O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 33-1-15 (2019)

Affidavit that insured’s motor vehicle stolen

✓ O.C.G.A. (archive.org 2024 item): print volumes of 2004-2024, per-volume vintage; older volumes partly replaced by 2019 Release 73 text; no 2025 or 2026 Acts
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.
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) In any case where an insured has executed an affidavit affirming that such insured’s motor vehicle has been stolen, the insurer shall be required to accept by-hand delivery of such affidavit from such insured.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person who executes the affidavit provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section knowing that it purports to be an acknowledgment of a lawful oath or affirmation to hand deliver such affidavit if such person knowingly and willfully made a false statement in such affidavit.

(c) Any person who violates subsection (b) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years or by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

History

Code 1981, § 33-1-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 328, § 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: E. Howard St. Clair & Assocs., Inc. v. Nw. Carpets, Inc., 515 S.E.2d 660 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
E. Howard St. Clair & Assocs., Inc. v. Nw. Carpets, Inc., 515 S.E.2d 660 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). “Code §§ 33-1-15 2 and 56-3-33 (a) (1), 3 and (2) that Northwest Carpets’ contacts with the state met the mini *540 mum contacts necessary to satisfy federal due process requirements.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.