Court Opinion

ID: 9850599
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:59:46.58646+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:40.167120
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
The appellant in its motion for rehearing contends (1) that *600since the adoption of the Administrative Procedure Act the courts must judicially recognize rules and regulations of the Revenue Commissioner adopted and filed pursuant thereto, and (2) that the only method by which a mechanic’s lien can be perfected in a pre-1963 automobile is by filing a notice thereof with the Revenue Commissioner and that such a lien may not be perfected by retention of the vehicle.
The Administrative Procedure Act (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338) as amended (Ga. L. 1965, p. 283), was not effective until July 1, 1965. The stipulation in the record shows that the T-3 form was executed and filed in March 1964, over fifteen months prior to the effective date of the Administrative Procedure Act. While under Sec. 8 of such Act the rules and regulations adopted and filed pursuant thereto will be judicially recognized, yet judicial notice of a rule in effect in 1965 is not evidence that such rule was in effect in 1964.
Moreover, the paragraph of the-Department of Revenue rules (560-10-3.203) relied upon by the appellant does not provide that form T-3 shall be the form used to perfect a security interest in a pre-1963 model motor vehicle but merely states the address where forms may be obtained and that they must be typed, signed, notarized and supported by proper fee.
The remaining contention of the appellant is that Sec. 23 of the Motor Vehicle Act (Code Ann. § 68-423a), does not apply to a pre-1963 automobile and that the sole method of perfecting a mechanic’s lien on such an automobile is under Sec. 40 of such Act. Code Ann. § 68-438a.
The vehicles referred to in Sec. 23 of the Act as being subject to mechanic’s liens which may be asserted by retention of the vehicle are those which are required to- have certificates of title and those not subject to being retained by a mechanic are those exempt from such Act by Sec. 4 thereof (Code Ann. § 68-404a). The fact that the time for obtaining a certificate of title is delayed as to some vehicles, so as to make for an orderly implementation of the Act, does not make a vehicle referred to as required to have a certificate of title one that is not required to have a certificate of title.
Section 23 refers to how a mechanic’s lien may be asserted *601while Secs. 22 and 40 (Code Ann. §§ 68-422a, 68-438a), provide how such liens are recorded.

Motion for rehearing denied.