Georgia Code, Volume 29

2011·95.2 MB·English

by  State of Georgia

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OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA
ANNOTATED
With Provision for Subsequent Pocket Parts
Prepared by
The Code Revision Commission
The Office ofLegislative Counsel
and
The Editorial StaffofLexisNexis®
Published UnderAuthority ofthe State ofGeorgia
Volume 29
2011 Edition
Title 40. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
IncludingActs ofthe 2011 Session ofthe GeneralAssembly ofGeorgia
andAnnotations taken from the Georgia Reports
and the GeorgiaAppeals Reports
LexisNexis®
Charlottesville, Virginia
2011
Copyright© 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011
BY
The State of Georgia
All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-1-4224-9386-1
4192916
(Pub.41805)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
Brian P. Kemp, Secretary of State of the
I,
State of Georgia, do hereby certify that
the statutory portion ofthe Official Code ofGeorgia Annotated contained
in this volume is a true and correct copy ofsuch material as enacted by
the General Assembly ofGeorgia; all as same appear offile and record in
this office.
INTESTIMONYWHEREOF,Ihavehereuntosetmyhandandaffixed
thesealofmyoffice,attheCapitol,intheCityofAtlanta,
this 15thdayofJuly,intheyearofourLordTwoThousand
and Eleven and ofthe Independence ofthe United
StatesofAmericatheTwoHundredandThirty-Sixth.
-g-P.u-
BrianP.Kemp,SecretaryofState

Preface
This volume cumulates and replaces the 2007 edition ofVolume 29 of
the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as supplemented by the 2010
Cumulative Supplement. The 2007 Volume 29 and its 2010 Supplement
may be recycled or, if so desired, retained for historical purposes.
This volume contains all laws specifically codified in Title 40 by the
GeneralAssembly through the 2011 Session. This volume also contains
case annotations reflecting decisions posted to LexisNexis® through
April 22, 2011. These annotations will appear in the following tradi-
tional reporter sources: Georgia Supreme Court Opinions; Georgia
Appeals Court Opinions; Southeastern Reporter, Second Series; Su-
preme Court Reporter; Federal Reporter, Third Series; Federal Supple-
ment, Second Series; Federal Rules Decisions; and Bankruptcy Re-
porter. As official and traditional citations become available,
substitutions for the LexisNexis® citations will be made.
Acomplete listingofthose sources is as follows: Official andUnofficial
Attorney General Opinions; Opinions of the Judicial Qualifications
Commission; Advisory Opinions ofthe State Disciplinary Board ofthe
State Bar; FormalAdvisory Opinions ofthe State Disciplinary Board of
the State Bar, issued by the Supreme Court of Georgia; Emory Law
Journal; Georgia Law Review; Georgia State University Law Review;
Mercer Law Review; Georgia State Bar Journal; American Law Re-
ports; American Jurisprudence 2d; American Jurisprudence Pleading
and Practice, American Jurisprudence ProofofFacts; American Juris-
prudence Trials; Corpus Juris Secundum; and Uniform Laws Anno-
tated. Also included, where appropriate, are cross references to the
Official Code ofGeorgia Annotated.
This volume retains amendment notes and effective date notes for
Acts passed during the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Sessions of the General
Assembly. In order to determine the changes which were made or the
effective date applied to a Code section by an Act passed prior to the
2009 Session of the General Assembly, the user should consult the
Georgia Laws.
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