2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 40 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 40-1-1 — 40-16-8)
Chapter 5 - DRIVERS' LICENSES (§§ 40-5-1 — 40-5-179)
Article 3 - CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION, AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES (§§ 40-5-50 — 40-5-74)
Section 40-5-51 - Suspension of driving privilege of nonresident; reporting convictions, suspensions, and revocations of nonresidents

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 40-5-51 (2023)
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  • (a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident under this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the department only when suspension or revocation is required by law for the violation. No points shall be assessed as provided in Code Section 40-5-57 for any violation committed by a nonresident.
  • (b) The department is required, upon receiving a record of the conviction in this state of a nonresident driver of a motor vehicle of any offense, to forward a certified copy of such record to the motor vehicle administrator in the state wherein the person so convicted is a resident.
  • (c) When a nonresident's operating privilege is suspended or revoked, the department shall forward a certified copy of the record of such action to the motor vehicle administrator in the state wherein such person resides.

Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 582, § 6, eff. 7/1/2004.


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