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Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40Legal Research Home > Atlanta Lawyer > Motor Vehicles and Traffic > Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40 Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-1-1 As used in this title, the term: (1) 'Alcohol concentration' means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-1-2 The Society of Automotive Engineers horsepower rating formula is adopted as the standard for determining the horsepower of passenger-carrying vehicles. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-1-3 It is unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly permit the operation of such ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-1-4 No person owning, operating, or using a motor vehicle in this state shall knowingly affix or attach to any part of such motor vehicle any sticker, decal, emblem, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-1-5 (a) As used in this Code section, the terms 'dealer,' 'distributor,' 'manufacturer,' and 'new motor vehicle' shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 40-2-39. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-1-6 Uniformed law enforcement officers of an agency who are assigned routinely or primarily to traffic law enforcement or other traffic safety duties on the roadways or highways of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-1-7 Whenever pursuing a person in violation of a traffic related offense, a uniformed law enforcement officer who is assigned routinely or primarily to traffic law enforcement or other ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-1 As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Cancellation of vehicle registration' means the annulment or termination by formal action of the department of a ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-2 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-3 Any person who shall make any false statement in any application for the registration of any vehicle, or in transferring any certificate of registration, or in applying for ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-4 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to make, sell, or issue any license plate or revalidation decal. (b) Any person, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful: (1) To remove or transfer a license plate from the motor vehicle for which ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-6 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who shall willfully mutilate, obliterate, deface, alter, change, or conceal any numeral, letter, character, county designation, or other marking ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-6.1 Any person who willfully covers any license plate with plastic, other material, or any part of his or her body in order to prevent or impede the ability ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-7 A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use on it, in either ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-8 (a) Any person owning or operating any vehicle described in Code Section 40-2-20 on any public highway or street without complying with that Code section shall be guilty ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-8.1 Notwithstanding Code Section 40-2-8 or any other provision of law, a person who operates a vehicle which is required to be registered in this state and which has ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-9 Any metal five-year special, distinctive, or prestige license plate, except those provided for in Code Section 40-2-61, Code Section 40-2-62, and Code Section 40-2-82 or as otherwise expressly ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-10 A vehicle registrant may voluntarily cancel the registration on a vehicle when such vehicle is not in use for any reason, including without limitation if the vehicle is ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-20 (a)(1)(A) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, every owner of a motor vehicle, including a tractor or motorcycle, and every owner of a trailer ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-21 (a) As used in this chapter, the term: (.1) 'Initial registration period' means the 30 day period immediately following the date of purchase or other ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-22 License plates and revalidation decals shall be issued only upon applications made to the local tag agent. License plates and revalidation decals may be issued by the local ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-23 (a) The tax collectors of the various counties of this state and the tax commissioners of those counties in which the duties of the tax collector are performed ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-24 Each tag agent shall give bond conditioned as the commissioner may require, and in such amount as the commissioner may deem necessary and proper, not exceeding $250,000.00, to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-25 (a) The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations governing the processing by private persons, in any manner whatsoever, of applications for the registration of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-26 (a) All applicants to register a vehicle shall apply to the tag agent of the county wherein such vehicle is required to be returned for ad valorem taxation. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-27 (a) No application shall be accepted and no certificate of registration shall be issued to any motor vehicle which was not manufactured to comply with applicable federal emission ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-28 (a) Initial applications for registration shall contain such information of ownership as the commissioner shall deem proper, and no vehicle shall be registered unless the commissioner shall be ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-29 An application for registration shall be accompanied by check; cash; certified or cashier´s check; bank, postal, or express money order; or other similar bankable paper, for the amount ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-30 An applicant may purchase a vehicle license plate or revalidation decal by mail, by mailing a properly completed application form to the tag agent of the county of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-31 (a) If the applicant meets the requirements set forth in this chapter, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a license plate bearing a distinctive number. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-32 (a) The commissioner shall design a special license plate to be issued commemorating a college or university, which license plate shall be similar in design to the license ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-32.1 (a) In the event the General Assembly enacts any law approving the sale of commemorative license plates recognizing Georgia organizations or institutions, including educational institutions, civic associations, and ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-33 (a)(1) Upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the payment of the license fee required by law, the tag agent shall accept the application for registration ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-34 (a) All county tag agents accepting license applications shall endeavor to submit to the commissioner on at least a weekly basis reports of license applications handled and remit ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-35 The commissioner shall have in his possession on or before December 1 of each year, for distribution, the license plates and revalidation decals provided for in this chapter. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-36 (a) The commissioner shall furnish to each tag agent such number of motor vehicle license plates, revalidation decals, and decals as he may deem necessary for issuance by ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-37 (a) All vehicles of the type required to be registered by Code Section 40-2-20 owned by the State of Georgia or any municipality or other political subdivision of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-38 (a) Manufacturers, distributors, and dealers engaged in the manufacture, sale, or leasing of vehicles required to be registered under Code Section 40-2-20 shall register with the commissioner, making ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-39 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Dealer' means any person engaged in the business of selling or leasing or offering to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-40 (a) The owner of a vehicle required to be registered under Code Section 40-2-20 which was registered for the previous year, who has failed to comply with Code ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-41 Unless otherwise permitted under this chapter, every vehicle required to be registered under this chapter, which is in use upon the highways, shall at all times display the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-41.1 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'authentic historical Georgia license plate' means a license plate originally issued in the year 1970 or earlier and originally ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-42 (a) A license plate or revalidation decal, when issued, shall be transferred from one vehicle to another vehicle of the same class acquired by the same person as ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-43 (a) Upon an applicant´s compliance with all laws relevant to the registration of his vehicle, the appropriate licensing authority shall issue to such applicant a certificate of registration ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-44 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the owner of a motor vehicle shall immediately report the theft, loss, or mutilation of a license ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-45 (a) No person shall transfer a license plate or decal from one vehicle to any other motor vehicle which is a 'salvage' or 'rebuilt' motor vehicle as provided ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-46 Reserved. