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2018 Georgia Code 40-8-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 8. Equipment and Inspection of Motor Vehicles, 40-8-1 through 40-8-291.

ARTICLE 1 EQUIPMENT GENERALLY

40-8-1. Application of article.

  1. This article shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, farm tractors, or three-wheeled motorcycles used only for agricultural purposes, except when expressly made applicable. This article shall not apply to personal transportation vehicles.
  2. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle, which use is not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 102; Ga. L. 1973, p. 598, § 3; Code 1933, § 68E-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, §40-8-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1329, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 40; Ga. L. 2014, p. 745, § 13/HB 877.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Sheppard v. Martin, 100 Ga. App. 164, 110 S.E.2d 429 (1959); Mathis v. Patrick, 109 Ga. App. 376, 136 S.E.2d 166 (1964); Arnold Servs., Inc. v. Sullins, 110 Ga. App. 19, 137 S.E.2d 727 (1964); Faust v. Buchanan, 123 Ga. App. 15, 179 S.E.2d 294 (1970); Rogers v. State, 131 Ga. App. 136, 205 S.E.2d 901 (1974).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Motor vehicles owned by a city or county are subject to the same equipment requirements as privately owned vehicles. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 468.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 184 et seq., 220, 221.

C.J.S.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 33 et seq., 43 et seq., 111 et seq.

ALR.

- Constitutionality, construction, and application of statute or ordinance requiring inspection of motor vehicles, 106 A.L.R. 795.

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