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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-5-50. Authority of department to cancel license or identification card.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-5-50. Authority of department to cancel license or identification card.

The department is authorized to cancel any driver’s license or identification card issued by the department pursuant to Code Section 40-5-100 upon determining that the holder of such license or identification card was not entitled to the issuance thereof under this chapter or failed to give the required or correct information in the application for such license or identification card.

## History

Code 1933, § 68B-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1008, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 1995, p. 920, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 5-14; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1052, § 4(51)/SB 448, effective July 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “personal” following “driver’s license or” near the beginning of this Code section.