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2018 Georgia Code 48-5-478.1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 48 REVENUE AND TAXATION

Section 5. Ad Valorem Taxation of Property, 48-5-1 through 48-5-607.

ARTICLE 10 AD VALOREM TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES

48-5-478.1. Ad valorem taxation; exemption of certain motor vehicles owned by former prisoners of war.

  1. As used in this Code section, the term "prisoners of war" shall have the same meaning as provided for in subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-73, as amended.
  2. Any former prisoner of war who is a citizen and resident of Georgia and who attaches or presents a true copy of a Department of Defense Form 214, a military 201 file, or similar sufficient proof of his or her former prisoner of war status with his or her ad valorem tax return is granted an exemption from all ad valorem taxes for state, county, municipal, and school purposes on one vehicle such former prisoner of war owns.
  3. The unremarried surviving spouse of a deceased former prisoner of war who is a citizen and resident of Georgia and who attaches or presents a true copy of a Department of Defense Form 214, a military 201 file, or similar sufficient proof of the former prisoner of war status of the deceased former prisoner of war with his or her ad valorem tax return is granted an exemption from all ad valorem taxes for state, county, municipal, and school purposes on one vehicle such unremarried surviving spouse owns.

(Code 1981, §48-5-478.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 547, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 557, § 2.)

Editor's notes.

- The statewide referendum proposed by Ga. L. 1998, p. 547, which provided for an exemption from ad valorem taxes for certain motor vehicles owned by former prisoners of war, was approved by a majority of the voters voting at the November 1998 general election.

Ga. L. 1998, p. 547, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act is applicable to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1999.

Ga. L. 1999, p. 557, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2000.

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