Georgia Code, Title 40, Chapter 3, Article 2 - Certificates of Title

• § 40-3-20 - Certificate of Title Required; Exemption; Certificate a Prerequisite to Registration; Documentation of Payment or Inapplicability of Sales and Use Tax Required to Register a Vehicle Purchased Outside the State
  (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...
• § 40-3-21 - Application for First Certificate of Title
  (a) The application for the first certificate of title of a vehicle in this state shall be made by the owner to the commissioner...
• § 40-3-21.1 - Fee for Certificate of Title for Vehicle Titled in Another State At Time of Application
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1996, p. 5, § 1, effective February 9, 1996.
• § 40-3-22 - Examination of Records
  (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...
• § 40-3-23 - Issuance of Certificate of Title; Maintenance of Record of Certificates Issued; Public Inspection; Furnishing Records for Fee
  (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized county tag agent shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and...
• § 40-3-24 - Contents of Certificate; Certificate As Evidence; Not Subject to Garnishment or Other Process
  (a) Each certificate of title issued by the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized county tag agent shall contain: (1) The date issued; (2)...
• § 40-3-25 - Entry of Odometer Reading on Certificate of Title Upon Sale or Transfer of Vehicle
  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...
• Section 40-3-25.1. - Redesignated
• § 40-3-26 - Delivery of Certificate; Notice to Junior Security Interest Holders and Lienholders; Disposition of Certificate When First Lien or Security Interest Satisfied
  (a) (1) The certificate of title shall be mailed or delivered to the holder of the first security interest or lien named in it....
• § 40-3-27 - General Procedure for Reflecting a Subsequent Transaction on Certificate
  (a) Whenever the certificate of title is in the possession of a security interest holder or lienholder as allowed by this chapter and some...
• § 40-3-28 - Registration of Vehicle Where Commissioner Not Satisfied As to Ownership of Vehicle; Bond
  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...
• § 40-3-29 - Refusing Certificate
  (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...
• Section 40-3-29.1. - Redesignated
• § 40-3-30 - Requirement of Compliance With Federal Safety Standards
  (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...
• § 40-3-30.1 - Definitions; Inspections
  (a) As used in this Code section and in Code Section 40-2-27, the term: (1) "Assembled motor vehicle or motorcycle" or "kit motor vehicle...
• § 40-3-31 - Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Certificates
  If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or the legal representative of the owner named...
• § 40-3-31.1 - Replacement Certificates of Title for Mobile Homes
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2003, p. 430, § 2, effective May 31, 2003.
• § 40-3-32 - Transfer of Vehicle Generally
  (a) If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall, at the time...
• § 40-3-32.1 - Application for Transfer of Title to Local Tag Agent by Purchaser of Manufactured Home; Payment of Ad Valorem Taxes Required for New Certificate
  In addition to any other requirements imposed by this chapter for the transfer of a certificate of title, the purchaser of a manufactured home...
• § 40-3-33 - Transfer of Vehicle to or From Dealer; Records to Be Kept by Dealers
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a dealer who buys a vehicle and holds it for resale need not...
• § 40-3-34 - Transfer of Vehicle by Operation of Law; Joint Interest With Survivorship
  (a) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided...
• § 40-3-35 - When Commissioner to Issue New Certificate to Transferee; Filing and Retention of Surrendered Certificates
  (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...
• Section 40-3-35.1. - Redesignated
• § 40-3-35.2 - Duty of Georgia Bureau of Investigation to Inspect Certain Motor Vehicles; Authority to Employ Persons to Carry Out Such Inspections
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1987, p. 626, § 2, effective July 1, 1987.
• § 40-3-36 - Cancellation of Certificate of Title for Scrap, Dismantled, or Demolished Vehicles or Trailers; Salvage Certificate of Title; Administrative Enforcement; Removal of License Plates
  (a) (1) Any registered owner or authorized agent of a registered owner who in any manner sells or disposes of any vehicle, including a...
• § 40-3-36.1 - Designation of Flood Damaged or Fire Damaged Vehicle on Certificate of Title
  For any salvage motor vehicle which, after inspection, it is determined that repair to an operable condition does not require replacement of two or...
• § 40-3-37 - Salvaged or Rebuilt Motor Vehicles; Inspections; Fees; Exemption of Motorcycles; Glider Kits
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Application for a certificate of title on a recovered stolen motor vehicle" means an...
• § 40-3-38 - Fees
  (a) An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner or a...
• § 40-3-39 - Compensation of Tag Agents; Mailing of Applications to Department
  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...
• § 40-3-40 - Reports and Remittances by Tag Agents
  (a) All county tag agents accepting and handling title applications shall endeavor to submit such applications and related sums of money to which the...
• § 40-3-41 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificates
  (a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with Code Section...
• § 40-3-42 - Postmark As Proof of Timely Submission of Documents; Responsibility for Collection of Penalty for Late Submission
  In instances when an application for title is required to be submitted within a certain time period, proof of mailing within the designated period...
• § 40-3-43 - Transfer of Certificate to Person, Firm, or Corporation Paying Total Loss Claim on Stolen Vehicle; Administrative Fine Enforcement Alternative; Authority of Commissioner of Insurance
  (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...

Last modified: October 14, 2016