O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-3-94 (2019)

Penalties

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter: (1) A person convicted of a felony for the violation of a provision of

MOTOR VEHICLES & TRAFFIC

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.

History

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

Annotations

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.