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2018 Georgia Code 40-2-6.1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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

O.C.G.A. 40-2-6.1 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 40-2-6.1

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

40-2-6.1. Obscuring license plate in order to impede surveillance equipment.

Any person who willfully covers any license plate with plastic, other material, or any part of his or her body in order to prevent or impede the ability of surveillance equipment to clearly photograph or otherwise obtain a clear image of the license plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00.

(Code 1981, §40-2-6.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 691, § 1/SB 93.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Violation allowed law enforcement officer to make valid traffic stop.

- Defendant's commission of a traffic offense pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 40-2-6.1 allowed an officer to make a valid traffic stop of the defendant's vehicle. Thomas v. State, 289 Ga. App. 161, 657 S.E.2d 247 (2008), cert. dismissed, No. S08C0959, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 491 (Ga. 2008).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fingerprinting of offenders not required.

- This offense is not one for which those charged with a violation are to be fingerprinted. 2006 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2006-2.

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