Georgia Code, Title 40, Chapter 2, Article 2 - Registration and Licensing Generally

• § 40-2-20 - Registration and License Requirements; Extension of Registration Period; Penalties; Two-Year Registration Option for New Motor Vehicles
  (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this Code section and subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-47, every owner...
• Section 40-2-20.1. - Redesignated
• § 40-2-21 - Registration Periods
  (a) As used in this chapter, the term: (.1) "Initial registration period" means the 30 day period immediately following the date of purchase or...
• § 40-2-22 - Application to Local Tag Agents or Commissioner
  License plates and revalidation decals shall be issued only upon applications made to the local tag agent or the commissioner in accordance with the...
• § 40-2-23 - County Tax Collectors and Tax Commissioners Designated Tag Agents
  (a) The tax collectors of the various counties of this state and the tax commissioners of those counties in which the duties of the...
• § 40-2-24 - Bonds of Tag Agents
  Each tag agent shall give bond conditioned as the commissioner may require, and in such amount as the commissioner may deem necessary and proper,...
• § 40-2-25 - Processing by Private Persons of Applications for Registration
  (a) The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations governing the processing by private persons, in any manner whatsoever, of applications...
• Section 40-2-25.1. - Redesignated
• § 40-2-26 - Form and Contents of Application for Registration; Heavy Vehicle Tax
  (a) All applicants to register a vehicle shall apply to the tag agent of the county wherein such vehicle is required to be returned...
• § 40-2-27 - Registration of Motor Vehicles Not Manufactured to Comply With Federal Emission and Safety Standards Applicable to New Motor Vehicles; Certificate of Title; Former Military Motor Vehicles
  (a) No application shall be accepted and no certificate of registration shall be issued to any motor vehicle which was not manufactured to comply...
• § 40-2-28 - Proof of Ownership
  (a) Initial applications for registration shall contain such information of ownership as the commissioner shall deem proper, and no vehicle shall be registered unless...
• § 40-2-29 - Registration and License Plate Requirement; License Fee to Accompany Application; Temporary Operating Permit; Penalties
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person purchasing or acquiring a vehicle shall register and obtain, or transfer, a license plate...
• Section 40-2-29.21. - Redesignated
• § 40-2-30 - Purchase by Mail
  An applicant may purchase a vehicle license plate or revalidation decal by mail, by mailing a properly completed application form to the tag agent...
• § 40-2-31 - Five-Year and Annual License Plates; Design; Costs of Manufacture and Delivery Retained From Registration Fees; Revalidation and County Decals; "in God We Trust" Decals
  (a) If the applicant meets the requirements set forth in this chapter, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a license plate bearing a...
• § 40-2-32 - Commemoration of College or University
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-74/HB 1055, effective May 12, 2010.
• § 40-2-32.1 - Commemorative License Plates for Georgia Organizations; Promotional Agreements; Fees
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-75/HB 1055, effective May 12, 2010.
• § 40-2-33 - Issuance of License Plates; Payment and Disposition of Fees; Compensation of Tag Agents; Required Identification
  (a) (1) Upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the payment of the license fee required by law, the tag agent shall...
• § 40-2-34 - Reports and Remittances by Tag Agents
  (a) All county tag agents accepting license applications shall endeavor to submit to the commissioner on at least a weekly basis reports of license...
• § 40-2-35 - Commissioner to Have License Plates by December 1
  The commissioner shall have in his possession on or before December 1 of each year, for distribution, the license plates and revalidation decals provided...
• § 40-2-36 - Commissioner to Furnish License Plates to Tag Agents; Inventories and Affidavits of Missing Plates; Sale of Plates for Vehicles Weighing More Than 26,000 Pounds
  (a) The commissioner shall furnish to each tag agent such number of motor vehicle license plates, revalidation decals, and decals as he may deem...
• Section 40-2-36.1. - Redesignated
• § 40-2-37 - Registration and Licensing of Vehicles of State and Political Subdivisions
  (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...
• § 40-2-38 - Registration and Licensing of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dealers; Dealer Plates; Calculation of Registration Requirements
  (a) (1) Manufacturers, distributors, and dealers engaged in the manufacture, sale, or leasing of vehicles required to be registered under Code Section 40-2-20 shall...
• § 40-2-38.1 - Transporter License Plate
  (a) A person engaged in the business of the limited operation of a motor vehicle or trailer for any of the following purposes may...
• § 40-2-39 - Registration and Licensing of New Motor Vehicle Dealers; Temporary Site Permits
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the business of selling or leasing or offering...
• § 40-2-39.1 - Restrictions on Sale or Advertising of Used Motor Vehicles Displayed or Parked; Exceptions; Enforcement; Penalty
  (a) (1) An owner or lessee of any real property shall not authorize more than five used motor vehicles within any 12 month period...
• § 40-2-40 - Registration of Delinquent Vehicles; Collection and Disposition of Penalties
  (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...
• § 40-2-41 - Display of License Plates
  Unless otherwise permitted under this chapter, every vehicle required to be registered under this chapter, which is in use upon the highways, shall at...
• § 40-2-41.1 - Authentic Historical Georgia License Plates
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "authentic historical Georgia license plate" means a license plate originally issued in the year 1970...
• § 40-2-42 - Transfer of License Plates and Revalidation Decals
  (a) A license plate or revalidation decal, when issued, shall be transferred from one vehicle to another vehicle of the same class acquired by...
• § 40-2-43 - Certificate of Registration; Replacement of Lost Registration Certificate; Issuing of Duplicates
  (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...
• § 40-2-44 - Reporting of Theft, Loss, or Mutilation of License Plates or Revalidation Decals; Issuance of Duplicates or Replacements
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the owner of a motor vehicle shall immediately report the theft, loss, or...
• § 40-2-45 - Transferring License Plate or Revalidation Decal for "Salvage", "Rebuilt", Damaged, or Demolished Motor Vehicles
  (a) No person shall transfer a license plate or decal from one vehicle to any other motor vehicle which is a "salvage" or "rebuilt"...
• § 40-2-46 - License Plate Commemorating 1996 Olympic Games
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1998, p. 128, § 40, effective March 27, 1998, and by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1179, § 10, effective...
• § 40-2-47 - Permanent Registration and License Plates for Certain Trailers; "Leased or Rented Trailer" Defined
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the owner of any trailer, including: (1) Any leased or rented trailer and...
• § 40-2-48 - Through 40-2-49.1
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2006, p. 1094, §§ 3-5, effective January 1, 2007. Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-75/HB 1055, repealed the reservation...
• § 40-2-49.2 - License Plates Promoting the Conservation of Wildflowers
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-75/HB 1055, effective May 12, 2010.
• § 40-2-49.3 - License Plates Promoting Dog and Cat Reproductive Sterilization Support Programs
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-75/HB 1055, effective May 12, 2010.

Last modified: October 14, 2016