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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-2-64. License plates for honorary consuls.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-2-64. License plates for honorary consuls.

(a) Honorary consuls, upon application and compliance with the state motor vehicle laws relative to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, payment of the regular license fees for license plates as provided by law, payment of a manufacturing fee of $25.00, and payment of an additional annual registration fee of $25.00 which fee shall be collected by the county tag agent at the time of collection of other registration fees and shall be remitted as provided in Code Section 40-2-34, shall be issued license plates as prescribed in Code Section 40-2-31 in duplicate for use on their official or private passenger automobiles. Such license plates shall be fastened to both the front and the rear of the vehicle. No more than two sets of honorary consular corps license plates shall be issued to any country. Such plates shall not be used by any person after his or her appointment has ended.

(b) License plates issued under this Code section shall not be transferred so as to be used by any person other than the person to whom such plate was originally issued but shall be transferred to another vehicle as provided in Code Section 40-2-80.

(c) The commissioner is authorized to establish procedures and promulgate rules and regulations for carrying out this Code section.

## History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 215, §§ 2-4; Code 1981, § 40-2-63; Ga. L. 1985, p. 261, § 3; Code 1981, § 40-2-64, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1179, § 13.