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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-47-18. Impoundment of used vehicles displayed for sale at unlicensed facilities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-47-18. Impoundment of used vehicles displayed for sale at unlicensed facilities.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit municipalities or counties, by ordinance or resolution, from authorizing local law enforcement officers to impound used motor vehicles which are displayed for sale at unlicensed facilities, provided that such ordinances or resolutions provide for actual prior notice to the owners of such motor vehicles of such impoundment.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-47-18, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 441, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1289, § 2.