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GA Code § 40-4-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 1 - Identification of Passenger Cars, Truck Chassis, and Components|§ 40-4-2. Application of Article

  The provisions of this article requiring vehicle identification numbers on passenger cars and truck chassis with features designed for specialized requirements of a wrecker shall apply only to such items manufactured after January 1, 1967, and designated by the manufacturer as a 1968 or subsequent model.   This article shall not apply to motorcycles, personal transportation vehicles, motor driven cycles, school buses, farm tractors, buses, truck tractors, road tractors, trucks, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers, streetcars, or go-carts or to any vehicle whether self-propelled or not which is not required to be issued a license plate under the laws of this state.   This article shall not apply to the following special purpose vehicles:  Type 1. Truck chassis with body (other than station wagon or bus body) designed primarily for the transportation of persons;   Type 2. Truck chassis with other features designed for a specialized requirement other than a wrecker, including but not limited to fire fighting or snowplow features;   Type 3. Truck chassis with station wagon body;   Type 4.Passenger car chassis with body designed for the commercial transportation of persons;   Type 5. Bus chassis with other features designed for a specialized requirement, including but not limited to mobile laboratory, office, post office, classroom, studio, rescue unit, or library features;   Type 6. Utility vehicle, being a motor vehicle with a removable top, designed for carrying passengers or cargo and with particular features for operation both on highway and cross-country.    This article shall not apply to the components of any vehicle excluded by subsection (b) or (c) of this Code section.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 188, § 6; Ga. L. 1967, p. 113, § 6; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 40; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 40; Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 40; Ga. L. 2014, p. 745, § 5/HB 877.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, in subsection (c), "requirement," was substituted for "requirement" in Type 5.
GA Code § 40-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 1 - Identification of Passenger Cars, Truck Chassis, and Components|§ 40-4-3. Identification Numbers Required

  New passenger cars and components manufactured within state. After January 1, 1997, new passenger cars, truck chassis with features designed for specialized requirements of wreckers, passenger car engines, and transmissions, as specified in this article, manufactured within this state and intended for sale to the general public within this state, shall be required to have placed upon them vehicle identification numbers and component identification numbers. The vehicle identification number shall not be the same as the vehicle identification number of any other passenger car or truck chassis manufactured by the same manufacturer. The component identification number shall not be the same as the component identification number for any other like component manufactured by the same manufacturer but may be the same as the vehicle identification number if the component is installed as original equipment in the passenger car or truck chassis.   New passenger cars sold within state. After January 1, 1997, no new passenger car or truck chassis with features designed for specialized requirements of a wrecker shall be sold to the general public in this state unless such passenger car shall bear a vehicle identification number, which shall not be the same as the vehicle identification number of any other passenger car made by the same manufacturer.   New components sold within state. After January 1, 1967, no new passenger car engine or passenger car transmission shall be sold to the general public in this state unless it shall bear an identification number. The component identification number shall not be the same as the identification number for any other like passenger car component made by the same manufacturer but may be the same as the vehicle identification number if the particular component has been installed as original equipment in the passenger car prior to its sale to the general public.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 188, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 113, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A.)
GA Code § 40-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 1 - Identification of Passenger Cars, Truck Chassis, and Components|§ 40-4-4. How Identification Numbers Affixed; Size and Appearance

  The identification numbers required by Code Section 40-4-3 shall be placed upon the passenger car, truck chassis, and component parts by the manufacturer thereof.   The identification numbers shall be placed upon the passenger car, truck chassis, and components in such a manner that any attempt to remove, alter, deface, obliterate, or destroy them will be ascertainable. The numbers may be affixed by any suitable manufacturing process that will result in the numbers becoming a permanent part of the passenger car or component.   The identification numbers shall be of a height and width easily readable by the naked eye. They may consist of letters, digits, or any combination of them.   The identification numbers may be in accordance with recommended practices approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers as to material, lettering, manufacturing, and installation.   Vehicle identification numbers shall be easily accessible for inspection.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 188, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1967, p. 113, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Attachment solely to machine in engine compartment.   - Automobiles may not be sold in this state after January 1, 1967, with vehicle identification numbers attached solely to the machine in the engine compartment without subjecting the seller to the possibility of being prosecuted for a misdemeanor offense. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-246.
GA Code § 40-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 1 - Identification of Passenger Cars, Truck Chassis, and Components|§ 40-4-5. Identification of Truck Chassis With Features Designed for Specialized Requirements of Wreckers

