Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who shall willfully mutilate, obliterate, deface, alter, change, or conceal any numeral, letter, character, county designation, or other marking of any license plate issued under the motor vehicle registration laws of this state; who shall knowingly operate a vehicle bearing a license plate on which any numeral, letter, character, county designation, or other marking has been willfully mutilated, obliterated, defaced, altered, changed, or concealed; or who shall knowingly operate a vehicle bearing a license plate issued for another vehicle and not properly transferred as provided by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History. Code 1933, § 68-9929, enacted by Ga. L. 1957, p. 626, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1145, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 419, § 2.
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For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 215 (1997).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 2 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 40-2-2. Violations of Chapter Generally; Penalties
§ 40-2-3. False Statement in Application as Constituting False Swearing
§ 40-2-4. Manufacture of Plates and Decals Prohibited
§ 40-2-5. Unlawful Actions Relating to License Plate; Use of Expired Prestige License Plate
§ 40-2-6.1. Obscuring License Plate in Order to Impede Surveillance Equipment
§ 40-2-7. Removing or Affixing License Plate With Intent to Conceal or Misrepresent
§ 40-2-8.1. Operation of Vehicle Without Revalidation Decal on License Plate