2022 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 14 - Use of Speed Detection Devices and Red Light Cameras
Article 2 - Speed Detection Devices
§ 40-14-17. Laser Devices; Reliability and Admissibility of Evidence

Evidence of speed based on a speed detection device using the speed timing principle of laser which is of a model that has been approved by the Department of Public Safety shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a speed detection device and shall be admissible for all purposes in any court, judicial, or administrative proceedings in this state. A certified copy of the Department of Public Safety list of approved models of such laser devices shall be self-authenticating and shall be admissible for all purposes in any court, judicial, or administrative proceedings in this state.

History. Code 1981, § 40-14-17 , enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 5, § 1.

Law reviews.

For annual survey article discussing developments in the law of evidence, see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 279 (1999).