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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic (Chs. 1 — 16)
Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens (Arts. 1 — 4)
Article 2 - Certificates of Title (§§ 40-3-20 — 40-3-43)
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RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.Liability of state, in issuing automobile certificate of title, for failure to discover title defect, 28 A. L. R.4th 184.
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O. C. G. A. Title 40, Ch. 3
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- § 40-3-20. Certificate of title prerequisite to registration; documentation required to register a vehicle purchased outside state
- § 40-3-21. [Effective July 1, 2026] Application for first certificate of title
- § 40-3-21.1. Conditional titles; requirements
- § 40-3-22. Examination of records
- § 40-3-23. Issuance of certificate of title; maintenance of record of certificates issued; public inspection; furnishing records for fee; electronic format
- § 40-3-24. Contents of certificate of title; certificate of title not subject to judicial process
- § 40-3-25. Entry of odometer reading on certificate of title upon sale or transfer of vehicle; certain vehicles exempted
- § 40-3-26. Delivery; notice; security interest holders and lienholders
- § 40-3-27. Reflection of subsequent transactions
- § 40-3-28. Registration of vehicle where commissioner not satisfied as to ownership of vehicle; bond
- § 40-3-29. Refusal to issue certificate of title
- § 40-3-30. Requirement of compliance with federal safety standards
- § 40-3-30.1. Standards for issuance to assembled motor vehicle and motorcycle or converted motor vehicle; inspections; unconventional motor vehicle or motorcycle not to be titled or registered; exception
- § 40-3-31. Replacement of LOST, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed certificates of title
- § 40-3-32. Transfer of vehicle generally
- § 40-3-32.1. Application for transfer of title to local tag agent by purchaser of manufactured home
- § 40-3-33. Transfer of vehicle to or from dealer; records; application for certificate of title by dealer
- § 40-3-34. [Effective July 1, 2026] Transfer of vehicle by operation of law; termination of interest; joint interest with right of survivorship
- § 40-3-35. Issuance of new certificate of title; retention of surrendered certificate of title
- § 40-3-36. Cancellation and destruction of certificate of title for scrap, dismantled, or demolished vehicles or trailers; salvage certificate of title; administrative enforcement; removal of license plates
- § 40-3-36.1. Designation of flood damaged or fire damaged vehicle on certificate of title
- § 40-3-37. Salvaged or rebuilt motor vehicles; inspections; fees; exemption of motorcycles; glider kits
- § 40-3-38. Fees
- § 40-3-39. Compensation of tag agents; mailing of applications to department
- § 40-3-40. Reports and remittances by tag agents
- § 40-3-41. Suspension or revocation of certificates of title
- § 40-3-42. Timely submission of documents; penalty for late submissions
- § 40-3-43. Transfer of certificate of title for total loss claim paid for stolen vehicle
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