40-5-125 Fraudulent use of license or ID card
(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1) Lend his or her driver's license or identification card to any other person or permit knowingly the use thereof by…
40-5-123 Permitting unauthorized minor to drive
No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or ward under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor is not…
40-5-122 Permitting unlicensed driver
No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized…
40-5-121. Driving while license suspended or revoked
Bottom line This charge applies when a person drives on a Georgia public highway while unlicensed as required or while the driving privilege is suspended, disqualified, or revoked, except habitual…
40-5-120 Unlawful use of license or ID card
It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1) Display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any canceled, revoked, or suspended driver's…
40-5-106 Electronic ID user shall not be considered to have consented to search
Any person utilizing a wireless telecommunications device as such term is defined in Code Section 40-6-241 to display his or her identification card in electronic format shall not be considered…
40-5-104 False statement in application for ID card
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in an application for an identification card provided for by this article shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.
40-5-72 Return of license, tag, and tag registration
(a) It is the duty of any person who has his or her driver's license and, where applicable, license tag and tag registration suspended under the provisions of Code Section…
40-5-65 Operation under foreign license during revocation or suspension
Any resident or nonresident whose driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this chapter shall not operate…
40-5-64.1 Ignition interlock device limited driving permit
(a) To whom issued. (1) Any person who has not been previously convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a violation of Code Section 40-6-391 within five years, as measured from the…
40-5-64 Limited driving permits
Amended 2021 (a) To whom issued. (1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Code section or Code Section 40-5-57, 40-5-57.2, 40-5- 63, 40-5-75, 40-5-121, or 42-8-111, any person who has…
40-5-61 Surrender and return of license
(a) The department, upon canceling, suspending, or revoking a license, shall require that such license shall be surrendered to the department and be processed in accordance with the rules and…
40-5-58. Habitual violators; probationary licenses
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-5-58. Habitual violators; probationary licenses.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify agency/prosecutor charging practice when needed. O.C.G.A. section…
40-5-33 Change of address or name
Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driver's license, shall move from the address named in such application or in the license issued to him or her or…
40-5-32 Expiration of licenses
(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every driver's license shall expire on the licensee's birthday in the eighth year following the issuance of such license. Notwithstanding the…
40-5-29 License to be carried and exhibited
(a) Every licensee shall have his or her driver's license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle. Any person who has a receipt…
40-5-21 Exemptions to license requirement
(a) Except as provided in Article 7 of this chapter, the Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act, the following persons are exempt from licenses under this chapter: (1) Any employee of…
40-5-20. License required; surrender of prior licenses; local licenses prohibited
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-5-20. License required; surrender of prior licenses; local licenses prohibited.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify agency/prosecutor charging…
40-4-22 Vehicle or part with altered VIN
(a) It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, use, or possess any motor vehicle, or any part thereof, from which the manufacturer's serial numbers or other…
40-4-21 Removal or falsification of VIN
(a) A person who willfully removes, except in conformance with Code Section 40-3-35, or falsifies an identification number of a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle is guilty of…
40-4-20 VIN offenses Definitions
As used in this article, the term: (1) Falsify includes alter or forge. (2) Identification number means an identifying number, serial number, engine number, or other distinguishing number or mark…
40-3-92 False report of theft or conversion
A person who knowingly makes a false report to a peace officer or the commissioner of the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of…
40-3-91 Misdemeanors related to titles
(a) A person who: (1) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; (2) Willfully fails to mail or deliver…
40-3-90 Felonies related to titles
A person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) Alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title or an assignment or…
40-2-114 Motor truck offenses
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To operate a motor truck subject to this article upon any public highway in this state without first obtaining the permit…
40-2-110 Motor truck, Definition
As used in this article, the term motor truck means any motor vehicle having a gross weight of 18,000 pounds or over which is designed and used for the transportation…
40-2-29. (For effective date, see note.) Registration and license plate requirement; license fee to accompany application; temporary operating permit; penalties
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-2-29. (For effective date, see note.) Registration and license plate requirement; license fee to accompany application; temporary operating permit; penalties.. Match…
