O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-33 (2019)

Change of address or name

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driver’s license, shall move from the address named in such application or in the license issued to him or her or when the name of a licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise, such person shall apply to the department for a license showing the correct name or address within 60 days. Failure to change the name or address shall not deem the license invalid. The commissioner may determine the locations at which applications shall be accepted for applications due to change of name or address. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is specifically provided that the commissioner may designate county tag agents, if they so agree, as agents of the department for this purpose.

History

Code 1933, § 68B-214, enacted by Ga.

L. 1975, p. 1008, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1989, p. 519, § 13; Ga. L.

MOTOR VEHICLES & TRAFFIC

1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1876, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 920, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 17-11/HB 501.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Violation of statute did not justify continued detention. - Even if it was a crime to violate O.C.G.A. § 40-5-33, a defendant’s purported violation of the statute did not justify the continued detention of the defendant after a traffic

stop; the deputy who stopped the defendant could have given the defendant a verbal warning instead of waiting to be brought a written warning book. Bennett v. State, 285 Ga. App. 796, 648 S.E.2d 126, 2007 Ga. App. LEXIS 648 (2007).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2022 · leading case: Ammons v. State, 880 S.E.2d 544 (Ga. 2022).
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Ammons v. State, 880 S.E.2d 544 (Ga. 2022). · cites it 8× “” Ammons was also charged with a tag light violation (OCGA § 40-8-23) and with failure to change driver’s license address information (OCGA § 40-5-33). 3 testified that, during their discussion, he noticed that Ammons had “bloodshot watery eyes,” seemed “withdrawn,” and had…”
Bennett v. State, 648 S.E.2d 126 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 40-5-33 requires that a person shall apply to the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety for a driver’s license showing a new address within 60 days of moving from the address listed on the license; but failure to do so “shall not deem the license invalid.”
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