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Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 11. ABANDONED, DERELICT, AND CIVIL FORFEITURE OF MOTOR VEHICLES · Article 1A. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES

40-11-18. Retrieval of personal property.

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

  1. (a)

    A towing and storage firm, repair facility, or salvage dealer shall allow an owner of a vehicle to retrieve any personal property within a stored vehicle for up to 30 days from the date which notice was sent pursuant to Code Section 40-11-19.#

  2. (b)

    Any personal property left in a vehicle after 30 days from the date on which notice was sent pursuant to Code Section 40-11-19 shall be considered abandoned.#

  3. (c)

    For purposes of this Code section, the term “personal property” shall not include any items attached or affixed to the motor vehicle.#

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

Code 1981, § 40-11-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 872, § 5/HB 307; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 40/SB 429.

Amendments

The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “on which” for “which” in subsection (b); and revised capitalization in subsection (c).

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

Text read from t40-ch6-16-(v29)-pdf.pdf, Volume V29, 2018 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 100 to 101; merge action: added; file SHA-256 6fa67a38989e.