2025 Code of Georgia
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses (Chs. 1 — 51)
Chapter 20A - Regulation of Private Immigration Assistance Services (§§ 43-20A-1 — 43-20A-21)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 2006, p. 105, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act.’ All requirements of this Act concerning immigration or the classification of immigration status shall be construed in conformity with federal immigration law.”
Ga. L. 2008, p. 1112, § 15, effective July 1, 2008, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of Code Sections 43-20A-1 through 43-20A-4, relating to regulation of private immigration assistance services, and was based on Ga. L. 2006, p. 105, § 6/SB 529.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Security and immigration compliance, T. 13, C. 10, A. 3.
Enforcement of immigration and custom laws, § 35-2-14.
Law reviews.For article, “Taming Immigration: The 64th Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture Series Remarks,” see 36 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 971 (2020).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. —Extreme Hardship Suspending Deportation of Alien, 35 POF2d 459.
Political Asylum — Well Founded Fear of Persecution, 13 POF3d 665.
Wrongful Confinement to a Mental Health or Developmental Disabilities Facility, 44 POF3d 217
C.J.S.3A C. J. S., Aliens, § 728.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 43
- § 43-20A-1. Short title
- § 43-20A-2. Definitions
- § 43-20A-3. Purpose and intent of chapter; administration and enforcement
- § 43-20A-4. Licensing of immigration assistance providers
- § 43-20A-5. Permissible services; terms of contract for immigration services
- § 43-20A-6. Exemptions from provisions of this chapter
- § 43-20A-7. Civil penalties for violations; private cause of action; rules and regulations
- § 43-20A-8. Maintaining documents
- § 43-20A-9. Obligation of service provider to provide notice of pending disciplinary, administrative, civil, or criminal action
- § 43-20A-10. Fees
- § 43-20A-11. Amendment of license application to account for events or developments after license granted
- § 43-20A-12. Service member
- § 43-20A-13. Authority to employ investigators
- § 43-20A-14. Disclosure of information
- § 43-20A-15. Formal order of investigation; authorized action; emergency order; notice requirements
- § 43-20A-16. Cause for disciplinary actions; disciplinary order a final order
- § 43-20A-17. Suspension of license for nonpayment, default, or breach of repayment or service obligation under certain educational loan or scholarship programs prohibited
- § 43-20A-18. Cease and desist order
- § 43-20A-19. Notice of opportunity for hearing
- § 43-20A-20. Licensee required to notify licensing authority within 10 days of felony conviction
- § 43-20A-21. Criminal penalties for violations
