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Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 13. PROSECUTION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES · Article 1. UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION AND COMPLAINT FORM

40-13-3. Traffic offenses triable on complaint without indictment except in superior courts; report of disposition.

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

  1. Except for offenses tried in the superior courts, all other courts having jurisdiction of the offense may proceed with the adjudication of the offenses contained within the complaint without the necessity of filing an indictment or other accusation in order to bring the accused to trial. The judge or clerk of each court before whom a person accused of such an offense is brought shall promptly report the final disposition of the case to the Department of Driver Services. Notwithstanding the reporting requirements of this Code section, the Department of Driver Services may by rule or regulation relieve the judge or clerk of each such court of the responsibility of reporting those offenses which do not result in convictions or adjudications of guilt or pleas of nolo contendere.

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. 1972, p. 1148, §§ 2, 4; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1118, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2785, § 29; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 7A-1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 22-2/HB 501.

Cross references

Trial of misdemeanor motor vehicle violations upon citation, § 17-7-71. Trial upon citation in municipal court, § 36-32-10.2.

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

Text read from t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V29, 2018 edition, pages 626 to 627; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 82c1b132c971.