O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-278 (2019)

Uniform motor vehicle accident reports and reporting procedures

✓ 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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The commissioner of transportation shall prescribe, by rule, uniform motor vehicle accident reports and reporting procedures which shall be used by all police officers, whether state, county, or municipal. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.’’ The rules may require one type of report and reporting procedure for motor vehicle accidents in which property damage alone is involved and another type of report and reporting procedure for motor vehicle accidents involving personal injury or death. The commissioner may, by rule, require additional investigation or reports in case of serious bodily injury or death.

History

(Ga. L. 1973, p. 443, § 1; Code 1981, § 40-6-279; Code 1981, § 40-6-278, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 5A-6; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 18-9/HB 501.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 23. ALR. - Discoverability of traffic acci-

dent reports and derivative information, 84 A.L.R.4th 15.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Navarro v. Atlanta Cas. Co., 552 S.E.2d 508 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001).

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Navarro v. Atlanta Cas. Co., 552 S.E.2d 508 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “However, OCGA § 40-6-274 provides an exemption from immediately reporting where there is no known injury or damage to another’s property, but requires subsequent reporting of the information under OCGA § 40-6-278. Ga. L. 1972, p. 819, § 1.”

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