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O.C.G.A. § 40-6-273.1 — Instruction to drivers to provide certain information to other parties | Georgia Code
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TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

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

ARTICLE 12 ACCIDENTS

40-6-273.1. Instruction to drivers to provide certain information to other parties.

The law enforcement officer at the scene of an accident required to be reported in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 40-6-273 shall instruct the driver of each motor vehicle involved in the accident to report the following to all other parties suffering injury or property damage as an apparent result of the accident:

  1. The name and address of the owner and the driver of the motor vehicle;
  2. The license number of the motor vehicle; and
  3. The name of the liability insurance carrier for the motor vehicle or the fact that such driver has a certificate of self-insurance issued pursuant to Code Section 33-34-5.1.

(Code 1981, §40-6-273.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 831, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1246, § 17.)

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- For note on the 1994 enactment of this Code section, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 223 (1994).

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