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2018 Georgia Code 40-2-3 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 40-2-3 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 40-2-3

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 2. Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles, 40-2-1 through 40-2-168.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

40-2-3. False statement in application as constituting false swearing.

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.

(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.)

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).

Cited in Holland v. State, 172 Ga. App. 444, 323 S.E.2d 632 (1984).

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.

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