Georgia Code
Article 2 - Issuance, Expiration, and Renewal of Licenses
§ 40-5-20. License Required; Surrender of Prior Licenses; Local Licenses Prohibited

History. Code 1933, § 68B-201, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1008, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1250, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1045, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 1137, § 2/SB 350; Ga. L. 2008, p. 1154, § 1/SB 488; Ga. L. 2009, p. 65, § 1/SB 196; Ga. L. 2014, p. 710, § 2-1/SB 298; Ga. L. 2014, p. 745, § 7/HB 877; Ga. L. 2017, p. 184, § 1/HB 136.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, rewrote paragraph (c)(1), which read: “(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection and in Code Section 40-5-32, no person shall receive a driver’s license unless and until such person surrenders to the department all valid licenses in such person’s possession issued to him or her by this or any other jurisdiction. All surrendered licenses issued by another jurisdiction shall be destroyed. The license information shall be forwarded to the previous jurisdiction. No person shall be permitted to have more than one valid driver’s license at any time.”; and, in paragraph (c)(2), rewrote the first sentence, which read: “Any noncitizen who is eligible for issuance of a driver’s license pursuant to the requirements of this chapter may be issued a driver’s license without surrendering any driver’s license previously issued to him or her by any foreign jurisdiction.”, and, in the second sentence, deleted “is applying for a commercial driver’s license or who” following “a person who”.
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020, see Executive Order 03.25.20.01.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.
Law reviews.
For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 277 (2002).

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