{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-18-72","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-18-72","heading":"Qualifications of personnel.","body":"(a) Except as provided in Code Section 35-9-15, relating to cross designation of law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys, any assistant solicitor-general, or other attorney at law employed by the solicitor-general shall be a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia, admitted to practice before the appellate courts of this state, shall serve at the pleasure of the solicitor-general, and shall have such authority, powers, and duties as may be assigned by the solicitor-general.\n(b) Any investigator employed by the solicitor-general’s office who is authorized by the solicitor-general and by Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, relating to firearms, to carry weapons or authorized by local law to exercise any of the powers of a peace officer of this state shall meet the requirements of Chapter 8 of Title 35 and shall serve at the pleasure of the solicitor-general.\n(c) Subject to the provisions of Chapter 19 of Title 45, relating to employment practices of public officials and agencies, the solicitor-general shall, unless otherwise provided by local law, establish the qualifications of all other personnel employed in the solicitor-general’s office.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 18 Prosecuting Attorneys","Article 3 Solicitors-General of State Courts"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"2fcd02ccc2d24ebbb623c265c4b8c627d705ae886226d41fc1b45fc6e31405ee","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-18-71","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-18-73"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}