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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-23-3. Agency licensing and biennial renewals; ownership restrictions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-23-3. Agency licensing and biennial renewals; ownership restrictions.

(a) Each principal office of an agency shall obtain an agency license prior to commencement of operations and renew such license biennially prior to the last day of the origination month of such agency by filing application forms prescribed by the Commissioner.

(b) An agency shall be subject to all penalties, fines, criminal sanctions, and other actions authorized for agents under this title.

(c) No person shall be an owner of an agency or, if the agency is a corporation, no person shall be an officer or director of such corporation or own 10 percent or more of the corporation if such person has had his or her license under this title refused, revoked, or suspended.

## History

Code 1981, § 33-23-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2830, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1296, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 925, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 623, § 2/SB 251; Ga. L. 2012, p. 37, § 1/HB 477; Ga. L. 2019, p. 386, § 4/SB 133; Ga. L. 2025, p. 652, § 12/HB 410, effective May 14, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective May 14, 2025, rewrote subsection (a).