O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 52-7-45 (2019)

Information on capacity plate as constituting a warranty; nature of warranty

✓ 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 information appearing on a capacity plate shall be deemed to be a warranty:

(1) That the manufacturer or other person affixing a capacity plate as permitted by Code Section 52-7-44 has correctly and faithfully employed a method and formula for the calculation of maximum weight capacity prescribed by the Board of Natural Resources;

(2) That the information appearing on the capacity plate, with respect to maximum weight capacity and recommended number of persons, is the result of the application of such method and formula; and

(3) With respect to information concerning horsepower limitations, that such information is not a deliberate or negligent misrepresentation.

History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 419, § 6.

Annotations

Cross references. - Warranties generally, § 11-2-312 et seq.