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

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-201 (2019)

Leaving motor vehicle unattended

✓ 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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Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2007, p. 214, § 3/HB 144, effective July 1, 2007.

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Editor’s notes. - This Code section was based on Code 1933, § 68A-1101, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5. Ga. L. 2007, p. 214, § 4/HB 144, not codified by the General Assembly, pro-

vides, in part, that prosecutions for or cases involving any violation of law occurring prior to July 1, 2007, shall not be affected by the repeals or amendments made by that Act or abated by reason thereof.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1984–1996 · leading case: Dunham v. Wade, 323 S.E.2d 223 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984).
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Dunham v. Wade, 323 S.E.2d 223 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 4× “” The statute does not, by its express terms, require removal of the keys from the ignition of an unattended car.”
Long v. Hall Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 467 S.E.2d 186 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “391, 392 (2), 393, supra, “incorrectly interprets O.C.G.A. § 40-6-201,” regarding the absence of a statutory requirement that a driver remove the ignition key from an unattended car.”
Streicher v. State, 445 S.E.2d 815 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “The State then amended the accusation against defendant Streicher charging him with improper parking or stopping in violation- of OCGA § 40-6-200, leaving a motor vehicle unattended in violation of OCGA § 40-6-201, improper stopping on a roadway in violation of OCGA § 40-6-202,…”
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