TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 3. Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens, 40-3-1 through 40-3-95.

ARTICLE 2 CERTIFICATES OF TITLE

40-3-42. Postmark as proof of timely submission of documents; responsibility for collection of penalty for late submission.

In instances when an application for title is required to be submitted within a certain time period, proof of mailing within the designated period allowed for submission of the documents, as evidenced by a United States Postal Service postmark, shall be prima-facie proof that the application was timely submitted. Additionally, when the law provides for a penalty for the untimely submission of a title application, the responsibility for the collection of such penalty shall be that of the department.

(Ga. L. 1981, p. 883, § 3; Code 1981, §40-3-40; Code 1981, §40-3-42, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 4-9.)