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-47 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the owner of any trailer including any leased or rented trailer and including single pole and twin-beam ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-48 (a) To ensure that the spirit and legacy of the 1996 Paralympic Games are continued and to promote activities that financially benefit organizations in this state which support ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-49 (a) In order to promote and financially benefit the Nongame-Endangered Wildlife Program of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, there shall be issued beginning January 1, 1997, special ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-49.1 (a) In order to promote and financially provide for the restoration and enhancement of the bobwhite quail population by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, there shall be ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-49.2 (a) In order to promote and financially benefit the Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Fund established pursuant to Code Section 32-6-75.2, there shall be issued special and distinctive wildflower ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-49.3 (a) In order to promote and financially provide for dog and cat reproductive sterilization support programs and educational activities directly in support thereof, there shall be issued beginning ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-50 As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Fleet' means 1,000 or more motor vehicles. (2) 'Fleet registration plan' means the method ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-51 (a)(1) A corporation or firm which has an established place of business in this state or which is controlled by a parent corporation which has an established place ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-52 (a) After receipt of a validated fleet enrollment form, the owner or operator of the enrolled fleet shall register and obtain licenses to operate the motor vehicles thereof ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-53 (a)(1) Upon submission by the applicant of a validated original fleet enrollment form and compliance with all applicable requirements for registration and licensing of motor vehicles, the county ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-54 (a) If a fleet registrant or the parent corporation or firm thereof has not had an established place of business in this state for a period of ten ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-55 An enrollment of a fleet in the fleet registration plan shall be terminated by the department in the event: (1) The department determines on the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-60 (a) Motor vehicle owners who are residents of Georgia, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and, except as provided ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-60.1 (a) The General Assembly finds that during recent years prior to and including 2005 there have been proposed and enacted numerous laws providing for the issuance of special ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-61 The commissioner shall design and issue distinctive license plates to each United States Senator and Congressman elected from the State of Georgia, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-62 The commissioner shall mail special and distinctive license plates printed for members of the General Assembly to the local tag agent in the counties wherein such members reside ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-63 The commissioner shall mail to the local tag agents special and distinctive license plates for the elected sheriffs in the counties of this state on or before the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-64 (a) Honorary consuls, upon application and compliance with the state motor vehicle laws relative to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, payment of the regular license fees ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-64.1 (a) In accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act as provided for in Code Section 50-1-2, the commissioner shall design a distinctive Foreign Organization license plate. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-65 (a)(1) Motor vehicle owners who are assigned or attached members of troop program units of any branch of the active reserve components of the United States inside or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-66 (a)(1) Motor vehicle owners who are members of the Georgia National Guard, upon application for license plates and upon compliance with the state motor vehicle laws relating to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-67 (a) The state commanders of nationally chartered veterans´ organizations, upon application and compliance with the state motor vehicle laws relative to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-68 (a) Motor vehicle owners who have been awarded the Medal of Honor and who are residents of this state, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-69 (a) Any veteran who was discharged under honorable conditions and who served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or on active duty in ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-70 Any citizen and resident of the State of Georgia who has been discharged from the armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable, who is disabled to any degree ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-71 (a) The commissioner is directed to furnish the license plates provided for in Code Sections 40-2-69 and 40-2-70. Such plates shall be printed in three colors: red, white, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-72 Any person evading or violating any provision of Code Sections 40-2-69 through 40-2-71 or attempting to secure benefits under those Code sections to which he is not entitled ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-73 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'prisoners of war' means those veterans of the armed forces of the United States who were discharged under honorable ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-74 (a) Any owner of a private passenger motor vehicle who is a resident of Georgia, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration, licensing, and payment ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-74.1 (a) Any person meeting the requirements for a disabled persońs license plate as provided for in Code Section 40-2-74 may obtain a special decal to be placed on ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-75 (a) Motor vehicle owners who are residents of the State of Georgia and who hold an unrevoked and unexpired official amateur radio station license issued by the Federal ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-76 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Alternative fuel' means methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols; mixtures containing 85 percent or more ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-77 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'antique or hobby or special interest vehicle' means any motor vehicle which is over 25 years old or a ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-78 (a) Any resident motor vehicle owners who are firefighters certified pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 25 and who are members of fire departments certified ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-79 Reserved. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-80 Except as otherwise provided by law, the commissioner shall provide by rules and regulations appropriate procedures whereby, upon the payment of the fee prescribed in Code Section 40-2-42 ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-81 Reserved. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-82 The commissioner of public safety shall be issued distinctive license plates to be used on motor vehicles assigned to the Department of Public Safety and operated by troopers ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-83 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any resident person who is authorized to obtain a special or prestige license plate pursuant to this article may, upon complying ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-84 (a) Motor vehicle or motorcycle owners who are veterans of the armed forces of the United States who have been awarded the Purple Heart citation shall be eligible ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-85 (a) Motor vehicle owners who are veterans of the armed forces of the United States who survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-85.1 (a)(1) Motor vehicle owners who are retired veterans of the armed forces of the United States or persons who served during World War I, World War II, the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-85.2 (a) On and after January 1, 1999, motor vehicle owners who are United States armed forces veterans of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign of 1950 in North Korea shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86 Reserved. