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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-2-71. Design of disabled veteran license plates; restrictions on issuance.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-2-71. Design of disabled veteran license plates; restrictions on issuance.

(a) The commissioner is directed to furnish the license plates provided for in Code Sections 40-2-69 and 40-2-70. Such plates shall be printed in three colors: red, white, and blue. The commissioner is authorized and directed to design the license plate. Each license plate shall contain, in bold characters, the name of the state, or abbreviation thereof, the year, the serial number, either the words “Disabled Veteran” or “Disabled Vet,” and an image of the International Symbol of Access which is at least one inch in height and is white on a blue background.

(b) No disabled veteran shall be entitled to own or operate more than two vehicles with the free license plates provided by Code Sections 40-2-69, 40-2-70, and this Code section.

## History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 336, §§ 2, 3, 5; Ga. L. 1957, p. 69, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 349, § 2; Code 1981, § 40-2-70; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1476, § 1; Code 1981, § 40-2-71, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 40; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1118, § 11; Ga. L. 1997, p. 419, § 21; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1179, § 16; Ga. L. 2012, p. 155, § 3/HB 732;Ga. L. 2025, p. 559, § 3/HB 208, effective January 1, 2026.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2025, p. 559, § 6/HB 208, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “In accordance with the requirements of Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(n) of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, this Act shall not become law unless it receives the requisite two-thirds’ majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.” The legislation received the requisite two-thirds’ majority vote.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, inserted “license” in the last sentence of subsection (a); deleted former subsection (b), which read: “Such license plates so issued shall be transferred to another vehicle as provided in Code Section 40-2-80.”; redesignated former subsection (c) as present subsection (b); and substituted “two vehicles” for “one vehicle” in subsection (b).

## Delayed Effective Date

Code Section 40-2-71 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.