O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 25-12-1 (2019)

Compliance with chapter; license requirement

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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It is unlawful for any firm to engage in the business of installing, inspecting, recharging, repairing, servicing, or testing of portable fire extinguishers or fire suppression systems, as defined by this chapter, in this state except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Each firm engaging in any such business must possess a valid and subsisting license issued by the Commissioner. Such license shall not be required for any firm or governmental entity that engages only in installing, inspecting, recharging, repairing, servicing, or testing of portable fire extinguishers or fire suppression systems owned by the firm and installed on property under the control of said firm. Such firms shall remain subject to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

History

Code 1981, § 25-12-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 933, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 558, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL For an update of crimes and offenses for which the Georgia Crime Information Center is authorized to collect and

file identifying data, see 1991 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 91-35.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fires, § 1 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Karen Diane Wynn Lyle v. Jerry D. Heath, Jr. (Ga. Ct. App. 2025).
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Karen Diane Wynn Lyle v. Jerry D. Heath, Jr. (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 8× “The report 5 contained no reference to criminal charges or recommendations for the arrest of Lyle or Mann, but it did list infractions of OCGA § 25-12-1 et seq., and the related Ga.”
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