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.1 (a) The commissioner shall design a special license plate to be issued commemorating square and round dancers, which license plate shall be similar in design to the license ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.2 (a) Because the Shrine hospitals for children have done immeasurable good for the children of this state, it is appropriate and proper that, subject to the provisions of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.3 (a) Subject to subsection (d) of this Code section, motor vehicle owners who are residents of the State of Georgia, upon application therefor and upon full compliance with ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.4 (a) Subject to subsection (d) of this Code section, motor vehicle owners who are residents of the State of Georgia, upon application therefor and upon full compliance with ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.5 (a) In order to honor Georgia educators and financially benefit the Georgia Public School Personnel Indemnification Fund, there shall be issued beginning July 1, 2001, special license plates ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.6 (a) In order to promote and financially provide for conservation, restoration, and enhancement of trout populations and the habitats upon which they depend by the Wildlife Resources Division ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.7 (a) There shall be issued beginning in 2003 special license plates supporting the National Rifle Association. (b) License plates issued under this Code section shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.8 (a) Because breast cancer affects a number of Georgians and no cure has been found for such disease, it is appropriate that, subject to the provisions of this ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.9 (a) There shall be issued beginning in 2005 special and distinctive vehicle license plates supporting Rotary International, subject to the conditions set forth in this Code section. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.10 (a) Motor vehicle owners who are or formerly were police officers who were wounded in the line of duty as a police officer shall be eligible to receive ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.11 (a) There shall be issued beginning in 2006 special and distinctive vehicle license plates commemorating the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for its contributions to Georgians through ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.12 (a) The commissioner, in cooperation with licensed emergency services personnel in Georgia, and in order to promote and honor these individuals, shall design a special license plate to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.13 (a) In order to promote and financially provide for historic preservation efforts in Georgia, there shall be issued beginning January 1, 2006, special license plates promoting such efforts. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.14 (a) There shall be issued beginning in 2006 special and distinctive vehicle license plates identifying licensed Georgia physicians, subject to the conditions set forth in this Code section. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.15 (a) In order to promote the Governoŕs Highway Safety Program, there shall be issued beginning January 1, 2006, special license plates bearing the NASCAR logo with a specific ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.16 (a) There shall be issued beginning in 2006 special and distinctive vehicle license plates honoring families with a member serving in the military, subject to the conditions set ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-86.17 (a) There shall be issued beginning in 2006 special and distinctive vehicle license plates identifying persons supporting Georgia troops subject to the conditions set forth in this Code ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-87 As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Allocated vehicle' means a vehicle to which a particular jurisdictiońs basic registration plate or apportioned registration plate ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-88 (a) In addition to and regardless of the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter or any other provisions of law relating to the operation of motor vehicles ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-89 Any vehicle which is prohibited by any federal agency acting pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation from being operated in interstate commerce shall not be eligible for ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-90 (a) For purposes of this Code section: (1) 'Nonresident' means any person who does not reside in the State of Georgia but who accepts employment ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-91 The commissioner is directed to negotiate with the proper authorities of adjoining states and consummate, as speedily as is practicable, reciprocal agreements, whereby residents of such states operating ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-92 Any and all reciprocal agreements entered into by the commissioner shall be subject to confirmation by Act or resolution of the General Assembly and shall not be of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-93 All reciprocal agreements entered into by the commissioner while the General Assembly is not in session shall be approved by the Governor. Such agreements shall be submitted by ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-94 The commissioner shall give proper publicity to the terms of every agreement entered into pursuant to Code Sections 40-2-91 through 40-2-93 and is authorized and empowered to promulgate ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-95 No reciprocal agreement shall be made or approved under Code Sections 40-2-91 through 40-2-93 which relate to motor vehicles operated for hire, nor shall Code Sections 40-2-91 through ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-110 As used in this article, the term 'motor truck' means any motor vehicle having a gross weight of 18,000 pounds or over which is designed and used for ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-111 In addition to any other provision of law relating to registration of motor vehicles or fees paid therefor, a person owning or operating a motor truck, as defined ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-112 In addition to the permit fee provided in Code Section 40-2-111, a person operating a motor truck on the highways of this state, which truck is registered in ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-113 The commissioner shall collect the taxes and fees imposed by this article and he is authorized to make such rules and regulations and prescribe such forms as are ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-114 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To operate a motor truck subject to this article upon any public highway in this state ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-130 (a) A record of certificates of registration shall be maintained by the commissioner or the commissioneŕs duly authorized county tag agent. All certificates of registration shall be issued: ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-131 Except as provided in Code Section 40-2-33 and Code Section 40-2-88, the full amount of the fees collected under this chapter shall be turned over to the state ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-132 The commissioner, in his discretion, may destroy all motor vehicle records required to be maintained under this chapter, except those of the current year and the two years ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-133 It is the duty of every arresting officer, county, municipal, and state, to enforce this chapter. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-134 Certified law enforcement officers appointed by the commissioner are authorized to enforce the laws of this state relating to the licensing and registration of motor vehicles and are ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-135 (a) The commissioner shall revoke any regular, prestige, special, or distinctive license plate which the commissioner determines was issued in error and shall revoke the special and distinctive ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-136 (a) Upon any person´s second or subsequent conviction of violating Code Section 40-6-391 within five years, as measured from the dates of previous arrests for which convictions were ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-137 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Commercial vehicle policy' means a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance insuring a motor vehicle ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-150 As used in this article, the term: (.1) 'Agricultural field use vehicle' means a commercial truck designed specifically for field applications of fertilizers, poultry litter, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-151 (a) The annual fees for the licensing of the operation of vehicles shall be as follows for each vehicle registered: ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-152 (a) Except as otherwise provided for in this Code section, the annual fee for all apportionable vehicles not operated as a common or contract carrier for hire in ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-153 Reserved. