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

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-254 (2019)

Operating vehicle without adequately securing load

✓ 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 operate any motor vehicle with a load on or in such vehicle unless the load on or in such vehicle is adequately secured to prevent the dropping or shifting of such load onto the roadway in such a manner as to create a safety hazard. For purposes of this Code section, a load shall include, but not be limited to, a trailer required to be registered under Chapter 2 of this title. Any person who operates a vehicle in violation of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

(Code 1981, § 40-6-254, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1967, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1270, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 584, § 1/HB 123.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Securing loads on vehicles, § 40-6-248.1. JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Westmoreland v. State, 287 Ga. 688, 699 S.E.2d 13 (2010).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting. - Offense arising under O.C.G.A. § 40-6-254 does not require

fingerprinting. 2002 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2002-7.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Westmoreland v. State, 699 S.E.2d 13 (Ga. 2010).
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Westmoreland v. State, 699 S.E.2d 13 (Ga. 2010). · cites it 2× “4 OCGA § 40-6-395 (a) provides: “It shall be unlawful for any driver of a vehicle willfully to fail or refuse to bring his or her vehicle to a stop or otherwise to flee or attempt to elude a pursuing police vehicle or police officer when given a visual or an audible signal to…”
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