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

O.C.G.A. § 40-2-2 (2019)

Violations of chapter generally; penalties

✓ 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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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 315, § 2; Ga. L. 1927, p. 226, § 26; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 84; Code

1933, §§ 68-9902, 68-9908; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 366, § 5; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Probate courts lack jurisdiction as to violations. - Probate courts have no authority or jurisdiction in violations arising under the motor vehicle and traffic law. 1965-66 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 65-18. Dealer using tags for other than demonstrating or transporting vehicles. - Dealer who permits dealer tags to be used for purposes other than demonstrating or transporting

dealer-owned vehicles for sale may and should be prosecuted for a misdemeanor under the provision of former Code 1933, §§ 68-9902 and 66-9908, (see now O.C.G.A. § 40-2-2), but the tags may not properly be picked up by a law enforcement officer unless the dealer registration has been revoked for cause. 1954-56 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 472.

MOTOR VEHICLES & TRAFFIC

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 1, 5, 19, 26 et seq. C.J.S. 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 1504 et seq., 1748 et seq.

ALR. Civil rights and liabilities as affected by failure to comply with regulations as to registration of automobile or motorcycle, or licensing of operator, 54 A.L.R. 374.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Sawyer v. City of Atlanta, 571 S.E.2d 146 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002).
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Sawyer v. City of Atlanta, 571 S.E.2d 146 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “OCGA §§ 40-2-2; 40-2-8; 40-2-6; 40-6-10 (b).”
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