Georgia Code
Article 2 - Certificates of Title
§ 40-3-21. Application for First Certificate of Title

History. Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 8; Ga. L. 1962, p. 79, § 6; Ga. L. 1964, p. 436, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 883, §§ 1, 2; Code 1981, § 40-3-22 ; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 40; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1271, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 438, § 1; Code 1981, § 40-3-21 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 741, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 809, § 13; Ga. L. 1997, p. 739, § 5; Ga. L. 2003, p. 500, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 652, § 8/HB 518; Ga. L. 2018, p. 287, § 4/HB 329.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted “or the authorized county tag agent” or “or authorized county tag agent” following “the commissioner” throughout this Code section; in subsection (a), substituted “shall be made to” for “shall be made by the owner to the commissioner or” in the first sentence, substituted “application shall be submitted to” for “application must be submitted to the commissioner or” near the middle of the second sentence, and substituted “return the same to” for “return same to the commissioner or” near the end of the fifth sentence; added a comma following “changed” near the end of the last sentence of paragraph (b)(1); and, in paragraph (b)(2), substituted “so long as” for “as long as” in the middle of the second sentence, and substituted “The dealer shall mail, deliver, or electronically submit the application to the authorized county tag agent in the county where the vehicle will be registered” for “The dealer shall promptly mail or deliver the application to the commissioner or the county tag agent of the county in which the seller is located, of the county in which the sale takes place, of the county in which the vehicle is delivered, or of the county wherein the vehicle owner resides so as to have the application submitted to the commissioner or such authorized county tag agent” in the third sentence.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, “exist” was substituted for “exists” in paragraph (a)(2).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1995, p. 809, § 22, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Any local law enacted pursuant to Code Section 40-2-21, which is in conflict with the provisions of this Act shall stand repealed on the effective date of this Act.” The act became effective January 1, 1997.

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