{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-13-60","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 40-13-60","heading":"Disposition of traffic violations; jurisdiction of bureau.","body":"Any traffic violation under the jurisdiction of the traffic violations bureau shall be characterized and classified as a traffic violation and shall not be considered as a misdemeanor. Whenever any traffic violation is transferred from another court to a court which has a traffic violations bureau, if such offense is classified as a traffic violation on the traffic violations bureau schedule of the receiving court, such violation shall be handled and disposed of by such traffic violations bureau. Where a defendant demands a trial on a traffic violation, it shall be tried before a judge of the court which established the traffic violations bureau. The request for a trial shall not result in a loss of jurisdiction by the traffic violations bureau.","path":["TITLE 40 Motor Vehicles and Traffic","CHAPTER 13 Prosecution of Traffic Offenses","Article 3 Traffic Violations Bureaus"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.40.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"fbbd688abbe15411b039efba53be062155c35dca0195cb9b296f9ff79c7e2a2f","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-13-59","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-13-61"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}