O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-2-30 (2019)

Purchase by mail

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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An applicant may purchase a vehicle license plate or revalidation decal by mail, by mailing a properly completed application form to the tag agent of the county of his or her residence along with a bank check or money order in the amount of the license fee and all ad valorem taxes due thereon plus an additional fee of $1.00.

History

Ga. L. 1957, p. 454, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 508, § 4; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1386, § 1; Code 1981, § 40-2-28; Ga. L. 1982, p. 964, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 655, § 1; Code 1981, § 402-30, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p.

2048, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-66/HB 1055.

Annotations

Cross references. Schedule of annual license fees, § 40-2-151.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Effect of remittance of proper fee. - Money order receipt, or similar evidence, showing a remittance to a county tag agent or to the state revenue commissioner for the proper fee entitles an applicant to the use and operation of the motor vehicle sought to be licensed

and registered for a period of 15 days from the date of such remittance without penalty of any kind, assuming, of course, that the date of such remittance is on or before April 1. 1958-59 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 209.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 60.

C.J.S. 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 282.

MOTOR VEHICLES & TRAFFIC

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1984–2018 · leading case: KEA v. the STATE (Three Cases)., 810 S.E.2d 152 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018).
KEA v. the STATE (Three Cases)., 810 S.E.2d 152 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “1 (setting fine for person guilty of having "a valid numbered license plate without having the required revalidation decal affixed upon that plate"); OCGA § 40-2-30 (permitting a person to "purchase a vehicle license plate or revalidation decal by mail"); OCGA § 40-2-42…”
Mobley v. Bd. of Commissioners, 311 S.E.2d 178 (Ga. 1984). · cites it 8× “75 as commissions due on the sale of motor vehicle tags, see OCGA § 40-2-30(b) (Code Ann. § 68-246); (3) $15,234.”
— 40-2-30(b) — 1 case
Mobley v. Bd. of Commissioners, 311 S.E.2d 178 (Ga. 1984). “75 as commissions due on the sale of motor vehicle tags, see OCGA § 40-2-30(b) (Code Ann. § 68-246); (3) $15,234.”
— 40-2-30(c) — 1 case
Mobley v. Bd. of Commissioners, 311 S.E.2d 178 (Ga. 1984). “75 as commissions due on the sale of motor vehicle tags, see OCGA § 40-2-30(b) (Code Ann. § 68-246); (3) $15,234.”
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