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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-2-58. Duties and privileges of digital license plate providers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-2-58. Duties and privileges of digital license plate providers.

(a) A digital license plate provider shall maintain an inventory of digital license plates in an amount determined to be adequate by the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner shall enter in agreements with any digital license plate provider that has been selected by the state to manufacture digital license plates for the State of Georgia. Such agreements shall grant a selected digital license plate provider the authorization to utilize any copyright or copyrights for special license plates as permitted under Code Sections 40-2-60.1, 40-2-86, and 40-2-86.1.

(c) Upon notice from the commissioner of a cancelled or revoked registration, a digital license plate provider shall terminate the electronic data transmitted to a digital license plate for such vehicle.

(d) Upon express written consent of a vehicle owner, a digital license plate provider shall be authorized to collect and disseminate data relating to the location of a motor vehicle in accordance with the terms of any such agreement.

## History

Code 1981, § 40-2-58, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 124, § 6/SB 210.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2021, “the” was inserted before “location” in subsection (d).