O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-351 (2019)

Driver’s license or permit required for certain operators

✓ 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 under 15 years of age shall operate a moped or an electric assisted bicycle upon the public roads and highways of this state. No person shall operate a moped upon the public roads and highways of this state unless he or she shall have in his or her possession a valid driver’s license, instruction permit, or limited permit issued to him or her pursuant to Chapter 5 of this title; provided, however, that all classes of licenses, instruction permits, or limited permits issued pursuant to Chapter 5 of this title shall be valid for the purposes of operating mopeds upon the public roads and highways of this state. No

license or permit shall be required for the operation of an electric assisted bicycle.

History

(Code 1933, § 68A-1112, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2241, § 5; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 1996, p. 236, § 3; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 40/SB 103.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Simmons v. State, 281 Ga. App. 252, 635 S.E.2d 849 (2006).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2003–2006 · leading case: Coker v. State, 583 S.E.2d 498 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003).

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Coker v. State, 583 S.E.2d 498 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “He explains that since motorized carts receive special treatment in OCGA §§ 40-6-330 and 40-6-331, which statutes do not expressly require a license for drivers of motorized carts, one can infer that the legislature, which in another statute (OCGA § 40-6-351) expressly required…”

Simmons v. State, 635 S.E.2d 849 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “The fact that the nearby moped statute (OCGA § 40-6-351) reaffirms the need for a license for that type of motor vehicle does not lead to the conclusion that the motorized cart statutes exempted motorized cart drivers from the general licensing requirement of OCGA § 40-5-20 (a)…”

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