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Georgia Statutes, Title 40

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Title 40

16 chapters · 848 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 40848 Ch 6, UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD202 Ch 2, REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR …131 Ch 5, DRIVERS’ LICENSES123 Ch 1, IDENTIFICATION AND REGULATION101 Ch 8, EQUIPMENT AND INSPECTION OF MOTOR VE…72 Ch 3, CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, SECURITY INTE…52 Ch 13, PROSECUTION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES36 Ch 9, REPORTING ACCIDENTS; GIVING PROOF OF…33 Ch 14, USE OF SPEED DETECTION DEVICES AND R…27 Ch 4, IDENTIFICATION OF AND PURCHASE AND R…18 Ch 11, ABANDONED, DERELICT, AND CIVIL FORFE…14 Ch 10, GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY10 Ch 16, DEPARTMENT OF DRIVER SERVICES10 Ch 12, ACTIONS AGAINST NONRESIDENT MOTORISTS8

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O.C.G.A. § 40-5-1 Deﬁnitions
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As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Assessment component” means the standard screening instrument or instruments designated by the department which are used to screen for the extent of an individual’s alcohol or drug use and its impact on driving. (2) Reserved. (3) “Cancellat…
O.C.G.A. § 40-5-10 Driver education training courses
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(a) The department shall establish standards for approval of curriculum for a driver education training course, provided that such course shall be designed to educate young drivers about safe driving practices and the traffic laws of this state and to train young drivers in the s…
O.C.G.A. § 40-5-2 Keeping of records of applications for licenses and information on licensees; furnishing of information
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(a) The department shall maintain records regarding the drivers’ licenses and permits issued by the department under this chapter. The drivers’ records maintained by the department shall include: (1) A record of every application for a license received by it and suitable indexes …
O.C.G.A. § 40-5-3 Department employees as notaries public
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The commissioner shall cause designated employees of the department to be appointed as notaries public, in accordance with Chapter 17 of Title 45, for the purpose of performing the notarial acts required by this chapter, free of charge to applicants. History. Code 1933, § 68B-207…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-4 Promulgation of rules and regulations

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(a) The commissioner is authorized to implement any and all provisions of this chapter by the promulgation of necessary rules and regulations. An express grant of authority to the commissioner in any Code section to promulgate regulations shall not be construed as excluding such …

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-4.1 Authorized delay in compliance with federal Real ID Act

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The Governor of the State of Georgia, or his or her designee, is authorized to delay compliance with certain provisions of the federal Real ID Act, H.R. 1268, P.L. 109-13, enacted by Congress in 2005, until it is expressly guaranteed by the Department of Homeland Security, throug…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-5 Reciprocal agreements with other states, districts, territories, and foreign countries for the operation of motor vehicles and required testing; “limited term” notation

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(a) The Governor is authorized and directed to negotiate and consummate, with the proper authorities of the several states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States, valid and binding reciprocal agreements whereby res…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-6 Form for making anatomical gifts upon issuance or renewal of driver’s license or identiﬁcation card

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(a) Whenever any person applies for or requests the issuance, reissuance, or renewal of any class of driver’s license or identiﬁcation card, the department shall furnish such person with a form, sufficient under Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 44, the “Georgia Revised Uniform Ana…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-8 Registration of applicants with United States Selective Service System; notiﬁcation that signature constitutes consent

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(a) Any male United States citizen or immigrant who applies for any driver’s license or identiﬁcation card issued under this chapter, including without limitation any instruction permit, limited driving permit, provisional driver’s license, or commercial driver’s license, or for …

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-9 Pauper’s affidavit for a partial waiver of driver’s license reinstatement and restoration fees

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(a) A pauper’s affidavit may be ﬁled in lieu of paying the driver’s license reinstatement or restoration fee otherwise required by this chapter. An individual ﬁling a pauper’s affidavit shall under oath affirm his or her poverty and his or her resulting inability to pay the drive…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-20 License required; surrender of prior licenses; local licenses prohibited

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(a) No person, except those expressly exempted in this chapter or in Chapter 6 of this title, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless such person has a valid driver’s license under this chapter for the type or class of vehicle being driven. Any person wh…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-21 Exemptions generally

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(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 this chapter: (1) Any employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United…

O.C.G.A. § 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

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an applicant who presents in person valid documentary evidence of: (1) Admission to the United States in a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant status; (2) A pending or approved application for asylum in the United States; (3) Admis…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-21.2 Compliance with Systematic Alien Veriﬁcation for Entitlements Program; application; implementation