 Truck chassis with features designed for specialized requirements of a wrecker manufactured after January 1, 1967, but before January 1, 1997, shall, at the time the vehicle is first registered on or after January 1, 1997, pursuant to Code Section 40-2-21, be issued by the Department of Revenue a unique vehicle identification number which shall be affixed to and maintained upon the chassis by the owner in a manner consistent with the requirements of subsections (b) and (e) of Code Section 40-4-4.    (Code 1981, §40-4-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 40; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 16-1/HB 501.)   Cross references.   - Maintenance of records by scrap metal processors, § 43-43-2.    Maintenance of records by used car dealers, § 43-47-13.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, "shall," was substituted for "shall" and "Code Section 40-2-21," was substituted for "Code Section 40-2-2".   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A, effective January 1, 1997, renumbered former Code Section 40-4-5 as present Code Section 40-4-6.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Records and Recording Laws, §§ 50, 94, 110, 149. 77 Am. Jur. 2d, Vendor and Purchaser, § 149 et seq.
GA Code § 40-4-5.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 1 - Identification of Passenger Cars, Truck Chassis, and Components|§ 40-4-5.1. Identification Requirements for Personal Transportation Vehicles

  On or after July 1, 2014, on every newly manufactured personal transportation vehicle, the manufacturer shall inscribe a permanent, durable, corrosion-resistant name plate or marking which contains a unique serial number, name of manufacturer, model name or code, date code, contact information, nominal system voltage, fuel type, and load capacity.   The name plate or marking shall be of a height and width easily readable by the naked eye. The unique serial number may consist of letters, digits, or any combination of letters and digits.   The name plate shall be easily accessible for inspection.     (Code 1981, §40-4-5.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 745, § 6/HB 877.)
GA Code § 40-4-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 1 - Identification of Passenger Cars, Truck Chassis, and Components|§ 40-4-6. Records to Be Kept by Purchasers and Sellers of Used Passenger Cars, Truck Chassis, and Components

 Any person who purchases or sells or offers for sale any used passenger car, truck chassis, engine, or transmission required to be numbered by this article shall keep a permanent record of such transactions. Such record shall include: the item and its identification number or numbers; the name and address of the person from whom the item was purchased; and the name and address of the person to whom the item was sold. Such record shall be kept for three years from the date of the transaction and shall be available to all law enforcement officers for inspection at any reasonable time during business hours without prior notice or the necessity of obtaining a search warrant.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 188, § 4; Ga. L. 1967, p. 113, § 4; Code 1981, §40-4-6, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 1, 27, 30 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 1746, 1747.   ALR.    - Constitutionality of statute making possession of automobile from which identifying marks have been removed a crime, 4 A.L.R. 1538; 42 A.L.R. 1149.    Civil rights and liabilities as affected by failure to comply with regulations as to registration of automobile or motorcycle, or licensing of operator, 54 A.L.R. 374.
GA Code § 40-4-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 1 - Identification of Passenger Cars, Truck Chassis, and Components|§ 40-4-7. Penalties

