Postmark as Proof of Timely Submission of Documents; Responsibility for Collection of Penalty for Late Submission

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
4. Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens
5. Certificates of Title
6. Postmark as Proof of Timely Submission of Documents; Responsibility for Collection of Penalty for Late Submission

In instances when an application for title is required to be submitted within a certain time period, proof of mailing within the designated period allowed for submission of the documents, as evidenced by a United States Postal Service postmark, shall be prima-facie proof that the application was timely submitted. Additionally, when the law provides for a penalty for the untimely submission of a title application, the responsibility for the collection of such penalty shall be that of the department.

(Ga. L. 1981, p. 883, § 3; Code 1981, §40-3-40; Code 1981, §40-3-42, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 4-9.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

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

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