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(a) As used in this Code section, the term “SAVE Program” means the Systematic Alien Veriﬁcation for Entitlements (SAVE) Program established by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. (b) The department shall utilize the following procedures in this subs…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-22 Issuance of instruction permit or driver’s license to person under 18 years of age; persons not to be licensed

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(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 under 18 years of age or Class M driver’s license to any person who is under 17 years of age, except that the department may, under subsection (…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-22.1 Reinstatement after delinquency adjudication for driving under the inﬂuence of alcohol or drugs for child under 16 years of age

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a child under 16 years of age is adjudicated delinquent of driving under the inﬂuence of alcohol or drugs or convicted in any other court of such offenses, the court shall order that the privilege of such child to apply for and be is…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-23 Classes of licenses

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(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 to this chapter, the commissioner shall establish by rules and regulations such qualiﬁcations, including but not limited to, tr…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-24 Instruction permits; graduated licensing and related restrictions; temporary licenses

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(a)(1)(A) Any resident of this state who is at least 15 years of age may apply to the department for an instruction permit to operate a noncommercial Class C vehicle. The department shall, after the applicant has successfully passed all parts of the examination referred to in Cod…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-25 Applications; fees; provisions for voluntary participation in various programs

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(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 shall be accompanied by the proper license fee. The fees shall be as established by the Board of Driver Services, not to exceed: (1) …

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-26 Applications of minors; revocation request of minor’s instruction permit or license; distinctive licenses for persons under 21

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(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 and veriﬁed by the father, mother, or guardian of the applicant before a person authorized to administer oaths or, in the event there is no parent or …

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-27 Examination of applicants

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(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 a test of the applicant’s eyesight, his or her ability to understand official traffic-control devices, and his or her know…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-28 Issuance and contents of licenses; county tag agents; Class E and Class F licenses for volunteer ﬁreﬁghters

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, the department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every applicant qualifying therefor a driver’s license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the licensee may drive, which license shall be u…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-28.1 Use of social security numbers

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No license or permit issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2007, pursuant to this article shall contain the social security number of the licensee or permit holder. History. Code 1981, § 40-5-28.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1443, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 449, § 3/HB 1253.

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-29 License to be carried and exhibited on demand

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(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. Any person who has a receipt issued by the department reﬂecting issuance, renewal, replacement, or reinstatement of his or her driver’s licens…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-30 Restricted licenses

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(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 with respect to special mechanical control devices required on a motor vehicle which the licensee may operate o…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-31 Replacement permits or licenses

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(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 the same was issued may upon payment of the required fee and upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the department that such permit has been lost or…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-32 Expiration and renewal of licenses; reexamination required; electronic renewal notices

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(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every driver’s license shall expire on the licensee’s birthday in the eighth year following the issuance of such license. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any commercial driver’s license that contains an H or X endorsement a…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-33 Change of address or name

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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 issued to him or her or when the name of a licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise, such person shall apply to the department for …

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-34 Driver License Advisory Board

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(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 and vision standards relating to the licensing of drivers under this chapter. (c) If the department has cause to …

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-35 Disqualifying disorders and disabilities; reports by physicians and vision specialists; procedure when person found unqualiﬁed to be licensed

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(a) The Driver License Advisory Board appointed by the department shall deﬁne disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness or other mental or physical disabilities affecting the ability of a person to drive safely for the purpose of the reports required by this Code section…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-36 Veterans’ licenses, honorary licenses, and other distinctive licenses

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(a) Except as speciﬁcally provided in this chapter, no part of this chapter shall be interpreted as affecting the rights and privileges of a person holding a veteran’s, honorary, or distinctive license, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to authorize the departm…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-37 Expiration of active duty service members’ licenses

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(a) As used in this Code section, the term “service member” means an active duty member of the regular or reserve component of the United States armed forces, the United States Coast Guard, the Georgia National Guard, or the Georgia Air National Guard who is on ordered federal du…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-38 Notation of post-traumatic stress disorder

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(a) Members of the armed services and veterans who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder may request to have a notation of such diagnosis placed on his or her driver’s license. Such applicant shall present the department with a sworn statement from a person lice…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-39 Requirements for operation of a motor vehicle for hire; for-hire license endorsements and eligibility; term; background checks

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(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 this Code section and has liability insurance coverage in the amounts required by law for the class of motor vehicle being operated for hire a…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-50 Authority of department to cancel license or identiﬁcation card

