Georgia Code, Title 40, Chapter 2, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 40-2-1 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Cancellation of vehicle registration" means the annulment or termination by formal action of the department of...
• § 40-2-2 - Violations of Chapter Generally; Penalties
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 40-2-3 - False Statement in Application As Constituting False Swearing
  Any person who shall make any false statement in any application for the registration of any vehicle, or in transferring any certificate of registration,...
• § 40-2-4 - Manufacture of Plates and Decals Prohibited
  (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,...
• § 40-2-5 - Use of License Plate for Purpose of Concealing or Misrepresenting Identity of Vehicle; Use of Expired Prestige License Plate
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful: (1) To remove or transfer a license plate from the motor vehicle...
• § 40-2-6 - Alteration of License Plates; Operation of Vehicle With Altered or Improperly Transferred Plate
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who shall willfully mutilate, obliterate, deface, alter, change, or conceal any numeral, letter, character, county...
• § 40-2-6.1 - Obscuring License Plate in Order to Impede Surveillance Equipment
  Any person who willfully covers any license plate with plastic, other material, or any part of his or her body in order to prevent...
• § 40-2-7 - Removing or Affixing License Plate With Intent to Conceal or Misrepresent
  A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use...
• § 40-2-8 - Operation of Unregistered Vehicle or Vehicle Without Current License Plate, Revalidation Decal, or County Decal; Storage of Unlicensed Vehicle; Jurisdiction; Display of Temporary Plate; Revision and Extension of Temporary Plate; Disposition of Fines
  (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...
• § 40-2-8.1 - Operation of Vehicle Without Revalidation Decal on License Plate
  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...
• § 40-2-9 - Space for County Name Decal; Display of "in God We Trust" Decal in Lieu of County Name Decal
  (a) Any special, distinctive, or prestige license plate, except those provided for in Code Sections 40-2-61, 40-2-62, 40-2-74, 40-2-82, and 40-2-85.1 or as otherwise...
• § 40-2-10 - Voluntary Cancellation of Vehicle Registration
  A vehicle registrant may voluntarily cancel the registration on a vehicle when such vehicle is not in use for any reason, including without limitation...
• § 40-2-11 - Administration of Chapter
  (a) The commissioner shall be responsible for the administration of this chapter and may employ such clerical assistants and agents as may be necessary...

Last modified: October 14, 2016