Removing or Affixing License Plate With Intent to Conceal or Misrepresent

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
  4. Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
  5. General Provisions
  6. Removing or Affixing License Plate With Intent to Conceal or Misrepresent

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A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use on it, in either case with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of the vehicle or its owner, is guilty of a misdemeanor. As used in this Code section, "remove" includes deface or destroy.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 34; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 257, 392.

ALR.

- Validity and construction of statute making it a criminal offense to "tamper" with motor vehicle or contents, or to obscure registration plates, 57 A.L.R.3d 606.


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