Georgia Code, Title 40, Chapter 9, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 40-9-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act."
• § 40-9-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Accident" means the collision of any motor vehicle with another vehicle or with any object or...
• § 40-9-3 - Administration of Chapter; Rules and Regulations; Hearings; Appeals
  (a) The commissioner shall administer and enforce this chapter and is authorized to adopt and enforce rules and regulations necessary for its administration. The...
• § 40-9-4 - Exceptions to Application of Chapter
  This chapter shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, the State of Georgia, any political subdivision of...
• § 40-9-5 - Application of Chapter to Nonresidents, Unlicensed Drivers, and Unregistered Vehicles; Accidents in Other States
  (a) If the operator or the owner of a vehicle involved in an accident in this state has no license, such operator shall not...
• § 40-9-6 - Transfer of Registration of Vehicle After Registration Suspended
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 20-1/HB 501, effective July 1, 2005.
• § 40-9-7 - Surrender of License After Suspension
  (a) Any person whose driver's license shall have been suspended under any provision of this chapter shall immediately return his or her license to...
• § 40-9-8 - Operating Vehicle During Suspension of Driver's License or Operating Privilege
  Any person whose driver's license or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended under this chapter and who, during such suspension, drives any motor vehicle...
• § 40-9-9 - Reinstatement of Driver's License; Fee
  Whenever a driver's license is suspended under any provisions of this chapter and the filing of proof of financial responsibility is made a prerequisite...
• § 40-9-10 - Chapter Supplemental
  This chapter shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of the state motor vehicle laws but shall be construed as supplemental thereto.
• § 40-9-11 - Chapter Not to Prevent Other Process
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for relief upon the other processes...
• § 40-9-12 - Violations Generally
  Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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