40-2-20. Registration and license requirements; certificate of registration and temporary operating permit; two-year registration option for new motor vehicles
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-2-20. Registration and license requirements; certificate of registration and temporary operating permit; two-year registration option for new motor vehicles.. Match the…
40-2-8.1 Expired revalidation decal
Notwithstanding Code Section 40-2-8 or any other provision of law, a person who operates a vehicle which is required to be registered in this state and which has attached to…
40-2-8. (For effective date, see note.) Operation of unregistered vehicle or vehicle without current license plate, revalidation decal, or county decal; storage of unlicensed vehicle; temporary plate issued by dealers of new or used motor vehicles
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-2-8. (For effective date, see note.) Operation of unregistered vehicle or vehicle without current license plate, revalidation decal, or county decal;…
40-2-7 Using plate to conceal or misrepresent
A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use on it, in either case with…
40-2-6.1 Covering plate
Any person who willfully covers any license plate with plastic, other material, or any part of his or her body in order to prevent or impede the ability of surveillance…
40-2-6 Altered plates
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who shall willfully mutilate, obliterate, deface, alter, change, or conceal any numeral, letter, character, county designation, or other marking of any…
40-2-5 Switched or fraudulent plates
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful: (1) To remove or transfer a license plate from the motor vehicle for which such license plate was…
40-2-2 Chapter 40-2 Penalties
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
40-1-3 Requiring or permitting unlawful operation
It is unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly permit the operation of such vehicle upon…
40-1-1 Traffic laws General definitions
Amended 2021 As used in this title, the term: (1) Alcohol concentration means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.…
20-2-1182 Insulting or abusing public school teacher, administrator, or driver in the presence and hearing of a pupil
Any parent, guardian, or person other than a student at the public school in question who has been advised that minor children are present and who continues to upbraid, insult,…
20-2-1181 Disrupting or interfering with a public school
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly disrupt or interfere with the operation of any public school, public school bus, or public school bus…
20-2-1180 Loitering in or near a school
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to remain in or on any school safety zone in this state or to remain in or on any such school safety…
19-13-1 Family Violence Act
As used in this article, the term “family violence” means the occurrence of one or more of the following acts between past or present spouses, persons who are parents of…
17-4-20.2 Bias crime report
(a) Whenever a law enforcement officer investigates an incident of a crime in which it appears that the defendant intentionally selected any victim or group of victims or any property…
17-4-20.1 Investigation of and arrests in incidents of family violence
(a) Whenever a law enforcement officer responds to an incident in which an act of family violence, as defined in Code Section 19-13-1, has been committed, the officer shall not…
17-4-20 Arrest without warrant
Amended 2021 (a)(1) An arrest for a crime may be made by a law enforcement officer: (A) Under a warrant; or (B) Without a warrant if: (i) The offense is…
16-15-4 Participating in a criminal street gang
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated with a criminal street gang to conduct or participate in criminal gang activity through the commission of any…
16-15-3 Street gangs-Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) Criminal gang activity means the commission, attempted commission, conspiracy to commit, or the solicitation, coercion, or intimidation of another person to commit…
16-14-5 RICO Penalties
(a) Any person convicted of the offense of engaging in activity in violation of Code Section 16-14-4 shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by not less…
16-14-4 RICO Prohibited activities
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived there- from, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or…
16-14-3 RICO Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) Civil forfeiture proceeding shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 9-16-2. (2) Criminal proceeding means any criminal proceeding…
16-13-121 Kratom Sale or transfer of to minors
No person shall sell or transfer possession of kratom to another person under 18 years of age, nor shall any person under 18 years of age possess kratom. A person…
16-13-120 Kratom Definitions
As used in this article, the term kratom means the tropical evergreen known as Mitragyna speciosa, which is native to Southeast Asia and contains the alkaloid mitragynine.
16-13-96 Inhalants-Penalties
Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each violation of this article shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
16-13-93 Selling model glue to minor
No person shall sell or transfer possession of any model glue to another person under 18 years of age, nor shall any person under 18 years of age possess or…
16-13-92 Possessing model glue
No person shall intentionally possess, buy, sell, transfer possession, or receive possession of any model glue for the purpose of violating or aiding another person to violate this article.
16-13-91 Intentional inhalation of model glue
No person shall, for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, stupefaction, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, or dulling of the senses or nervous system, intentionally smell or inhale the fumes…