2022 Georgia Code
Title 48 - Revenue and Taxation
Chapter 5 - Ad Valorem Taxation of Property
Article 10 - Ad Valorem Taxation of Motor Vehicles and Mobile Homes
Part 2 - Motor Vehicles
§ 48-5-478.4. Exemption From Ad Valorem Taxes for Motor Vehicle Owned by Veterans’ Organization

1. As used in this Code section, the term “veterans organization” means any organization or association chartered by the Congress of the United States which is exempt from federal income taxes but only if such organization is a post or organization of past or present members of the armed forces of the United States organized in the State of Georgia with at least 75 percent of the members of which are past or present members of the armed forces of the United States and where no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
2. A single motor vehicle owned by or leased to a veterans organization is hereby exempted from all ad valorem taxes for state, county, municipal, and school purposes.

History. Code 1981, § 48-5-478.4 , enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 417, § 1A; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 48/HB 1387.

Code Commission notes.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2004, Code Section 48-5-478.3, as enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 417, § 1A, was redesignated as Code Section 48-5-478.4.

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 2004, p. 417, § 1B, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section is applicable to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005.