{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-23-43.10","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 33-23-43.10","heading":"Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; notice and hearing.","body":"(a) The Commissioner may deny an application for a license or suspend or revoke a license issued to any public adjuster on the basis of:\n(1) A violation of this article or of any rule adopted by the Commissioner under this article;\n(2) A cause that constitutes grounds for denial of an original license;\n(3) Misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining a license;\n(4) The failure to pass a required license examination;\n(5) The misappropriation or conversion of money required to be held in a fiduciary capacity;\n(6) Material misrepresentation, with intent to deceive, of the terms of an insurance contract;\n(7) Engaging in a fraudulent transaction;\n(8) Demonstrating incompetence or untrustworthiness in the conduct of the license holder’s affairs under the license, as determined by the Commissioner;\n(9) Conviction of a felony by a final judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction; or\n(10) Material misrepresentation, with intent to deceive, of the person’s status as a public adjuster.\n(b) If the department proposes to refuse to issue an original license under this article or to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license under this article, the rejected applicant or affected licensee is entitled to a notice and hearing in accordance with Chapter 2 of this title.","path":["TITLE 33 Insurance","CHAPTER 23 Licensing","Article 1 Agents, Agencies, Subagents, Counselors, and Adjusters"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.33.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":"48500f493929cb8e3aa2a29726c034b8ca1c2bc6b92742f1bcf4acb15c24b36e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-23-43.9","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-23-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}