Georgia Code
Article 2 - Certificates of Title
§ 40-3-32. Transfer of Vehicle Generally

History. Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 15; Ga. L. 1981, p. 883, § 5; Code 1981, § 40-3-31 ; Ga. L. 1986, p. 438, § 4; Code 1981, § 40-3-32 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 739, § 16; Ga. L. 2007, p. 652, § 9/HB 518; Ga. L. 2018, p. 287, § 6/HB 329.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, in subsection (b), in the first sentence, inserted “or her” near the beginning, substituted “the authorized county tag agent in the county where the vehicle will be registered” for “the commissioner or his appropriate authorized county tag agent” in the middle, and substituted “return the same to the authorized county tag agent” for “return same to the commission” near the end of the next-to-last sentence.
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For article surveying insurance law in 1984-1985, see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 275 (1985).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic

Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens

Article 2 - Certificates of Title

§ 40-3-20. Certificate of Title Prerequisite to Registration; Documentation Required to Register a Vehicle Purchased Outside State

§ 40-3-21. Application for First Certificate of Title

§ 40-3-21.1. Conditional Titles; Requirements

§ 40-3-22. Examination of Records

§ 40-3-23. Issuance of Certificate of Title; Maintenance of Record of Certificates Issued; Public Inspection; Furnishing Records for Fee

§ 40-3-24. Contents of Certificate; Certificate as Evidence; Not Subject to Garnishment or Other Process

§ 40-3-25. Entry of Odometer Reading on Certificate of Title Upon Sale or Transfer of Vehicle; Certain Vehicles Exempted

§ 40-3-26. Delivery of Certificate; Notice to Junior Security Interest Holders and Lienholders; Disposition of Certificate When First Lien or Security Interest Satisfied

§ 40-3-27. General Procedure for Reflecting a Subsequent Transaction on Certificate

§ 40-3-28. Registration of Vehicle Where Commissioner Not Satisfied as to Ownership of Vehicle; Bond

§ 40-3-29. Refusing Certificate

§ 40-3-30. Requirement of Compliance With Federal Safety Standards

§ 40-3-30.1. Standards for Issuance to Assembled Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle or Converted Motor Vehicle; Inspections

§ 40-3-31. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Certificates

§ 40-3-32. Transfer of Vehicle Generally

§ 40-3-32.1. Application for Transfer of Title to Local Tag Agent by Purchaser of Manufactured Home

§ 40-3-33. Transfer of Vehicle to or From Dealer; Records to Be Kept by Dealers; Electronic Filing; Application for Title Where Dealer Located

§ 40-3-34. Transfer of Vehicle by Operation of Law; Termination of Interest; Joint Interest With Right of Survivorship

§ 40-3-35. When Commissioner to Issue New Certificate to Transferee; Filing and Retention of Surrendered Certificates

§ 40-3-36. Cancellation and Destruction of Certificate of Title for Scrap, Dismantled, or Demolished Vehicles or Trailers; Salvage Certificate of Title; Administrative Enforcement; Removal of License Plates

§ 40-3-36.1. Designation of Flood Damaged or Fire Damaged Vehicle on Certificate of Title

§ 40-3-37. Salvaged or Rebuilt Motor Vehicles; Inspections; Fees; Exemption of Motorcycles; Glider Kits

§ 40-3-38. Fees

§ 40-3-39. Compensation of Tag Agents; Mailing of Applications to Department

§ 40-3-40. Reports and Remittances by Tag Agents

§ 40-3-41. Suspension or Revocation of Certificates

§ 40-3-42. Postmark as Proof of Timely Submission of Documents; Responsibility for Collection of Penalty for Late Submission

§ 40-3-43. Transfer of Certificate to Person, Firm, or Corporation Paying Total Loss Claim on Stolen Vehicle; Administrative Fine Enforcement Alternative; Authority of Commissioner of Insurance