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

O.C.G.A. § 40-2-4 (2019)

Manufacture, sale, or issuance of license plate or revalidation decal prohibited

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) Except as otherwise provided for in Article 2B of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to make, sell, or issue any license plate or revalidation decal. (b) Any person, firm, or corporation violating subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1921, p. 255, § 11; Code 1933,

§§ 68-216, 68-9905; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2; Ga. L. 2021, p. 124, § 2/SB 210.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Only the State of Georgia may manufacture license tags, and the

supervisor of purchases (now Department of Administrative Services) is not

REGISTRATION/LICENSING OF MOTOR VEH.

authorized to process a requisition for license plates to any individual person,

firm, or corporation. 1960-61 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 297.

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, § 1636 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, 2018–2018 · leading case: KEA v. the STATE (Three Cases)., 810 S.E.2d 152 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018).
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KEA v. the STATE (Three Cases)., 810 S.E.2d 152 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “, OCGA § 40-2-4 (a) (making it unlawful "to make, sell, or issue any license plate or revalidation decal"); OCGA § 40-2-8 (b) (1) (permitting law enforcement officer to store vehicle that "does not have attached to the rear thereof a numbered license plate and current…”
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