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-154 The commissioner may provide a different license plate for each different class of vehicles specified in this article and may distinguish the plate furnished to each class of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-155 The annual license and plate issued for the operation of a vehicle described in paragraph (3), (9), or (10) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-151, except those ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-156 Any person registering any of the vehicles named in paragraph (3), (9), or (10) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-151, except those named in divisions (a)(3)(A)(i), (a)(3)(A)(ii), ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-157 Any person initially registering under the International Registration Plan any of the vehicles named in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Code Section 40-2-152 and whose next registration ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-158 For purposes of registration of any vehicle under subparagraph (c)(1)(A) of Code Section 40-2-88 only, registrants shall be assessed fees equivalent to one-twelfth of the annual fee otherwise ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-159 Each person subject to a license fee as provided in this article shall apply for and obtain the required license plate on or before the expiration of the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-160 (a) Each resident and nonresident person shall be liable for and shall pay the taxes and fees required by law for the operation of motor vehicles in this ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-161 If a vehicle described in this article is operated as a carrier of passengers, the rate of annual license fee shall be one-half of the amount specified in ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-162 (a) The commissioner shall apportion the cost of the annual fees for the licensing of motor buses to motor common carriers of passengers for hire operating a fleet ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-163 A vehicle owner may voluntarily increase the allowable gross weight for which his vehicle is licensed by purchasing the appropriate weight license plate for his truck or tractor ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-164 The allowable maximum weight (license class) for which a truck or tractor is registered may be decreased only once a year, at the beginning of a new license ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-165 If upon inspection a truck licensed under Code Section 40-2-151 is found to weigh, together with its loaded trailer, more than is permitted by the license plate which ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-2-166 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this article. (b) Any person who violates any provision of this article shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-1 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the 'Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act.' ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-2 As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Boat trailer' means any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying boats, either partially or wholly on ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-3 (a) The commissioner is responsible for the administration of this chapter and may employ such clerical assistants and agents as may be necessary from time to time to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-4 No certificate of title shall be obtained for: (1) A vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in this state; ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-5 (a) Duties of peace officers. A peace officer who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered shall report the theft to the commissioner. A peace ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-6 (a) A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the department under this chapter is entitled, upon request, to a hearing. The commissioner shall establish ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-20 (a) Except as provided in Code Section 40-3-4, every owner of a vehicle which is required by law to be registered in this state and for which no ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-21 (a) The application for the first certificate of title of a vehicle in this state shall be made by the owner to the commissioner or the commissioneŕs duly ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-22 (a) The commissioner or the commissioner´s duly authorized county tag agent, upon receiving application for a first certificate of title, shall check the identifying number of the vehicle ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-23 (a) The commissioner or the commissioneŕs duly authorized county tag agent shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-24 (a) Each certificate of title issued by the commissioner or the commissioner´s duly authorized county tag agent shall contain: (1) The date issued; ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-25 In addition to the information required by Code Section 40-3-24, each certificate of title issued by the commissioner or the commissioner´s duly authorized county tag agent shall contain ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-26 (a)(1) The certificate of title shall be mailed or delivered to the holder of the first security interest or lien named in it. In the event there is ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-27 (a) Whenever the certificate of title is in the possession of a security interest holder or lienholder as allowed by this chapter and some other person, including the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-28 If the commissioner or the commissioner´s duly authorized county tag agent is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-29 (a) The commissioner or the commissioner´s duly authorized county tag agent shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title only if any required fee is not paid or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-30 (a) In addition to the reasons set forth in Code Section 40-3-29, no application shall be accepted and no certificate of title shall be issued to any motor ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-31 If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or the legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-32 (a) If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall, at the time of delivery of the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-32.1 In addition to any other requirements imposed by this chapter for the transfer of a certificate of title, the purchaser of a manufactured home shall submit an application ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-33 (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a dealer who buys a vehicle and holds it for resale need not apply to the commissioner for ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-34 (a) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in subsection (b) of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-35 (a) The commissioner or the commissioner´s duly authorized county tag agent, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-36 (a)(1) Any registered owner or authorized agent of a registered owner who in any manner sells or disposes of any motor vehicle as scrap metal or parts only ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-36.1 For any salvage motor vehicle which, after inspection, it is determined that repair to an operable condition does not require replacement of two or more major component parts ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-37 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Application for a certificate of title on a recovered stolen motor vehicle' means an application ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-38 (a) An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner or a designated agent. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-39 The commissioner is authorized to utilize the services of persons appointed as county tag agents under Code Section 40-2-23 and to allow such county tag agents to retain ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-40 (a) All county tag agents accepting and handling title applications shall endeavor to submit such applications and related sums of money to which the department is entitled to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-41 (a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with Code Section 40-3-6, when authorized by ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-42 In instances when an application for title is required to be submitted within a certain time period, proof of mailing within the designated period allowed for submission of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-43 (a) Any person, firm, or corporation which pays a total loss claim on a vehicle as a result of such vehicle´s being stolen shall within 15 days of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-50 (a) Except as provided in Code Sections 11-9-303, 11-9-316, and 11-9-337, the security interest in a vehicle of the type for which a certificate of title is required ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-51 If the owner creates a security interest in a vehicle: (1) The owner shall immediately execute the application in the space provided therefor on the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-52 (a) If the owner of a motor vehicle desires to place a second or subsequent security interest against the vehicle and the certificate of title on that vehicle ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-53 (a) If the holder of any lien as defined in paragraph (7) of Code Section 40-3-2, except the holder of a mechanic´s lien, perfection of which is prescribed ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-54 (a) All mechanics of every sort shall have a special lien on any vehicle required to have a certificate of title by Code Section 40-3-20 for work done, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-55 (a) The holder of any security interest in or lien on a vehicle may assign, absolutely or otherwise, such holder´s security interest or lien to a person other ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-56 (a)(1) If any security interest or lien listed on a certificate of title is satisfied, the holder thereof shall, within ten days after demand, execute a release in ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-57 The holder of any security interest or of any lien named in a certificate of title shall, on written request of the owner, or of another holder of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-58 The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests