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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-1-230. Vehicle equipment.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-1-230. Vehicle equipment.

A peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, such as a global positioning system or other special equipment, that is put in or on the vehicle to monitor or facilitate the car-sharing transaction and shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the shared vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of such equipment during the car-sharing period not caused by such owner. The peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall have the right to seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for any loss or damage to such equipment that occurs during the car-sharing period.

## History

Code 1981, § 40-1-230, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 310, § 2/HB 337; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1052, § 4(15)/SB 448, effective July 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “global positioning system” for “GPS system” in the first sentence.