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.
History. 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.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens
Article 2 - Certificates of Title
§ 40-3-21. Application for First Certificate of Title
§ 40-3-21.1. Conditional Titles; Requirements
§ 40-3-22. Examination of Records
§ 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
§ 40-3-31. 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
§ 40-3-36.1. Designation of Flood Damaged or Fire Damaged Vehicle on Certificate of Title
§ 40-3-39. Compensation of Tag Agents; Mailing of Applications to Department
§ 40-3-40. Reports and Remittances by Tag Agents