2021 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 5 - Drivers' Licenses
Article 6 - Miscellaneous Offenses and Jurisdiction of Offenses
§ 40-5-123. Permitting Unauthorized Minor to Drive
No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or ward under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor is not authorized under this chapter or in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. This Code section shall not apply to any vehicle not required to be registered by the laws of this state.
(Code 1933, § 68B-403, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1008, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 262.
C.J.S.- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 349.
ALR.
- Liability of owner for negligence of one permitted by the former's servant, or member of his family, to drive automobile, 44 A.L.R. 1382; 54 A.L.R. 851; 98 A.L.R. 1043; 134 A.L.R. 974.
Construction, application, and effect of legislation making it an offense to permit, or imputing negligence to one who permits, an unauthorized or unlicensed person to operate motor vehicle, 69 A.L.R.2d 978.
Liability for personal injury or property damage, for negligence in teaching or supervision of learning driver, 5 A.L.R.3d 271.
Validity, construction, and application of age requirements for licensing of motor vehicle operators, 86 A.L.R.3d 475.
