{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-38-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-38-2","heading":"Declaration of purpose.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 38 Operators of Private Detective Businesses and Private Security Businesses"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.43.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":"8de900dac090dd586f244c1f9d0a741d561d0014b5b98f6fb72704d588bda86f","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-38-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-38-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}