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2018 Georgia Code 40-6-254 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 40-6-254 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 40-6-254

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 6. Uniform Rules of the Road, 40-6-1 through 40-6-397.

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

40-6-254. Operating vehicle without adequately securing load.

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.

(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.)

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.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 40-6-254

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Westmoreland v. State, 699 S.E.2d 13 (Ga. 2010).

Cited 50 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 28, 2010 | 287 Ga. 688, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 2108

...[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 bring the vehicle to a stop"; OCGA § 40-6-254 provides: "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...." [5] The only allegedly exculpatory evidence that Williams sought to offer at a separate trial related to the burglary charges against him....