O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-4-6 (2019)

Records to be kept by purchasers and sellers of used passenger cars, truck chassis, and components

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Any person who purchases or sells or offers for sale any used passenger car, truck chassis, engine, or transmission required to be numbered by this article shall keep a permanent record of such transactions. Such record shall include: the item and its identification number or numbers; the name and address of the person from whom the item was purchased; and the name and address of the person to whom the item was sold. Such record shall be kept for three years from the date of the transaction and shall be available to all law enforcement officers for inspection at any reasonable time during business hours without prior notice or the necessity of obtaining a search warrant.

History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 188, § 4; Ga. L. 1967, p.

113, § 4; Code 1981, § 40-4-6, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1996, p. 336, § 13A.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 1, 27, 30 et seq. C.J.S. 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 1746, 1747. ALR. Constitutionality of statute making

possession of automobile from which identifying marks have been removed a crime, 4 A.L.R. 1538; 42 A.L.R. 1149. 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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Shaw v. State, 320 S.E.2d 371 (Ga. 1984).
Shaw v. State, 320 S.E.2d 371 (Ga. 1984). · cites it 4× “See OCGA §§ 40-4-6, 40-4-21. If the court determines that the presence of an identification number establishes probable cause, as it must in order to apply the plain view exception here, then all that an officer has to do to establish probable cause in this state is to look…”
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