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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-7-91. Searches and inspections.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-7-91. Searches and inspections.

The Commissioner or director or such officers’ designees or any law enforcement officer or fire official may obtain an inspection warrant as provided in Code Section 25-2-22.1 to conduct a search or inspection of:

(1) Any person licensed pursuant to Title 25 to manufacture, possess, transport, sell, distribute, or use a destructive device or detonator within the state;

(2) Any person licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title 2 to manufacture, possess, transport, sell, or distribute or use pesticides; or

(3) Any property where such pesticide, destructive device, or detonator is manufactured, possessed, transported, distributed, or used.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-7-91, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 416, § 3.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, ‘‘Commissioner’’ was substituted for ‘‘commissioner’’ near the beginning of the introductory language.