and liens with respect to motor vehicles as to which certificates of title need ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-59 This chapter does not apply to or affect a security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or dealer who holds the vehicle for sale. A buyer ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-60 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a motor vehicle or trailer, a transaction does not create a sales or security interest merely because it ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-61 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in any claim involving the total loss of a vehicle which is subject to more than one perfected security ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-90 A person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) Alters or forges an assignment of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-91 (a) A person who: (1) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-92 A person who knowingly makes a false report to a peace officer or the commissioner of the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall be guilty of a ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-93 In a prosecution for a crime specified in this chapter, evidence that the defendant has committed a prior act or acts of the same kind is admissible to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-94 Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter: (1) A person convicted of a felony for the violation of a provision of this chapter shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-3-95 The penal provisions of this chapter in no way repeal or modify any existing provision of criminal law but are additional and supplementary thereto. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-1 As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Component' means a passenger car engine or a passenger car transmission. (2) 'New passenger car' ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-2 (a) The provisions of this article requiring vehicle identification numbers on passenger cars and truck chassis with features designed for specialized requirements of a wrecker shall apply only ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-3 (a) New passenger cars and components manufactured within state. After January 1, 1997, new passenger cars, truck chassis with features designed for specialized requirements of wreckers, passenger car ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-4 (a) The identification numbers required by Code Section 40-4-3 shall be placed upon the passenger car, truck chassis, and component parts by the manufacturer thereof. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-5 Truck chassis with features designed for specialized requirements of a wrecker manufactured after January 1, 1967, but before January 1, 1997, shall, at the time the vehicle is ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-6 Any person who purchases or sells or offers for sale any used passenger car, truck chassis, engine, or transmission required to be numbered by this article shall keep ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-7 (a) Sale, shipment, or manufacture of unnumbered passenger car or component. Any person who sells or offers for sale in this state, ships or causes to be shipped ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-20 As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Falsify' includes alter or forge. (2) 'Identification number' means an identifying number, serial number, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-21 (a) A person who willfully removes, except in conformance with Code Section 40-3-35, or falsifies an identification number of a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle is ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-22 (a) It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, use, or possess any motor vehicle, or any part thereof, from which the manufacturer´s serial numbers ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-23 An identification number may be placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or placed or restored on a vehicle or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-40 Any person who purchases a used motor vehicle or any used part comprising a component part of any motor vehicle for resale shall keep an accurate record of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-41 Any person who purchases for resale a motor vehicle or used part from which the identification markings or plates have been removed, altered, mutilated, or destroyed shall immediately ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-42 The possession of the motor vehicles and parts covered by Code Sections 40-4-40, 40-4-41, this Code section, 40-4-43, and 40-4-44 shall be prima-facie evidence that they were purchased ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-43 Any person who fails to comply with any provision of Code Section 40-4-40 or 40-4-41 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-44 Code Sections 40-4-40 through 40-4-43 shall not apply to the purchase of any motor vehicle part which may be removed from a motor vehicle by an individual possessing ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-4-45 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Certificate of origin' means the evidence of origin of title of a farm tractor from ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-1 As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Assessment component' means the standard screening instrument or instruments designated by the Department of Driver Services which ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-2 (a) The department shall maintain records regarding the driverś licenses and permits issued by the department under this chapter. The driverś records maintained by the department shall include: ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-3 The commissioner shall cause designated employees of the department to be appointed as notaries public, in accordance with Chapter 17 of Title 45, for the purpose of performing ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-4 (a) The commissioner is authorized to implement any and all provisions of this chapter by the promulgation of necessary rules and regulations. An express grant of authority to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-5 (a) The Governor is authorized and directed to negotiate and consummate, with the proper authorities of the several states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-6 (a) Whenever any person applies for or requests the issuance, reissuance, or renewal of any class of driver´s license, the department shall furnish that person with a form, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-7 Reserved. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-8 (a) Any male United States citizen or immigrant who applies for any driver´s license or identification card issued under this chapter, including without limitation any instruction permit, limited ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-20 (a) No person, except those expressly exempted in this chapter, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless such person has a valid driver´s ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-22 (a) The department shall not issue any Class C driveŕs license to any person who is under 18 years of age or Class M driveŕs license to any ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-22.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a child under 16 years of age is adjudicated delinquent of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-23 (a) The department upon issuing a driveŕs license shall indicate thereon the type or general class of vehicles that the licensee may drive. (b) Subject ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-24 (a)(1) Any resident of this state who is at least 15 years of age may apply to the department for an instruction permit to operate a noncommercial Class ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-25 (a) Every application for an instruction permit or for a driveŕs license shall be made upon a form furnished by the department. Every application shall be accompanied by ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-26 (a) The application of any person under the age of 18 years for an instruction permit or driveŕs license shall be: (1) Signed and verified ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-27 (a) The department shall examine every applicant for a driveŕs license, except as otherwise provided by subsection (d) of this Code section. Such examination shall include a test ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-28 (a) The department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every applicant qualifying therefor a driveŕs license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-28.1 No license or permit issued or renewed on or after July 1, 1997, pursuant to this article shall contain the social security number of the licensee or permit ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-29 (a) Every licensee shall have his driver´s license in his immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle. (b) Every licensee shall display ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-30 (a) Upon issuing a driver´s license, the department shall have authority, whenever good cause appears, to impose restrictions suitable to the licensee´s driving ability with respect to special ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-31 (a) In the event that an instruction permit or a driveŕs license issued under this chapter is lost or destroyed, the person to whom the same was issued ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-32 (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every driveŕs license shall expire on the licenseés birthday in the fifth year following the issuance of such license. