Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 2. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES · Article 3. PRESTIGE LICENSE PLATES AND SPECIAL PLATES FOR CERTAIN PERSONS AND VEHICLES

40-2-82. License plates for Department of Public Safety vehicles operated by Georgia State Patrol or Commercial Vehicle Enforcement.

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

The commissioner of public safety shall be issued distinctive license plates to be used on motor vehicles assigned to the Department of Public Safety and operated by troopers of the Georgia State Patrol or law enforcement officers of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement. The distinctive plates shall be issued free of charge in accordance with procedures agreed upon by the commissioner of public safety and the state revenue commissioner. License plates issued pursuant to this Code section need not contain a place for the county name decal and no county name decal need be affixed to a license plate issued pursuant to this Code section.

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 1981, § 40-2-78, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1186, § 5; Code 1981, § 40-2-82, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 3-13; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 14-6/HB 501;Ga. L. 2025, p. 221, § 5/HB 116, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “Commercial Vehicle Enforcement” for “the Motor Carrier Compliance Division” in the first sentence.

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

Text read from t40-ch1-5-(v28a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V28A, 2024 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 67 to 68; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 88c2e7ce2110.