Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 2. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES · Article 7. MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE FEES AND CLASSES

40-2-163. Purchase by truck or tractor owner of higher weight license plate; payment of difference between fees.

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

A vehicle owner may voluntarily increase the allowable gross weight for which his vehicle is licensed by purchasing the appropriate weight license plate for his truck or tractor and paying the difference between the fee charged for the license which is surrendered and the fee charged for the new license, as calculated pursuant to Code Section 40-2-151.

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 1933, § 92-2918, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 998, § 3; Code 1933, § 91A-5313, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Code 1981, § 48-10-13; Code 1981, § 40-2-163, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1074, §§ 1, 5.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2002, p. 1074, § 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall not abate any prosecution, punishment, penalty, administrative proceedings or remedies, or civil action related to any violation of law committed prior to the effective date of this Act.” This act became effective July 1, 2002.

Cross references

Regulation of size, weight, and other requirements for vehicles and loads on public highways, § 32-6-20 et seq. Permits for excess weight and dimensions, § 32-6-28.

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