Georgia Code, Title 40, Chapter 5, Article 2 - Issuance, Expiration, and Renewal of Licenses

• § 40-5-20 - License Required; Surrender of Prior Licenses; Local Licenses Prohibited
  (a) No person, except those expressly exempted in this chapter or in Chapter 6 of this title, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a...
• § 40-5-21 - Exemptions Generally
  (a) Except as provided in Article 7 of this chapter, the "Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act," the following persons are exempt from licenses under...
• § 40-5-21.1 - Temporary Licenses, Permits, or Special Identification Cards; Foreign Licenses or Identification Cards As Evidence of Legal Presence in the United States; Extensions
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an applicant who presents in person valid documentary evidence of: (1) Admission to the United States...
• § 40-5-21.2 - Compliance With Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program; Application; Implementation
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Department" means the Georgia Department of Driver Services. (2) "SAVE Program" means the Systematic...
• § 40-5-22 - Persons Not to Be Licensed; Minimum Ages for Licensees; School Enrollment Requirements; Driving Training Requirements; Limited Driving Permit
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the department shall not issue any Class C driver's license to any person who is...
• § 40-5-22.1 - Reinstatement of License of Child Under 16 Years Convicted of Driving Under Influence of Alcohol or Drugs
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a child under 16 years of age is adjudicated delinquent of driving under the influence of alcohol...
• § 40-5-23 - Classes of Licenses
  (a) The department upon issuing a driver's license shall indicate thereon the type or general class of vehicles that the licensee may drive.(b) Subject...
• § 40-5-24 - Instruction Permits; Graduated Licensing and Related Restrictions; Temporary Licenses
  (a) (1) (A) Any resident of this state who is at least 15 years of age may apply to the department for an instruction...
• § 40-5-25 - (for Effective Date, See Note.) Applications; Fees; Waiver of Fees; Provisions for Voluntary Participation in Various Programs
  (a) Every application for an instruction permit or for a driver's license shall be made upon a form furnished by the department. Every application...
• § 40-5-26 - Applications of Minors; Distinctive Licenses for Persons Under 21
  (a) (1) The application of any person under the age of 18 years for an instruction permit or driver's license shall be: (A) Signed...
• § 40-5-27 - Examination of Applicants
  (a) (1) The department shall examine every applicant for a driver's license, except as otherwise provided in this Code section. Such examination shall include...
• § 40-5-28 - Issuance of Licenses; Contents; Signature Required; Biological Identifiers Prohibited; County Tag Agents; Class E and Class F Licenses for Volunteer Firefighters
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, the department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every applicant...
• § 40-5-28.1 - Use of Social Security Numbers
  No license or permit issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2007, pursuant to this article shall contain the social security number of...
• § 40-5-29 - License to Be Carried and Exhibited on Demand
  (a) Every licensee shall have his or her driver's license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle....
• § 40-5-30 - Restricted Licenses
  (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...
• § 40-5-31 - Replacement Permits or Licenses
  (a) In the event that an instruction permit or a driver's license issued under this chapter is lost or destroyed, the person to whom...
• § 40-5-32 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses; Reexamination Required
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every driver's license shall expire on the licensee's birthday in the fifth year following...
• § 40-5-33 - Change of Address or Name
  Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driver's license, shall move from the address named in such application or in the license...
• § 40-5-34 - Driver License Advisory Board
  (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...
• § 40-5-35 - Reports by Physicians and Vision Specialists; Procedure When Person Found Unqualified to Be Licensed
  (a) The Driver License Advisory Board appointed by the department shall define disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness or other mental or physical disabilities...
• § 40-5-36 - Veterans' Licenses, Honorary Licenses, and Other Distinctive Licenses
  (a) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no part of this chapter shall be interpreted as affecting the rights and privileges of a...
• § 40-5-37 - Expiration of Active Duty Service Members' Licenses
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "service member" means an active duty member of the regular or reserve component of the...
• § 40-5-38 - Notation of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  (a) Members of the armed services and veterans who have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder may request to have a notation of...
• § 40-5-39 - Requirements for Operation of a Motor Vehicle for Hire; For-Hire License Endorsements and Eligibility; Term; Background Checks
  (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle for hire in this state unless such person: (1) Has a for-hire license endorsement pursuant to...

Last modified: October 14, 2016