Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD · Article 12. ACCIDENTS

40-6-273. Duty to report accident resulting in injury, death, or property damage.

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

The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or property damage to an apparent extent of $500.00 or more shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of such accident to the local police department if such accident occurs within a municipality. If such accident occurs outside a municipality, such notice shall be given to the office of the county sheriff or to the nearest office of the state patrol.

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

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 45; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1494, § 1; Code 1981, § 40-6-274; Code 1981, § 40-6-273, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40; Ga. L. 1994, p. 363, § 1.

Law reviews

For annual survey of insurance law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 181 (2006).

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Text read from t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V29, 2018 edition, page 222; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 82c1b132c971.