(Effective January 1, 2021) Prerequisites for Sharing Vehicles; Impact of Safety Recalls

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
4. Identification and Regulation
5. Motor Carriers
6. Georgia Peer-to-Peer Car-Sharing Program
7. (Effective January 1, 2021) Prerequisites for Sharing Vehicles; Impact of Safety Recalls

1. At the time a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car-sharing program and before the shared vehicle owner makes the vehicle available for sharing on such program, the peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall:
   1. Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and
   2. Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under subsection (b) of this Code section.
2. 1. If the shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the vehicle, a shared vehicle owner may not make a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer car-sharing program unless and until such safety recall repair has been made.
   2. If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is made available on the peer-to-peer car-sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove such shared vehicle as available on the peer-to-peer car-sharing program, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall and until the safety recall repair has been made.
   3. If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall while the shared vehicle is being used in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, as soon as practicably possible after receiving such notice of the safety recall, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer car-sharing program regarding such safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.

(Code 1981, §40-1-231, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 310, § 2/HB 337.)

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