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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-3-22. Examination of records.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-3-22. Examination of records.

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner’s duly authorized county tag agent, upon receiving application for a first certificate of title, shall check the identifying number of the vehicle shown in the application against the records of vehicles required to be maintained by Code Section 40-3-23 and against the record of stolen and converted vehicles required to be maintained by Code Section 40-3-5.

(b) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be applicable to an application for the first certificate of title of a new car or a demonstrator when such application is accompanied by a manufacturer’s certificate of origin.

## History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 9; Code 1981, § 40-3-23; Code 1981, § 40-3-22, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 739, § 6.