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-33 Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driveŕs license, shall move from the address named in such application or in the license issued to him or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-34 (a) The commissioner is authorized to appoint a Driver License Advisory Board. (b) The Driver License Advisory Board shall advise the commissioner on medical criteria and ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-35 (a) The Driver License Advisory Board appointed by the department shall define disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness or other mental or physical disabilities affecting the ability of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-36 (a) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no part of this chapter shall be interpreted as affecting the rights and privileges of a person holding a veterańs, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-37 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'service member' means an active duty member of the regular or reserve component of the United States armed forces, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-50 The department is authorized to cancel any driver´s license or personal identification card issued by the department pursuant to Code Section 40-5-100 upon determining that the holder of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-51 (a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident under this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-52 (a) The department shall suspend, as provided in Code Section 40-5-63, the license of any resident of this state and may suspend a nonresident´s operating privilege, upon receiving ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-53 (a) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this chapter makes mandatory the suspension of the license of such person by the department, the court ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-54 (a) The department shall forthwith suspend, as provided in Code Section 40-5-63, the license of any driver upon receiving a record of such driveŕs conviction of the following ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-54.1 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Agency' means the agency within the Department of Human Resources which is responsible for enforcing ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-55 (a) The State of Georgia considers that any person who drives or is in actual physical control of any moving vehicle in violation of any provision of Code ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-56 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, the department shall suspend the driver´s license or privilege to operate a motor ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-57 (a) The State of Georgia considers dangerous and negligent drivers to be a direct and immediate threat to the welfare and safety of the general public, and it ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-57.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the driveŕs license of any person under 21 years of age convicted of hit and run or leaving the scene ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-57.2 (a) The driver´s license of any person convicted for a second or subsequent offense of violating Code Section 40-6-255 shall be suspended as provided in this Code section. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-58 (a) As used in this Code section, 'habitual violator' means any person who has been arrested and convicted within the United States three or more times within a ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-59 (a) The department, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, shall require him to submit to an ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-60 All revocations and suspensions provided for in this chapter shall be effective on the day the driver receives actual knowledge or legal notice thereof, whichever occurs first. Notice ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-61 (a) The department, upon canceling, suspending, or revoking a license, shall require that such license shall be surrendered to the department and be processed in accordance with the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-62 (a) Unless the revocation was for a cause which has been removed, any person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways has ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-63 (a) The driveŕs license of any person convicted of an offense listed in Code Section 40-5-54 or of violating Code Section 40-6-391, unless the driveŕs license has been ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-63.1 In addition to any and all other conditions of license reinstatement, issuance, or restoration under Code Section 40-5-58, 40-5-62, or 40-5-63, any person with two or more convictions ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-64 (a) To whom issued. (1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Code Section 40-5-57 or 40-5-63 or any other Code section of this chapter, any person who ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-65 Any resident or nonresident whose driver´s license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this chapter shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-66 (a) Except as provided in subsection (h) of Code Section 40-5-67.1 and subsection (h) of Code Section 40-5-64, any decision rendered by the department shall be final unless ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-67 (a) Whenever any resident or nonresident person is charged with violating Code Section 40-6-391, the law enforcement officer shall take the driver´s license of the person so charged. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-67.1 (a) The test or tests required under Code Section 40-5-55 shall be administered as soon as possible at the request of a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-67.2 (a) Any driveŕs license required to be suspended under subsection (c) of Code Section 40-5-67.1 shall be suspended subject to the following terms and conditions: ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-68 Reserved. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-69 If a person´s driver´s license is suspended by operation of law as provided in Code Section 40-5-63, 40-5-67.1, or 40-5-67.2, the fact that the person´s driver´s license was ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-70 (a) In addition to any other punishment, the driver´s license of a person convicted under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Code Section 40-6-10 shall be suspended for ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-71 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Commercial vehicle policy' means a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance insuring a motor vehicle ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-72 (a) It is the duty of any person who has his or her driver´s license and, where applicable, license tag and tag registration suspended under the provisions of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-73 The provisions of Code Sections 40-5-70, 40-6-10, and 40-6-11 shall not be applicable to persons operating vehicles which are not required to be registered or licensed in this ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-74 Whenever a person is charged with a violation of the law relating to the operation of motor vehicles resulting in the person´s driver´s license being seized by a ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-75 (a) The driveŕs license of any person convicted of possession, distribution, manufacture, cultivation, sale, transfer of, the attempt or conspiracy to possess, distribute, manufacture, cultivate, sell, or transfer ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-80 The purpose of this article, the 'Georgia Driver Improvement Act,' is to improve and promote greater safety upon the highways and streets of this state; to improve the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-81 (a) Any driver improvement program at which attendance is required by court order shall conform to the requirements of this article. (b) Whenever any person ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-82 (a) The Driver Improvement Program created by this article shall be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations necessary to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-83 (a)(1) The commissioner shall establish criteria for the approval of driver improvement clinics. To be approved, a clinic shall provide and operate either a defensive driving course, an ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-84 (a) Except as otherwise provided, the license of any person whose license is suspended for the first time as a result of the conviction of an offense listed ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-85 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person convicted within five years of his or her first conviction as measured in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-86 Upon the accumulation of points pursuant to Code Section 40-5-57, the total number of points accumulated by any driver shall be reduced by seven points, but to not ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-87 The requirements and conditions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article shall be the exclusive requirements for restoration of a license under ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-88 (a) As an alternative to criminal or other civil enforcement, the commissioner of driver services in order to enforce this article or any orders, rules, or regulations promulgated ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-100 (a) The department shall issue personal identification cards to all residents as defined in Code Section 40-5-1 who make application to the department in accordance with rules and ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-101 The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations under which this article shall be implemented and administered. