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title: O.C.G.A. § 49-2-21. Persons who may obtain inspection warrants; authorization to search or inspect property.
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# O.C.G.A. § 49-2-21. Persons who may obtain inspection warrants; authorization to search or inspect property.

The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee, in addition to other procedures now or hereafter provided, may obtain an inspection warrant under the conditions specified in this article. Such warrant shall authorize the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee to conduct a search or inspection of property either with or without the consent of the person whose property is to be searched or inspected if such search or inspection is one that is elsewhere authorized under the rules and regulations duly promulgated pursuant to a residential child care licensing law.

## History

Code 1981, § 49-2-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-1/HB 228.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, “this article” was substituted for “this part” at the end of the first sentence in this Code section.