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title: O.C.G.A. § 7-1-609. Civil actions by department to enforce part.
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# O.C.G.A. § 7-1-609. Civil actions by department to enforce part.

The department may bring an appropriate civil action to enforce any provision of this part, whether by injunction or otherwise, in any superior court of this state having jurisdiction of one or more of the defendants.

## History

Code 1933, § 13-208, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 67, § 7; Ga. L. 1970, p. 954, § 6.