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Title 48. REVENUE AND TAXATION · Chapter 5. AD VALOREM TAXATION OF PROPERTY · Article 10. AD VALOREM TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, MOBILE HOMES, CERTAIN EQUIPMENT, AND CERTAIN INVENTORY · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

48-5-440. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Antique or hobby or special interest motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which is 25 years old or older as indicated by the model year or a motor vehicle which has been designed and manufactured to resemble an antique or historical vehicle.#

  3. (1.1)

    “Commercial vehicle” means a truck, truck-tractor, trailer, or semitrailer which is a commercial vehicle:#

    1. (A)

      Registered or registerable under the International Registration Plan pursuant to Code Section 40-2-88; or#

    2. (B)

      Would otherwise be registerable under the International Registration Plan pursuant to Code Section 40-2-88 except that such vehicle is only engaged in intrastate commerce.#

  4. (2)

    “Driver educational motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which is furnished and assigned to a public school in this state for use by the school in a program of driver education when the assignment is authorized and approved by the local board of education.#

  5. (2.1)

    “Initial registration period” has the same meaning as provided in paragraph (.1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-21.#

  6. (3)

    “Mobile homes” means manufactured homes and relocatable homes as defined in Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 8. Any mobile home which qualifies the taxpayer for a homestead exemption under the laws of this state shall not be considered a mobile home nor subject to this article. This article shall not apply to dealers engaged in the business of selling mobile homes at wholesale or retail and every mobile home owned in this state on January 1 by a dealer shall be subject to ad valorem taxation in the same manner as other taxable tangible personal property.#

  7. (4)

    “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle which is designed primarily for use upon the public roads. Such term shall not include heavy-duty equipment as defined in paragraph (2) of Code Section 48-5-500 which is owned by a nonresident and operated in this state.#

  8. (5)

    “Owner” has the same meaning as provided in paragraph (.2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-21.#

  9. (6)

    “Registration period” has the same meaning as provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-21.#

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. 1966, p. 517, § 2; Ga. L. 1967, p. 603, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1529, § 2; Code 1933, §§ 91A-1902, 91A-1921, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1390, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1376, §§ 6, 8; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 37; Ga. L. 1986, p. 180, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1551, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1012, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1678, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 419, § 34; Ga. L. 1997, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 667, § 3B.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1993, p. 1012, §§ 3 and 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provide: “Section 3. This Act is passed pursuant to Article VII, Section I, Paragraph III of the Constitution of the State of Georgia which provides that heavy-duty equipment motor vehicles owned by nonresidents and operated in this state may be classified as a separate class of property for ad valorem property tax purposes and different rates, methods, and assessment dates may be provided for such motor vehicles and which authorizes the General Assembly to provide by general law for the ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles. “Section 4. This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor [April 13, 1993] or upon its becoming law without such approval and shall apply to heavy-duty equipment brought into this state after such effective date during the 1993 taxable year.”

Law reviews

For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 215 (1997).

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