§ 17A-2. License required; qualifications of licensee.

(a)

Required. No person shall operate as a private detective in the city without first obtaining a license as hereinafter provided from the chief of police.

(b)

Residence. No person shall operate as a private detective unless he shall have been a resident of the State of Georgia for a period of two (2) years and a resident of the city and county, or Fort Benning Reservation for two (2) years.

(c)

Conviction of crime. No person shall operate as a private detective if he has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony.

(d)

Experience. No person shall operate as a detective unless he shall have had at least two (2) years of prior experience with a law enforcement agency or three (3) years experience as an investigator with a private detective agency or other commercial concern or two (2) years experience with a government agency.

(Ord. No. 63-49, §§ 2A—2D, 6-3-63; Ord. No. 69-210, § 1, 11-10-69)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 69-210, § 1, amended § 17A-2(b) by reducing the state residency from five to two years and by adding after the word "county" the words, "or Fort Benning Reservation".