2021 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 11 - Abandoned, Derelict, and Civil Forfeiture of Motor Vehicles
Article 1A - Abandoned Motor Vehicles
§ 40-11-17. Removal From Private Parking Lot; Fees; Penalty

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, tow, or immobilize or cause to be removed, towed, or immobilized a motor vehicle left in a paid private parking lot between midnight and 9 A.M. of the following day. Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit the owner or operator of a paid private parking lot from charging a penalty for vehicles which remain in a paid private parking lot during such period without authorization. Such penalty shall not exceed $25.00 in excess of normal parking fees. No owner or operator of a paid private parking lot shall be liable for any damages to any motor vehicle remaining in a paid private parking lot during such period without authorization. Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit a resident or a business owner who is not an owner or operator of a paid private parking lot from towing, removing, immobilizing, or causing to be towed, removed, or immobilized a motor vehicle left without authorization on private property.
2. Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1981, §40-11-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 872, § 5/HB 307.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fingerprinting not required.

- Offenses arising from a violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-11-17 are not offenses for which fingerprinting is required. 2019 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 19-3.