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2018 Georgia Code 43-38-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 38. Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses, 43-38-1 through 43-38-17.

ARTICLE 10 PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC

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.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 43-38-1

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City of Atlanta v. S.W.A.N. Consulting & Sec. Servs., Inc., 274 Ga. 277 (Ga. 2001).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 1, 2001 | 553 S.E.2d 594, 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 2931

CARLEY, Justice. S.W.A.N. Consulting & Security Services, Inc. (SWAN) is a private detective and security agency, and is properly licensed pursuant to OCGA § 43-38-1 et seq., the “Georgia Private Detective and Security Agencies Act” (Act), and all applicable state regulations....
...ipality or county, from imposing local regulations upon any street patrol, special officer, or person furnishing street patrol service, including regulations requiring registration with an agency to be designated by such municipality or county. OCGA § 43-38-14 (c)....
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Atlanta v. Swan Consulting & Sec., 553 S.E.2d 594 (Ga. 2001).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 1, 2001 | 274 Ga. 277

...Morchower, Chagay Weiss, Rajan Bhandari, Atlanta, for appellant. Peevy & Lancaster, Gregory W. Lancaster, Lawrenceville, for appellee. CARLEY, Justice. S.W.A.N. Consulting & Security Services, Inc. (SWAN) is a private detective and security agency, and is properly licensed pursuant to OCGA § 43-38-1 et seq., the "Georgia Private Detective and Security Agencies Act" (Act), and all applicable state regulations....
...ipality or county, from imposing local regulations upon any street patrol, special officer, or person furnishing street patrol service, including regulations requiring registration with an agency to be designated by such municipality or county. OCGA § 43-38-14(c)....
...eral law in order for the general law to pre-empt the local ordinance. Since there is no evidence that the City's ordinance at issue directly conflicts with the general law enacted by the General Assembly regulating private security businesses (OCGA § 43-38-1 et seq.), the City's ordinance is not preempted by the general law....