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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 9. FORGERY AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES · Article 8. IDENTITY FRAUD

16-9-127. Authority of Attorney General.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. The Attorney General shall have authority to initiate any proceedings and to exercise any power or authority in the same manner as if he or she were acting under Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, as regards violations or potential violations of this article.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 16-9-126, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 865, § 2; Code 1981, § 16-9-127, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2002, p. 551, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 15/SB 148.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2002, p. 551, § 2, effective May 2, 2002, redesignated the former provisions of this Code section as Code Section 16-9-128.

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Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, pages 582 to 583; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.