Georgia CommonsTitle 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 9. TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS GENERALLY · Article 3. TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF FREIGHT AND LIVESTOCK · Part 4. FREIGHT RECEIPTS, FREIGHT BILLS, AND FREIGHT LISTS
46-9-110. Issuance of receipts by common carriers to persons delivering goods for transportation; contents of receipts.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
- (a)
Whenever any person delivers property of any description to a common carrier for transportation, the common carrier shall, upon demand, furnish the delivering party a valid receipt which shall specify the shipping marks and numbers thereon and the weight of the property thus delivered, whenever the value can be estimated by weight. In all cases where the value cannot be thus estimated, the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quantity or value thereof. In addition, any such receipt shall designate the place of destination of the property.#
- (b)
Any agent or officer of any common carrier who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#
History
Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 236, § 1; Code 1868, § 4514; Ga. L. 1870, p. 400, § 1; Code 1873, § 4604; Code 1882, § 4604; Penal Code 1895, § 602; Penal Code 1910, § 633; Code 1933, §§ 18-308, 18-9915.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.
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