  Sale, shipment, or manufacture of unnumbered passenger car or component. Any person who sells or offers for sale in this state, ships or causes to be shipped into this state, or manufactures with the intention that it shall be sold at retail in this state a passenger car, truck chassis, passenger car engine, or passenger car transmission that does not bear an identification number or numbers as required by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Failure to keep records. Any person who purchases, sells, or offers for sale any passenger car, truck chassis, passenger car engine, or passenger car transmission that is required by this article to bear an identification number when intended to be sold at wholesale or retail within this state and who willfully fails to keep the records required by Code Section 40-4-6 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each such failure.     (Ga. L. 1966, p. 188, § 5; Ga. L. 1967, p. 113, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40; Code 1981, §40-4-7, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A.)
GA Code § 40-4-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 2 - Alteration or Removal of Identification Numbers|§ 40-4-20. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Falsify" includes alter or forge.   "Identification number" means an identifying number, serial number, engine number, or other distinguishing number or mark placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer or by authority of the commissioner or in accordance with the laws of another state or country.   "Remove" includes deface or destroy.    (Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 34; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 40.)
GA Code § 40-4-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 2 - Alteration or Removal of Identification Numbers|§ 40-4-21. Removal or Falsification of Identification Number

  A person who willfully removes, except in conformance with Code Section 40-3-35, or falsifies an identification number of a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor.   A person who, willfully and with intent to misrepresent the identity of a vehicle or engine, removes or falsifies an identification number of the vehicle or engine with intent to convert or defraud is guilty of a felony. A person convicted of a felony under this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00, or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.    (Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 34; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 40.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   U.L.A.   - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act (U.L.A.) § 37.   ALR.    - Civil rights and liabilities as affected by failure to comply with statute upon sale of motor vehicle, 37 A.L.R. 1465; 52 A.L.R. 701; 63 A.L.R. 688; 94 A.L.R. 948; 58 A.L.R.2d 1351.   Criminal liability, under state law, concerning illegal removal or alteration of vehicle identification number, including sale or possession of altered motor vehicles or parts, 107 A.L.R.5th 567.
GA Code § 40-4-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 2 - Alteration or Removal of Identification Numbers|§ 40-4-22. Buying, Selling, Receiving, Concealing, Using, Possessing, or Disposing of Motor Vehicle or Part Thereof From Which Identification Has Been Removed or Altered

  It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, use, or possess any motor vehicle, or any part thereof, from which the manufacturer's serial numbers or other distinguishing numbers or identifying marks have been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of such motor vehicle.   Any person who knowingly violates any provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.    (Ga. L. 1918, p. 264, § 1; Code 1933, § 68-9916; Ga. L. 1966, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 40.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 391, 392.   C.J.S.   - 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 1745, 1746.   ALR.    - Constitutionality of statute making possession of an automobile from which identifying marks have been removed a crime, 42 A.L.R. 1149.
GA Code § 40-4-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 2 - Alteration or Removal of Identification Numbers|§ 40-4-23. When Identification Number Not Deemed Falsified

 An identification number may be placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of the commissioner without violating this article. An identification number so placed or restored is not falsified.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 34.)
GA Code § 40-4-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 3 - Purchase and Resale of Used Motor Vehicles, Used Parts, and Farm Tractors|§ 40-4-40. Records to Be Kept by Persons Purchasing Used Motor Vehicles or Parts for Resale

 Any person who purchases a used motor vehicle or any used part comprising a component part of any motor vehicle for resale shall keep an accurate record of the date of purchase, the price paid, and the name and address of the person from whom the vehicle or part is purchased. Such information shall be maintained in permanent records for a period of not less than one year and shall be open to inspection by appropriate law enforcement officers.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 436, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Maintenance of records by scrap metal processors, § 43-43-2.    Maintenance of records by used car dealers, § 43-47-12.   Administrative Rules and Regulations.   - Licensing, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Board of Registration of Used Motor Vehicles Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers Used Motor Vehicle Division, Chapter 681-3.   Dealer License Plates, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Board of Registration of Used Motor Vehicles Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers Used Motor Vehicle Division, Chapter 681-4.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 1745.
GA Code § 40-4-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 3 - Purchase and Resale of Used Motor Vehicles, Used Parts, and Farm Tractors|§ 40-4-41. Duty of Purchaser of Vehicle or Part From Which Identification Has Been Removed or Altered

