2022 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 2 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
Article 7 - Motor Vehicle License Fees and Classes
§ 40-2-165. Purchase of New License Plate by Owner of Truck Weighing More Than Carried Plate Permits; Credit for Surrendered Plate
If upon inspection a truck licensed under Code Section 40-2-151 is found to weigh, together with its loaded trailer, more than is permitted by the license plate which it carries, the owner shall be required to purchase immediately a new license plate for the weight of the truck so inspected. One-half credit shall be given for the surrendered underrated license plate.
History. Code 1933, § 92-2920, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 998, § 5; Code 1933, § 91A-5315, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Code 1981, § 48-10-15; Code 1981, § 40-2-165 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1074, §§ 1, 5.
Cross references.
Regulation of size, weight, and other requirements for vehicles and loads on public highways, T. 32, C. 6, A. 2.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2002, p. 1074, § 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall not abate any prosecution, punishment, penalty, administrative proceedings or remedies, or civil action related to any violation of law committed prior to the effective date of this Act.” This act became effective July 1, 2002.
