Georgia Code
Part 5 - Equipment of Law Enforcement and Emergency Vehicles
§ 40-8-91. Marking and Equipment of Law Enforcement Vehicles; Motorist Allowed to Continue to Safe Location Before Stopping for Law Enforcement Officer Vehicles

History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 107A; Ga. L. 1966, p. 166, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 208, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 802, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 405; Ga. L. 2006, p. 231, § 3/SB 64; Ga. L. 2006, p. 255, § 1/SB 454; Ga. L. 2010, p. 105, § 1-1/HB 981; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 40/SB 340; Ga. L. 2018, p. 232, § 1/HB 809; Ga. L. 2022, p. 295, § 2/HB 1146.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, in paragraph (b)(1), added “or a solid color” at the end of the first sentence and substituted “For vehicles painted in a two-toned uniform color, the” for “The” at the beginning of the second sentence.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “two toned” for “two-toned” twice in paragraph (b)(1), and substituted “light, primarily blue in color,” for “colored light” in paragraph (b)(2).
Cross references.
Provision that marked vehicles normally used for transporting criminals or those accused of crime shall not be used for transporting mental patients, persons undergoing habilitation for mental retardation, alcoholics, or others, §§ 37-3-101 , 37-4-61 , 37-7-101 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, “in” was substituted for “is” preceding “use for law enforcement” near the beginning of subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2010, p. 105, § 3-1/HB 981, not codified by the General Assembly, provided for the repeal of the amendment to subsection (b) of this Code section by that Act, effective June 30, 2013.
Law reviews.
For survey article on local government law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 285 (2007) and 60 Mercer L. Rev. 263 (2008).

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