 Any person who purchases for resale a motor vehicle or used part from which the identification markings or plates have been removed, altered, mutilated, or destroyed shall immediately report such purchase to the sheriff of the county in which such person conducts his business.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 436, § 4.)   Cross references.   - Alteration or removal of identification numbers, § 40-4-20 et seq.
GA Code § 40-4-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 3 - Purchase and Resale of Used Motor Vehicles, Used Parts, and Farm Tractors|§ 40-4-42. Presumption That Vehicles and Parts Were Purchased for Resale

 The possession of the motor vehicles and parts covered by Code Sections 40-4-40, 40-4-41, this Code section, 40-4-43, and 40-4-44 shall be prima-facie evidence that they were purchased for the purpose of resale.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 436, § 5.)
GA Code § 40-4-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 3 - Purchase and Resale of Used Motor Vehicles, Used Parts, and Farm Tractors|§ 40-4-43. Penalty for Violation of Code Section 40-4-40 or Code Section 40-4-41

 Any person who fails to comply with any provision of Code Section 40-4-40 or 40-4-41 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 436, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 1, 27, 30 et seq.
GA Code § 40-4-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 3 - Purchase and Resale of Used Motor Vehicles, Used Parts, and Farm Tractors|§ 40-4-44. Certain Parts Excepted From Application of Code Sections 40-4-40 Through 40-4-43

 Code Sections 40-4-40 through 40-4-43 shall not apply to the purchase of any motor vehicle part which may be removed from a motor vehicle by an individual possessing the ordinary skill and dexterity of an ordinary motor vehicle owner.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 436, § 3.)
GA Code § 40-4-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 4 - Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts|Article 3 - Purchase and Resale of Used Motor Vehicles, Used Parts, and Farm Tractors|§ 40-4-45. Sale of Farm Tractors

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Certificate of origin" means the evidence of origin of title of a farm tractor from the manufacturer. It shall show the following information:   The name and the address of the manufacturer;   The serial number of the farm tractor; and   The year, make, and model of the farm tractor.     "Dealer" means a person engaged in buying, selling, trading, or exchanging farm tractors who has an established place of business in this state.   "Farm tractor" means any self-propelled vehicle having more than 15 horsepower designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.   "Person" means a natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.   "Serial number" means the number or letters, or both, placed on a farm tractor by stamping thereon or by affixing a plate thereto by the manufacturer for the purpose of identifying the tractor.     It shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell, trade, or exchange any farm tractor in this state which was manufactured after July 1, 1970, unless:   The original serial number is stamped upon or affixed to the farm tractor; and   The certificate of origin is presented to the purchaser, or to the person who otherwise receives the farm tractor through an exchange or trade with the dealer, at the time the sale, trade, or exchange is completed.     Any person violating any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1970, p. 242, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 1 et seq., 15, 18, 78, 86 et seq.   ALR.    - Constitutionality, construction, and effect of statute relating specifically to rights, remedies, and obligations of parties to sale of farm machinery, 78 A.L.R. 1363; 87 A.L.R. 290.
GA Code § 40-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 5 - Drivers' Licenses|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-5-3. Department Employees to Be Appointed as Notaries Public

 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.   (Code 1933, § 68B-207, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1008, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4.)
GA Code § 40-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 5 - Drivers' Licenses|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-5-4. Authority of Commissioner to Promulgate Rules and Regulations

  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 authority in any other Code section.   When duly promulgated and adopted, all regulations issued pursuant to this chapter shall have the force of law.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 322, art. 4, § 10; Ga. L. 1943, p. 196, § 5; Ga. L. 1951, p. 598, § 7; Code 1933, § 68B-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1008, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 5-3.)