O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-4-4 (2019)

Placement, size, and appearance of vehicle identification numbers

✓ 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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(a) The identification numbers required by Code Section 40-4-3 shall be placed upon the passenger car, truck chassis, and component parts by the manufacturer thereof. (b) The identification numbers shall be placed upon the passenger car, truck chassis, and components in such a manner that any attempt to remove, alter, deface, obliterate, or destroy them will be ascertainable. The numbers may be affixed by any suitable manufacturing process that will result in the numbers becoming a permanent part of the passenger car or component. (c) The identification numbers shall be of a height and width easily readable by the naked eye. They may consist of letters, digits, or any combination of them. (d) The identification numbers may be in accordance with recommended practices approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers as to material, lettering, manufacturing, and installation. (e) Vehicle identification numbers shall be easily accessible for inspection.

History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 188, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1967, p. 113, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Attachment solely to machine in engine compartment. - Automobiles may not be sold in this state after January 1, 1967, with vehicle identification numbers attached solely to the machine in

the engine compartment without subjecting the seller to the possibility of being prosecuted for a misdemeanor offense. 1965-66 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 66-246.