Georgia Code, Title 40, Chapter 5, Article 3 - Cancellation, Suspension, and Revocation of Licenses

• § 40-5-50 - Authority of Department to Cancel License or Identification Card
  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...
• § 40-5-51 - Suspension of Driving Privilege of Nonresident; Reporting Convictions, Suspensions, and Revocations of Nonresidents
  (a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident under this chapter shall be subject...
• § 40-5-52 - Suspension of License or Operating Privilege for Conduct in Another State
  (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...
• § 40-5-53 - When Courts to Send Licenses and Reports of Convictions to Department; Destruction of License by Department; Issuance of New License Upon Satisfaction of Certain Requirements
  (a) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this chapter makes mandatory the suspension of the license of such person by...
• § 40-5-54 - Mandatory Suspension of License; Notice of Suspension
  (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 driver's...
• § 40-5-54.1 - Denial or Suspension of License for Noncompliance With Child Support Order
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Agency" means the agency within the Department of Human Services which is responsible for...
• § 40-5-55 - Implied Consent to Chemical Tests
  (a) The State of Georgia considers that any person who drives or is in actual physical control of any moving vehicle in violation of...
• § 40-5-56 - Suspension of License or Driving Privilege for Failure to Respond to Citation; Reinstatement of License
  (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...
• § 40-5-57 - Suspension or Revocation of License of Habitually Negligent or Dangerous Driver; Point System
  (a) The State of Georgia considers dangerous and negligent drivers to be a direct and immediate threat to the welfare and safety of the...
• § 40-5-57.1 - Suspension of Licenses of Persons Under Age 21 for Certain Offenses; Surrender of License to Court Upon Conviction; Suspension of Licenses of Persons Under Age 18 for Certain Point Accumulations; Reinstatement of License Following Suspension
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the driver's license of any person under 21 years of age convicted of hit and run...
• § 40-5-57.2 - Suspension Based on Violation of Code Section 40-6-255
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 60, § 4-14/SB 100, effective July 1, 2015.
• § 40-5-57.3 - Penalty for Multiple Convictions of Causing Serious Injury Due of Right of Way Violations
  (a) The driver's license of any person who is convicted for a second or subsequent offense of violating Code Section 40-6-77 within a five-year...
• § 40-5-58 - Habitual Violators; Probationary Licenses
  (a) As used in this Code section, "habitual violator" means any person who has been arrested and convicted within the United States three or...
• § 40-5-59 - Reexamination of Drivers Believed to Be Incompetent or Unqualified
  (a) The department, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, shall require him...
• § 40-5-60 - When Revocation or Suspension Effective; Notice
  (a) All revocations and suspensions provided for in this chapter shall be effective on the day the driver receives actual knowledge or legal notice...
• § 40-5-61 - Surrender and Return of License
  (a) The department, upon canceling, suspending, or revoking a license, shall require that such license shall be surrendered to the department and be processed...
• § 40-5-62 - Periods of Revocation; Conditions to Restoration of License or Issuance of New License
  (a) Unless the revocation was for a cause which has been removed, any person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on...
• § 40-5-63 - Periods of Suspension; Conditions to Return of License
  (a) The driver's 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...
• § 40-5-63.1 - Clinical Evaluation and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Certain Offenders
  In addition to any and all other conditions of license reinstatement, issuance, or restoration under Code Section 40-5-57.1, 40-5-58, 40-5-62, or 40-5-63, any person...
• § 40-5-64 - Limited Driving Permits for Certain Offenders
  (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...
• § 40-5-65 - Restriction As to Operation Under Foreign License During Period of Revocation or Suspension
  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...
• § 40-5-66 - Appeals From Decisions of Department
  (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...
• § 40-5-67 - Seizure and Disposition of Driver's License of Persons Charged With Driving Under the Influence; Issuance of Temporary Driving Permit; Disposition of Cases
  (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...
• § 40-5-67.1 - Chemical Tests; Implied Consent Notices; Rights of Motorists; Test Results; Refusal to Submit; Suspension or Denial; Hearing and Review; Compensation of Officers; Inspection and Certification of Breath-Testing Instruments
  (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...
• § 40-5-67.2 - Terms and Conditions for Suspension of License Under Subsection (C) of Code Section 40-5-67.1
  (a) Any driver's license required to be suspended under subsection (c) of Code Section 40-5-67.1 shall be suspended subject to the following terms and...
• § 40-5-68 - Suspension of Licenses by Operation of Law for Failure to Complete Alcohol or Drug Program
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 760, § 21, effective July 1, 1997.
• § 40-5-69 - Circumstances Not Affecting Suspensions by Operation of Law
  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...
• § 40-5-70 - Suspension of Drivers' Licenses for Failure to Show Proof of Required Minimum Insurance; Hearings; Mandatory Suspension.
  (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...
• § 40-5-71 - Notice of Insurance Issuance, Renewal, or Termination; Lapse Fee; Suspension of License Following Insurance Termination; Restricted Driving Permits
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 143, § 8, effective May 20, 2010.
• § 40-5-72 - Forwarding of License, Tag, and Tag Registration to Department; Notice; Penalty
  (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...
• § 40-5-73 - Limited Applicability
  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...
• § 40-5-74 - Defacement or Alteration of Seized License Prohibited
  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...

Last modified: October 14, 2016