36-60-4. Removal of junked motor vehicles; adoption of ordinances; authority to contract for removal.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

(a)
Each county and municipal corporation shall have the authority to provide by ordinance for the removal and disposal of any discarded, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or junked motor vehicles or parts thereof, when requested by the owner or when such motor vehicles are in such a condition that they constitute a health hazard or unsightly nuisance, notwithstanding the fact that such motor vehicles may be located upon private property.#
(b)
Each county and municipal corporation, in addition to the specific powers conferred upon it by this Code section, is vested with such additional powers as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Code section and shall have the authority to adopt all reasonable ordinances in order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this Code section. Additionally, each county and municipality shall have the power and authority to contract with private individuals and firms for the removal of discarded, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or junked motor vehicles or parts thereof.#
(c)
Nothing contained within this Code section shall be deemed to apply to any motor vehicle which is located within the premises of any junkyard complying with the laws of this state relating to the licensing and regulating of motor vehicle junkyards.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 670, §§ 1-3.

Cross references

Control of junkyards, § 32-6-240 et seq. Disposition of abandoned and derelict motor vehicles, § 40-11-1 et seq. Removal and storage by landowners of improperly parked vehicles, § 44-1-13.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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