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-102 The department shall require an applicant for an identification card to furnish a birth certificate or other verifiable evidence stating the applicant´s birth date. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-103 (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section, the department shall collect a fee of $20.00 for a five-year card and a fee ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-104 Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in an application for an identification card provided for by this article shall be guilty of a violation of Code ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-105 The provisions of Code Section 40-5-2 regarding the maintenance and disclosure of department records shall apply, where relevant, to those records maintained or received by the department in ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-120 It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1) Display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-121 (a) Except when a license has been revoked under Code Section 40-5-58 as a habitual violator, any person who drives a motor vehicle on any public highway of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-122 No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-123 No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or ward under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-124 (a) Any person charged with an offense under this chapter may be tried in any municipal court of any municipality if the offense occurred within the corporate limits ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-125 (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1) Lend his or her driver´s license or identification card to any other person or permit ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-140 This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Uniform Commercial Driver´s License Act.' ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-141 The purpose of this article is to implement the federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, Title XII of Public Law 99-570, and reduce or prevent commercial ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-142 As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Alcohol' means: (A) Beer, ale, port, or stout and other similar fermented beverages, including ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-143 No person who drives a commercial motor vehicle shall have more than one driver´s license. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-144 (a) Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a license issued by this state who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-145 (a) Each employer shall require every commercial motor vehicle driver applicant to provide the information specified in subsection (d) of Code Section 40-5-144. (b) No employer ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-146 (a) Except when driving under a commercial driver´s instruction permit and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver´s license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-147 (a)(1) Except as provided in Code Section 40-5-148, no person may be issued a commercial driver´s license unless that person is a resident of this state, is at ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-148 The department may issue a nonresident commercial driver´s license to a resident of a foreign jurisdiction if the United States Secretary of Transportation has determined that the commercial ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-148.1 (a) Pursuant to a waiver of the United States Secretary of Transportation, issued April 17, 1992, the department is authorized to issue Class B or Class C restricted ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-149 (a) The application for a commercial driver´s license or commercial driver´s instruction permit shall include the following: (1) The full name and current mailing and ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-150 (a) The commercial driveŕs license shall be marked 'Commercial Driveŕs License' or 'CDL' and shall be, to the maximum extent practicable, tamperproof, and shall include, but not be ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-151 (a) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one year: (1) If convicted of a ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-152 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a person may not drive, operate, or be in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having any measurable ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-153 (a) Any person who drives a commercial motor vehicle anywhere in the state shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to the provisions of Code Sections 40-5-55 ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-154 Within ten days after receiving a report of the conviction of any nonresident holder of a commercial driver´s license for any violation of state law or local ordinance ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-155 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department shall furnish full information regarding the driving record of any person to: (1) The ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-156 The commissioner may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-157 The commissioner or his or her designee may enter into or make agreements, arrangements, or declarations to carry out the provisions of this article. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-158 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person may drive a commercial motor vehicle if the person has a commercial driver´s license issued by any state or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-159 (a) Any person who drives a commercial motor vehicle while in violation of the provisions of Code Section 40-5-143 or any employer who knowingly allows, requires, permits, or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-170 As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Disability' means any physical, mental, or neurological impairment which severely restricts a person´s mobility, manual dexterity, or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-171 (a) The department shall issue personal identification cards to persons with disabilities who make application to the department in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-172 (a) The identification card for persons with disabilities shall be issued to a person with a permanent disability for a period of four years and shall be renewable ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-173 The face of the identification card for persons with disabilities shall prominently bear the words 'URGENT MEDICAL INFORMATION ON REVERSE.' On the reverse side of the identification card ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-174 The face of the identification card for persons with disabilities shall bear the word 'TRANSPORTATION' with a box or blank space adjacent thereto. The issuer of the card ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-175 The identification card for persons with disabilities shall bear the word 'SEATING' with a box or blank space adjacent thereto. The issuer of the card shall place an ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-176 The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations under which this article shall be implemented. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-177 The department shall require an applicant for an identification card for persons with disabilities to furnish a birth certificate or other verifiable evidence stating the applicant´s birth date. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-178 (a) The department shall collect a fee of $5.00 for an identification card for persons with disabilities, which fee shall be deposited in the state treasury in the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-5-179 It is a misdemeanor for any person: (1) To lend his or her identification card for persons with disabilities to any other person or knowingly ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-1 (a) It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this chapter with respect to particular offenses, it is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-2 No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer, firefighter, police volunteer authorized under Code Section 35-1-11, or school-crossing ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-3 (a) The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer to the operation of vehicles upon highways except: (1) Where a different ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-4 Every person riding an animal or driving an animal drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-5 Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter, except those contained in Article 15 of this chapter, shall not apply to authorized persons, teams, motor vehicles, and ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-6 (a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle or law enforcement vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-7 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, it shall be lawful to operate motor vehicles and motorcycles in parades although such motor vehicles and motorcycles and their operators and ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-8 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-9 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'speed limits' shall be construed to refer to and include stop lights, stop signs, slow signs, yield signs, and ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-10 (a)(1) Until December 31, 2003, the owner or operator of a motor vehicle for which minimum motor vehicle liability insurance coverage is required under Chapter 34 of Title ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-11 (a) For the purposes of this Code section, 'motorcycle' means any motor vehicle traveling on public streets or highways having a seat or saddle for the use of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-12 (a) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of Code Section 40-6-10 within a five-year period, as measured from date of arrest to date of arrest, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-13 Any court having jurisdiction to try and dispose of traffic offenses shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of the misdemeanor offenses provided for in Code Sections 40-6-10 ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-14 (a) It is unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway to operate or amplify the sound produced by a radio, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-15 (a) Any person who knowingly drives a motor vehicle on any public road or highway of this state at a time when the vehicle registration of such vehicle ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-16 (a) The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle that is displaying flashing yellow, amber, white, red, or blue lights shall approach the authorized ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-17 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'traffic-control device preemption emitter' means a mobile infrared transmitter or any other similar device which transmits an infrared beam, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-20 (a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of an official traffic-control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-21 (a) The following meanings shall be given to highway traffic signal indications, except those on pedestrian signals: (1) Green indications shall have the following meanings: ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-22 Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words WALK or DON´T WALK or symbols so directing a pedestrian are in place, such signals shall indicate as follows: ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-23 Flashing signal indications shall have the following meanings: (1) FLASHING RED (STOP SIGNAL) — When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-24 When lane direction control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a street or road, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-25 (a) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-26 (a) No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-27 It shall be unlawful for any person to place or install any blue retroreflective raised pavement marker on any public highway, road, or street, provided that such marker ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-40 (a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows: (1) When overtaking ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-41 Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and, upon roadways having width for not more than one lane of traffic in ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-42 The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules stated in this article: ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-43 (a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: (1) When the vehicle ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-44 No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless such ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-45 (a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of a roadway designed and authorized for traffic traveling in opposite directions under the following conditions: ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-46 (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdictions where overtaking and passing or driving to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-47 (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or specific lanes ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-48 Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent with this Code section, ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-49 (a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-50 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'gore' means the area of convergence between two lanes of traffic. (b) Every vehicle driven on ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-51 (a) The Department of Transportation by order and local authorities by ordinance may regulate or prohibit the use of any controlled-access roadway within their respective jurisdictions by any ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-52 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'truck' means any vehicle equipped with more than six wheels, except buses and motorcoaches. (b) On ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-53 (a) On roads, streets, or highways with three or more lanes allowing for movement in the same direction, it shall be unlawful for any bus or motorcoach to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-54 (a) The Department of Transportation may designate travel lanes on any road in the state highway system for the exclusive use of certain vehicles, as provided in Code ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-70 (a) When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-71 The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right of way ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-72 (a) Preferential right of way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in Code Section 32-6-50. (b) Except when directed to ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-73 The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a roadway from any place other than another roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-74 (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle or a vehicle belonging to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency making use of an audible ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-75 (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work upon a highway within any highway ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-76 (a) As used in this Code section, a 'funeral procession' means an array of motor vehicles in which the lead vehicle displays a sign, pennant, flag, or other ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-90 (a) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device specifically applicable to him, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. (b) Pedestrians shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-91 (a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-92 (a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-93 Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway, shall give warning by ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-94 The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right of way to any blind pedestrian who is carrying a walking cane or stick white in color or white ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-95 A person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug to a degree which renders him a hazard shall not walk or be upon any ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-96 (a) Where a sidewalk is provided, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway. (b) Where a sidewalk ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-97 (a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride. (b) Except as provided in Code Section 40-6-97.1, no person shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-97.1 Municipal or county governments are authorized to adopt ordinances for the issuance of permits for the solicitation of contributions on streets and highways within the geographic jurisdiction of ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-98 No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-99 (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of an audible signal meeting the requirements of Code Section 40-8-94, and visual and audible signals ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-120 (a) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows: (1) RIGHT TURN. Both the approach for a ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-121 No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction: (1) Upon any curve; (2) Upon the approach to or ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-122 No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-123 (a) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in Code Section 40-6-120 or turn ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-124 (a) Any stop or turn signal when required in this chapter shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by signal lights, except as ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-125 All signals required by this article when given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-126 Whenever a highway or roadway has a central lane in which traffic may enter from either direction for the purposes of making a left turn, no vehicle shall ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-140 (a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing, such driver shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-141 The Department of Transportation and local authorities with the approval of the department are authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-142 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, any bus, whether or not operated for ...
Georgia Code - Motor Vehicles & Traffic - Title 40, Section 40-6-143 (a) No person shall operate or move a crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten miles per ...
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