Unlawful Acts; Penalties

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
4. Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
5. Unregistered Motor Trucks
6. Unlawful Acts; Penalties

1. It shall be unlawful for any person:
   1. To operate a motor truck subject to this article upon any public highway in this state without first obtaining the permit required under Code Section 40-2-111;
   2. To violate any regulation issued by the commissioner pursuant to the authority granted under this article;
   3. To fail to file any return or report required by the commissioner;
   4. To make a false return or fail to keep records of operations as may be required by the commissioner; or
   5. To make knowingly any false statement in any application for registration.
2. Any person who violates any provision of this Code section, upon first conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00; and upon a second or subsequent conviction, by a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 343, Part 2, § 6; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1987, p. 949, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Jury trial for violation of statute.

- Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 343, Part 2, § 6 (see now O.C.G.A. § 40-2-114) contemplates a trial by jury and a conviction or acquittal of persons accused of violating the law on unregistered motor trucks (see now O.C.G.A. Art. 5, Ch. 2, T. 40); therefore, it would be necessary for a warrant to be sworn out against an alleged violator and a trial held in a court with appropriate jurisdiction. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 476.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 41, 42.

ARTICLE 6 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 218.

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