---
title: O.C.G.A. § 40-9-81. Proof required upon restoration of driver’s license suspended for certain offenses.
collection: code
id: 40-9-81
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 40-9-81 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-9-81
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-9-81.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-9-81/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=97c394d6_0#page=572
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-9.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-9-80.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-9-82.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC / REPORTING ACCIDENTS; GIVING PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY / GIVING PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE
---

# O.C.G.A. § 40-9-81. Proof required upon restoration of driver’s license suspended for certain offenses.

(a) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense making mandatory the suspension of such person’s driver’s license, the department shall not restore the license to such person until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of this state, and not then unless and until such person shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility for the future.

(b) If such person does not have the required proof at any time during the one-year period following the date of restoration of his driver’s license, the department shall immediately revoke the license.

## History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 565, § 7A; Ga. L. 1956, p. 543, § 15; Ga. L. 1957, p. 124, § 4; Ga. L. 1958, p. 694, § 3; Ga. L. 1963, p. 593, § 8; Ga. L. 1964, p. 225, § 3; Ga. L. 1971, p. 249, § 1; Code 1933, § 68C-502, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1014, § 1.

## Cross References

Offenses giving rise to mandatory suspension of driver’s license, § 40-5-54. Factors governing restoration of drivers’ licenses generally, § 40-5-62.