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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-2-132. Destruction of records by commissioner.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-2-132. Destruction of records by commissioner.

The commissioner, in his discretion, may destroy all motor vehicle records required to be maintained under this chapter, except those of the current year and the two years immediately preceding.

## History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 315, § 1; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 84; Code 1933, § 68-205; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 366, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 424, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 455, § 1; Code 1981, § 40-2-131; Code 1981, § 40-2-132, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2.