearing as required in Code Section 43-38-11 the license of any licensee pursuant to subsection (f) of Code Section 43-38-6 or the registration of any registrant pursuant to subsection (g) of Code Section 43-38-7 or the weapons permit of any weapons permit holder pursuant to subsection (j) of Code Section 43-38-10.     (Code 1981, §43-38-11.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 489, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1400, § 13; Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 43; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1027, § 2.)
GA Code § 43-38-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 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 Act"; and all rules and regulations of the board shall be adopted and promulgated in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50.   (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 13.)
GA Code § 43-38-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 43-38-13. Arrest Powers of Licensees and Registrants

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2021, p. 625, § 6/HB 479, effective May 10, 2021.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1973, p. 40, § 13; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 11.   Ga. L. 2021, p. 625, § 8/HB 479, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that: "This Act shall not apply to rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, or proceedings that were begun before the effective date of this Act." This Act became effective May 10, 2021.
GA Code § 43-38-14.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 43-38-14.1. Restrictions on Local Business Licenses

  No municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state shall grant a business license to any person required to be licensed under this chapter until such person has made bona fide application to the board to be licensed under this chapter and the board has taken action under the application other than refusal, cancellation, revocation, or failure to renew the applicant's license.   As used in this Code section, the term "person" shall mean any individual, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation.     (Code 1981, §43-38-14.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1338, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 45.)
GA Code § 43-38-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 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, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation is in compliance with this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 14; Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 46.)
GA Code § 43-38-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 38 - Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses|§ 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 in the private detective business or private security business and who is not legally licensed or registered under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day or fraction of a day that he practices in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 40, § 16; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1828, § 15; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1338, § 5.)
GA Code § 43-39A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 39A - Real Estate Appraisers|§ 43-39A-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Real Estate Appraiser and Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Classification and Regulation Act."    (Code 1981, §43-39A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1701, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1402, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 765, § 1/HB 1050.)
GA Code § 43-39A-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 39A - Real Estate Appraisers|§ 43-39A-4. Fees

 The board is authorized to establish the amount of any fee which it is authorized by this chapter to charge and collect. Each fee so established shall be reasonable and shall be determined in such a manner that the total amount of fees charged and collected by the board shall approximate the total of the direct and indirect costs to the state of the operations of the board.    (Code 1981, §43-39A-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1701, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1402, § 1.)
GA Code § 43-39A-4.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 39A - Real Estate Appraisers|§ 43-39A-4.1. Rules and Regulations

 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with respect to any form or application required to be completed by an applicant or an appraiser, or with respect to any document required to be issued by the board, the board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations setting forth:    Any procedure that will reduce the use of paper forms, applications, or documents;   Any procedure that will reduce the necessity for the board to maintain paper documents;   The procedure for submitting or issuing any such form, application, or document by facsimile or electronic means; and   The procedure for satisfying any signature requirement on any such form by electronic signature, voice signature, or other means so long as appropriate security measures are implemented that assure security and verification of any required signature.  As used in this Code section, the term "electronic signature" shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 10-12-2.      (Code 1981, §43-39A-4.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 715, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 698, § 5/HB 126.)
GA Code § 43-39A-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 43 - Professions and Businesses|Chapter 39A - Real Estate Appraisers|§ 43-39A-5. Status of Appraiser Classification Issued by Board to Employee of Commission

 Any appraiser classification issued to an employee of the commission by the board shall be on inactive status during the time of the employee's employment with the commission. Any such employee shall not be required to pay a fee to keep an appraiser classification on an inactive status. Such appraiser classification shall be taken off inactive status and returned to the employee when that person's employment ends.    (Code 1981, §43-39A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1701, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1402, § 1.)