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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 9. REPORTING ACCIDENTS; GIVING PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY · Article 4. GIVING PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE

40-9-80. Methods of giving proof; duration.

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

  1. (a)

    In all those situations under this chapter in which proof of financial responsibility for the future is required, such proof may be given by filing with the department:#

    1. (1)

      A written certificate of any insurance carrier certifying that there is in effect a liability policy as to that vehicle meeting the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of Code Section 40-9-37; or#

    2. (2)

      A plan of self-insurance, accepted by the commissioner, as provided in Code Section 33-34-5.1.#

  2. (b)

    Such proof must be maintained for a one-year period.#

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. 1964, p. 225, § 6; Ga. L. 1969, p. 819, § 7; Code 1933, § 68C-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1246, § 17.

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

Text read from t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V29, 2018 edition, page 572; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 82c1b132c971.