--- title: O.C.G.A. § 43-20A-13. Authority to employ investigators. collection: code id: 43-20A-13 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 43-20A-13 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-20A-13 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-20A-13.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-20A-13/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=921d056f_0#page=696 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-20A.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-20A-12.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-20A-14.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES / REGULATION OF PRIVATE IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES --- # O.C.G.A. § 43-20A-13. Authority to employ investigators. For the purposes of investigating violations of this chapter, the Secretary of State shall be authorized to employ investigators pursuant to Code Section 43-1-5. ## History Code 1981, § 43-20A-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1112, § 15/HB 1055.