--- title: Title 40, Chapter 3. Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens collection: code id: code:chapter:40-3 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/40/chapter/3 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3.md 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.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-2.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-4.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, SECURITY INTERESTS, AND LIENS title_heading: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC section_count: 52 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3.md?full=1 --- # Title 40, Chapter 3. Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens Title 40. Motor Vehicles and Traffic 52 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 40-3-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-1.md - 40-3-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-2.md - 40-3-3, Powers and duties of commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-3.md - 40-3-4, Exclusions from issuance of certificate of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-4.md - 40-3-5, Stolen, converted, and recovered vehicles, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-5.md - 40-3-6, Hearings; judicial review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-6.md - 40-3-20, Certificate of title prerequisite to registration; documentation required to register a vehicle purchased outside state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-20.md - 40-3-21, Application for first certificate of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-21.md - 40-3-21.1, Conditional titles; requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-21.1.md - 40-3-22, Examination of records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-22.md - 40-3-23, Issuance of certificate of title; maintenance of record of certificates issued; public inspection; furnishing records for fee; electronic format, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-23.md - 40-3-24, Contents of certificate of title; certificate of title not subject to judicial process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-24.md - 40-3-25, Entry of odometer reading on certificate of title upon sale or transfer of vehicle; certain vehicles exempted, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-25.md - 40-3-26, Delivery; notice; security interest holders and lienholders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-26.md - 40-3-27, Reflection of subsequent transactions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-27.md - 40-3-28, Registration of vehicle where commissioner not satisfied as to ownership of vehicle; bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-28.md - 40-3-29, Refusal to issue certificate of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-29.md - 40-3-30, Requirement of compliance with federal safety standards, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-30.md - 40-3-30.1, Standards for issuance to assembled motor vehicle and motorcycle or converted motor vehicle; inspections; unconventional motor vehicle or motorcycle not to be titled or registered; exception, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-30.1.md - 40-3-31, Replacement of lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed certificates of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-31.md - 40-3-32, Transfer of vehicle generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-32.md - 40-3-32.1, Application for transfer of title to local tag agent by purchaser of manufactured home, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-32.1.md - 40-3-33, Transfer of vehicle to or from dealer; records; application for certificate of title by dealer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-33.md - 40-3-34, Transfer of vehicle by operation of law; termination of interest; joint interest with right of survivorship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-34.md - 40-3-35, Issuance of new certificate of title; retention of surrendered certificate of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-35.md - 40-3-36, Cancellation and destruction of certificate of title for scrap, dismantled, or demolished vehicles or trailers; salvage certificate of title; administrative enforcement; removal of license plates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-36.md - 40-3-36.1, Designation of flood damaged or fire damaged vehicle on certificate of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-36.1.md - 40-3-37, Salvaged or rebuilt motor vehicles; inspections; fees; exemption of motorcycles; glider kits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-37.md - 40-3-38, Fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-38.md - 40-3-39, Compensation of tag agents; mailing of applications to department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-39.md - 40-3-40, Reports and remittances by tag agents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-40.md - 40-3-41, Suspension or revocation of certificates of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-41.md - 40-3-42, Timely submission of documents; penalty for late submissions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-42.md - 40-3-43, Transfer of certificate of title for total loss claim paid for stolen vehicle, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-43.md - 40-3-50, Perfection of security interests generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-50.md - 40-3-51, Creation of security interest by owner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-51.md - 40-3-52, Perfection of second or subsequent security interests, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-52.md - 40-3-53, Perfection and enforcement of liens generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-53.md - 40-3-54, Mechanics’ liens; how asserted and foreclosed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-54.md - 40-3-55, Assignment of security interests and liens, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-55.md - 40-3-56, Satisfaction of security interests and liens, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-56.md - 40-3-57, Disclosure of information as to security interests and liens, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-57.md - 40-3-58, Exclusiveness of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-58.md - 40-3-59, Certain security interests not affected, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-59.md - 40-3-60, Security interest not created by provision for adjustment of rental price, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-60.md - 40-3-61, Proceeds of insurance policy to multiple lienholders in event of total loss of vehicle, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-61.md - 40-3-90, Certain acts declared felonies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-90.md - 40-3-91, Certain acts declared misdemeanors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-91.md - 40-3-92, False report of theft or conversion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-92.md - 40-3-93, Evidence of criminal intent or knowledge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-93.md - 40-3-94, Penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-94.md - 40-3-95, Effect on other laws, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-3-95.md