O.C.G.A.
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O.C.G.A. § 40-2-3 (2019)

False statements in application constitute false swearing

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Any person who shall make any false statement in any application for the registration of any vehicle, or in transferring any certificate of registration, or in applying for a new certificate of registration, shall be guilty of false swearing, whether or not an oath is actually administered to him, if such statement shall purport to be under oath. On conviction of such offense, such person shall be punished as provided by Code Section 16-10-71.

History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 315, § 2; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7,

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

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Lesser included offenses. - Operating motor vehicle without insurance is not lesser included offense of

false swearing. Bowen v. State, 173 Ga. App. 361, 326 S.E.2d 525, 1985 Ga. App. LEXIS 2625 (1985).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and

Highway Traffic, § 255. 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 1, 5, 19, 26 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1984–1985 · leading case: Bowen v. State, 326 S.E.2d 525 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985).
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Bowen v. State, 326 S.E.2d 525 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “The trial court did not err in charging the provisions of OCGA § 40-2-3, concerning the making of false statements in any application for the registration of a vehicle, as this was a proper statement of the law under the facts in the case.”
Holland v. State, 323 S.E.2d 632 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “This interpretation of the relevant language of existing OCGA § 16-10-71 (a) is the necessary result of giving consideration to the definition of false swearing contained in a pari materia statute, to wit, OCGA § 40-2-3: “Any person who shall make any false statement in any…”
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