Transferring License Plate or Revalidation Decal for "Salvage", "Rebuilt", Damaged, or Demolished Motor Vehicles

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  6. Transferring License Plate or Revalidation Decal for "Salvage", "Rebuilt", Damaged, or Demolished Motor Vehicles

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  1. No person shall transfer a license plate or decal from one vehicle to any other motor vehicle which is a "salvage" or "rebuilt" motor vehicle as provided in Chapter 3 of this title unless the owner of such vehicle submits satisfactory proof to the commissioner that the motor vehicle inspection required by Code Section 40-3-37 has been performed and such vehicle has been determined to be in full compliance with the law.
  2. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, if a vehicle is damaged, scrapped, dismantled, or demolished and transferred to an insurance company or licensed rebuilder and the transferor of such vehicle has a current, unexpired license plate and registration issued therefor, such license plate shall be transferred to another vehicle acquired by such transferor according to the provisions of Code Section 40-2-42 or 40-2-80, as applicable.

(Code 1981, §40-2-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1186, § 1; Code 1981, §40-2-45, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 419, § 12; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1179, § 9.)

Cross references.

- Certificates of title for salvage or rebuilt motor vehicles, §§ 40-3-35,40-3-36.

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, the spelling of "transferred" was corrected in subsection (b).

Law reviews.

- For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 215 (1997).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Surrender of plates and registrations of salvage vehicles.

- Owners and insurers are required to surrender to the commissioner the license plates and registrations of vehicles which become salvage or total loss vehicles. 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 97-24.


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