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2018 Georgia Code 40-3-94 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

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

ARTICLE 4 OFFENSES

40-3-94. Penalties.

Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter:

  1. A person convicted of a felony for the violation of a provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00, or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
  2. A person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of a provision of this chapter shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-3.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 36; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Daniel v. State, 118 Ga. App. 370, 163 S.E.2d 863 (1968).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 88. 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 1, 5, 19, 27 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 96 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.

Validity and construction of statute making it a criminal offense to "tamper" with motor vehicle or contents, or to obscure registration plates, 57 A.L.R.3d 606.

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