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O.C.G.A. § 40-9-1 (2019)

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✓ 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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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act.’’

History

(Ga. L. 1977, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 20-1/HB 501.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1983–1999 · leading case: Anderson v. Se. Fid. Ins., 307 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. 1983).
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Anderson v. Se. Fid. Ins., 307 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. 1983). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 40-9-1 et seq. (Code Ann. § 68C-101 et seq.”
A. Atlanta Autosave, Inc. v. Generali - U. S. Branch, 514 S.E.2d 651 (Ga. 1999). · cites it 4× “f OCGA § 33-34-4, which directs that no owner of a motor vehicle required to be registered in Georgia will operate or authorize any other person to operate the motor vehicle unless the owner has motor vehicle liability insurance equivalent to that required as evidence of…”
Martin v. Chicago Ins., 361 S.E.2d 835 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “However, the minimum coverage requirements set forth in this Code section are expressed in terms of the word “accident,” a term which is defined by the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act (OCGA § 40-9-1 et seq.), where it is used in a virtually identical context, to mean the…”
Atlanta Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Jackson, 419 S.E.2d 489 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “Resolution of this appeal requires construction and application of OCGA § 40-9-102, which exempts car rental businesses from coverage under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, OCGA § 40-9-1 et seq., provided certain conditions are met.”
Cotton States Mut. Ins. v. Neese, 325 S.E.2d 431 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “(c) Applying the foregoing principles of law and rationale to the facts of the case sub judice, we hold that the policy exclusion in issue is void as against the public policy of this State.”
Miles v. Carr, 480 S.E.2d 282 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 40-9-1 et seq. Carr was subsequently found not guilty of the charge.”
Massachusetts Bay Ins. v. Wooten, 450 S.E.2d 857 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “556, 557 ( 307 SE2d 499 ) (1983) (Motor Safety Responsibility Act, OCGA § 40-9-1 et seq., reflects policy that “innocent persons who are injured should have adequate recourse for the recovery of their damages.”
Moore v. Georgia Cas. & Sur. Co., 345 S.E.2d 894 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “On or about February 2, 1979, appellant Christine Moore and her husband, Oscar Moore, now deceased, applied for an automobile insurance policy under the Georgia Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, OCGA §§ 40-9-1, 40-9-100, and the application was assigned to appellee…”
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