Refusing Certificate

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
  4. Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens
  5. Certificates of Title
  6. Refusing Certificate

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  1. The commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized county tag agent shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title only if any required fee is not paid or if the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized county tag agent has reasonable grounds to believe that:
    1. The applicant is not the owner of the vehicle;
    2. The application contains a false or fraudulent statement;
    3. The applicant fails to furnish required information or documents or any additional information the commissioner or authorized county tag agent reasonably requires; or
    4. The registration of the vehicle stands suspended or revoked for any reason as provided in the motor vehicle laws of this state.
  2. If the application for first certificate of title is rejected, the application shall be returned to the holder of the first security interest or lien named in the application or to the owner if there is no security interest holder or lienholder.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 13; Ga. L. 1982, p. 403, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 739, § 13.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Refusing title to nonresidents.

- If the owner of a bus used in an interstate business, but required to be registered in Georgia, is a resident of a foreign state and elects to title the owner's vehicle in Georgia, the commissioner may refuse to title such a vehicle only on the grounds specified by Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 13 (see now O.C.G.A. § 40-3-29). 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 425.

Priority of stolen vehicle's original owner's property right.

- Issuance of title to another cannot deprive stolen vehicle's original owner of that person's property right. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U70-224.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 30, 31.

C.J.S.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 96 et seq., 273, 274, 276.

U.L.A.

- Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act (U.L.A.) § 12.


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