O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-123 (2019)

Permitting unauthorized minor to drive

✓ 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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No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or ward under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor is not authorized under this chapter or in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. This Code section shall not apply to any vehicle not required to be registered by the laws of this state.

History

Code 1933, § 68B-403, enacted by Ga.

L. 1975, p. 1008, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 262. C.J.S. 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 349. ALR. Liability of owner for negligence of one permitted by the former’s servant, or member of his family, to drive automobile, 44 A.L.R. 1382; 54 A.L.R. 851; 98 A.L.R. 1043; 134 A.L.R. 974. Construction, application, and effect of

legislation making it an offense to permit, or imputing negligence to one who permits, an unauthorized or unlicensed person to operate motor vehicle, 69 A.L.R.2d 978. Liability for personal injury or property damage, for negligence in teaching or supervision of learning driver, 5 A.L.R.3d 271. Validity, construction, and application of age requirements for licensing of motor vehicle operators, 86 A.L.R.3d 475.