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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-11-17. Removal from private parking lot; fees; penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-11-17. Removal from private parking lot; fees; penalty.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, tow, or immobilize or cause to be removed, towed, or immobilized a motor vehicle left in a paid private parking lot between midnight and 9 A.M. of the following day. Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit the owner or operator of a paid private parking lot from charging a penalty for vehicles which remain in a paid private parking lot during such period without authorization. Such penalty shall not exceed $25.00 in excess of normal parking fees. No owner or operator of a paid private parking lot shall be liable for any damages to any motor vehicle remaining in a paid private parking lot during such period without authorization. Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit a resident or a business owner who is not an owner or operator of a paid private parking lot from towing, removing, immobilizing, or causing to be towed, removed, or immobilized a motor vehicle left without authorization on private property.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Code 1981, § 40-11-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 872, § 5/HB 307.