2021 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 2 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
Article 7 - Motor Vehicle License Fees and Classes
§ 40-2-168. Registration and Licensing of Taxicabs and Limousines; Issuance of Distinctive License Plate

Owners of a taxicab or limousine, prior to commencing operation in this state, shall, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and the payment of an annual registration fee of $25.00, be issued a distinctive license plate by the commissioner. Such distinctive license plate shall be designed by the commissioner and displayed on the vehicle as provided in Code Section 40-2-41. The certificate of registration shall be kept in the vehicle. Revalidation decals shall be issued, upon payment of fees required by law, in the same manner as provided for general issue license plates. Such license plates shall be transferred from one vehicle to another vehicle of the same class and acquired by the same person as provided in Code Section 40-2-42. For all existing registrations, except during the owner's registration period as provided in Code Section 40-2-21, the commissioner shall exchange and replace any current and valid registration and license plate at no charge to the owner. Such license plates shall not be issued to any owner of a taxicab or limousine, as such term is defined in paragraph (4) of Code Section 40-1-151, that is not properly licensed as such by the Department of Public Safety or a political subdivision of this state.

(Code 1981, §40-2-168, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 143, § 6/HB 1005; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1262, § 4/HB 225.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, designated the previously existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); in subsection (a), deleted the former sixth sentence, which read "The transition period shall commence on May 20, 2010, and conclude no later than December 31, 2010, for all existing registrations.", and added the last sentence; and added subsection (b).

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2017, the subsection (a) designation was deleted.

- Former subsection (b), relating to for-hire vehicles, was repealed on its own terms effective July 1, 2017.

- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 213 (2015).