Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 2. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

40-2-5. Unlawful actions relating to license plate; use of expired prestige license plate.

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

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful:#
1. (1)
  To remove or transfer a license plate from the motor vehicle for which such license plate was issued;#
2. (2)
  To sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of a license plate upon or for use on any motor vehicle other than the vehicle for which such license plate was issued;#
3. (3)
  To buy, receive, use, or possess for use on a motor vehicle any license plate not issued for use on such motor vehicle; or#
4. (4)
  To operate a motor vehicle bearing a license plate which was improperly removed or transferred from another vehicle.#
(b)
Any person who shall knowingly violate any provision of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 or by confinement for not more than 12 months, or both.#
(c)
It shall not be unlawful for any person to place an expired prestige license plate on the front of a motor vehicle provided that such vehicle also bears a current valid license plate on the rear of such 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

Ga. L. 1918, p. 264, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 68-9916; Ga. L. 1966, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1657, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2.

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For note on 1990 amendment of this Code section, see 7 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 329 (1990).

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