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2020 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens
Article 2 - Certificates of Title
§ 40-3-42. Postmark as Proof of Timely Submission of Documents; Responsibility for Collection of Penalty for Late Submission
Universal Citation: GA Code § 40-3-42 (2020)
In instances when an application for title is required to be submitted within a certain time period, proof of mailing within the designated period allowed for submission of the documents, as evidenced by a United States Postal Service postmark, shall be prima-facie proof that the application was timely submitted. Additionally, when the law provides for a penalty for the untimely submission of a title application, the responsibility for the collection of such penalty shall be that of the department.
(Ga. L. 1981, p. 883, § 3; Code 1981, §40-3-40; Code 1981, §40-3-42, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 4-9.)
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- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 96 et seq.
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