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The department is authorized to cancel any driver’s license or identiﬁcation card issued by the department pursuant to Code Section 40-5-100 upon determining that the holder of such license or identiﬁcation card was not entitled to the issuance thereof under this chapter or faile…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-51 Suspension of driving privilege of nonresident; reporting convictions, suspensions, and revocations of nonresidents

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(a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident under this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the department only when suspension or revocation is required by law for the violation. No points shall be assessed…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-52 Suspension of license or operating privilege for conduct in another state

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(a) The department shall suspend, as provided in Code Section 40-5-63, the license of any resident of this state and may suspend a nonresident’s operating privilege, upon receiving notice of a conviction in another state of an offense described in Code Section 40-5-54 or Code Sec…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-53 Surrender of license to court of conviction; report of conviction to department; destruction of license

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(a) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this chapter makes mandatory the suspension of the license of such person by the department, the court in which such conviction is had shall require the surrender to it of any driver’s license then held by the person s…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-54 Mandatory suspension of license; notice of suspension

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(a) The department shall forthwith suspend, as provided in Code Section 40-5-63, the license of any driver upon receiving a record of such driver’s conviction of the following offenses, whether charged as a violation of state law or of a local ordinance adopted pursuant to Articl…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-54.1 Denial or suspension of license for noncompliance with child support order

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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Agency” means the agency within the Department of Human Services which is responsible for enforcing orders for child support pursuant to this article. (2) “Certiﬁcate of mailing” means a delivery method utilized by the United State…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-56 Suspension of license or driving privilege for failure to respond to citation; reinstatement of license

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any other law to the contrary and unless otherwise ordered by the court, the department shall suspend the driver’s license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state of any person who has failed to respond to …

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-57 Suspension or revocation of license of habitually negligent or dangerous driver; point system

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(a) The State of Georgia considers dangerous and negligent drivers to be a direct and immediate threat to the welfare and safety of the general public, and it is in the best interests of the citizens of Georgia immediately to remove such drivers from the highways of this state. T…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-57.1 Suspension of licenses of persons under 21 years for certain offenses; suspension of licenses of persons under 18 years for certain point accumulation

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the driver’s license of any person under 21 years of age convicted of hit and run or leaving the scene of an accident in violation of Code Section 40-6-270, racing on highways or streets, using a motor vehicle in ﬂeeing or …

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-57.2 Suspension of license for reckless stunt driving

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(a) The driver’s license of any person convicted of reckless stunt driving in violation of Code Section 40-6-390.1 shall by operation of law be suspended, and such suspension shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) Upon the ﬁrst conviction of any such offense,…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-57.3 Penalty for multiple convictions of causing serious injury due to right of way violations

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(a) The driver’s license of any person who is convicted for a second or subsequent offense of violating Code Section 40-6-77 within a ﬁve-year period of time, as measured from the dates of previous arrests for which convictions were obtained or pleas of nolo contendere were accep…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-58 Haley v

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Hardison, 247 Ga. 750, 279 S.E.2d 712, 1981 Ga. LEXIS 866 (1981). Neither state nor federal procedural due process bars the General Assembly from deﬁning “conviction” in O.C.G.A. § 40-5-1 to include forfeiture of bail or collateral. Haley v. Hardison, 247 Ga. 750, 279 S.E.2d 712,…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-59 Reexamination of drivers believed to be incompetent or unqualiﬁed

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(a) The department, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualiﬁed to be licensed, shall require him to submit to an examination at the nearest license examining facility within ten days of receipt of written notice from the departmen…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-60 When revocation or suspension effective; notice

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(a) All revocations and suspensions provided for in this chapter shall be effective on the day the driver receives actual knowledge or legal notice thereof, whichever occurs ﬁrst. Notice of suspension by operation of law shall be considered legal notice. Any license suspension or…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-61 Surrender and return of license; time served under such sentence credited toward fulﬁllment of period of revocation or suspension

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(a) The department, upon canceling, suspending, or revoking a license, shall require that such license shall be surrendered to the department and be processed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the department. (b) Any person whose license has been canceled, suspended…

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-62 Periods of revocation; time served under such sentence credited toward fulﬁllment of period of revocation; conditions to restoration of license or issuance of new license

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(a) Unless the revocation was for a cause which has been removed, any person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways has been revoked shall not be eligible to apply for a new license nor restoration of his or her nonresident’s operating privileg…