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O.C.G.A. § 32-6-21 (2019)

Redesignated

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Reserved. Redesignated as Code Section 40-6-248.1 by Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 3-9/HB 1320, effective July 1, 2006.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 3-9/HB 1320, redesignated former Code Section 32-6-21 as present Code Section

Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 4-1/HB 1320 reserved the designation of this Code section.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1985–1995 · leading case: Roberts v. Ledbetter, 463 S.E.2d 533 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995).
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Roberts v. Ledbetter, 463 S.E.2d 533 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 8× “See OCGA § 32-6-21. In her complaint, plaintiff alleged that Ledbetter was negligent per se for failing to properly secure his truck's load in violation of Georgia law, and that Jones Piping was liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior.”
Semones v. State, 406 S.E.2d 483 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 6× “The appellant was found guilty of driving with an unsecured load in violation of OCGA § 32-6-21. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred in determining that no evidence of criminal intent was necessary to support the conviction.”
Crosby v. Georgia Cas. & Sur. Co., 327 S.E.2d 505 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 32-6-21 prescribes that “(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any public road unless such vehicle is constructed or loaded or covered so as to prevent any of its load from dropping, escaping or shifting in such a manner as to create a safety hazard .”
State v. Sommerville, 372 S.E.2d 688 (Ga. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 6× “Appellee was charged by accusation with a violation of OCGA § 32-6-21, relating to the securing of loads on vehicles.”
Semones v. State, 414 S.E.2d 463 (Ga. 1991). · cites it 4× “I dissent to vacating the grant of the writ of certiorari in this case because I believe that reading strict criminal liability into OCGA § 32-6-21 is improper. The penalty provision for violation of this statute is contained in OCGA § 32-1-10 and provides for criminal…”
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