Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 560 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE › Chapter 560-10 - MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION › Subject 560-10-23 - MULTIPURPOSE OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES › Rule 560-10-23-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) As used in this Subject, the term:
(a) "Branded certificate of registration" or
				"branded certificate" means a Georgia certificate of registration that was
				branded by the Department as not providing proof of ownership because a
				complete and uninterrupted chain of ownership could not be verified.
(b) "County tag agent" or "tag agent" means
				those persons that have been designated as tag agents of the State Revenue
				Commissioner as provided for in Code Section
				40-2-23.
(c) "Department" means the Department of
				Revenue.
(d) "DRIVES" means the
				Driver Record and Integrated Vehicle Enterprise System maintained by the Motor
				Vehicle Division as the State of Georgia's official record of motor vehicle
				titles and registrations and any successor system.
(e) "Inspection affidavit" means a notarized
				affidavit signed by the applicant providing the following affirmations under
				penalty of perjury:
1. The applicant shall
				attest under penalty of perjury that the applicant has direct knowledge and can
				affirm that the vehicle is a utility use vehicle that meets the specifications
				required in Code Section
				40-1-1(33.1).
2. The applicant shall ensure at all times
				that the requirements for operation of the registered multipurpose off-highway
				vehicle by a licensed driver as provided in Rule 560-10-23-.04 are
				met.
3. The applicant shall ensure
				at all times that the requirements for liability insurance coverage on the
				registered multipurpose off-highway vehicle as provided in Rule 560-10-23-.04
				are met.
4. The applicant shall
				ensure at all times that the registered multipurpose off-highway vehicle shall
				only be operated on permitted roads as provided in Rule 560-10-23-.04.
An inspection affidavit and an ownership affidavit may be
				  combined on the same form provided by the Department.
(f) "Utility use vehicle" means a
				motorized vehicle having features specifically intended for utility use that is
				designed and manufactured as a utility task vehicle, excluding any vehicle
				modified to become a utility task vehicle, unless such vehicle already
				qualified as a utility task vehicle before such modification.
(g) "Multipurpose off-highway vehicle" shall
				have the same meaning as provided for in Code Section
				40-1-1(33.1).
(h) "Ownership affidavit" means a notarized
				affidavit signed by the applicant stating under penalty of perjury that the
				applicant legally purchased the vehicle from the previous owner, that to the
				best of the applicant's knowledge the vehicle has never been stolen or stolen
				and resold, and that to the best of the applicant's knowledge there are no
				undisclosed liens on the vehicle. An ownership affidavit and an inspection
				affidavit may be combined on the same form provided by the
				Department.
(i) "Qualified record
				of ownership" means the most recent manufacturer's certificate of origin,
				manufacturer's statement of origin, government-issued certificate of title, or
				government-issued registration if the government issuing such registration does
				not issue motor vehicle titles or does not issue titles for a class of vehicles
				including multipurpose off-highway vehicles. Such term shall include a Georgia
				certificate of registration issued for a multipurpose off-highway vehicle,
				unless such certificate is a branded certificate of registration.
(j) "Utility task vehicle" means a motorized
				vehicle designed and manufactured primarily for performing off-road tasks in
				agricultural, construction or industrial settings. The term excludes:
1. All golf carts and off-road recreational
				vehicles, such as dune buggies; and
2. Any vehicle designed or manufactured for
				on-road use, regardless of whether such on-road use was intended for highways
				within Georgia or elsewhere.