{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-2-45","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 40-2-45","heading":"Transferring license plate or revalidation decal for “salvage”, “rebuilt”, damaged, or demolished motor vehicles.","body":"(a) No person shall transfer a license plate or decal from one vehicle to any other motor vehicle which is a “salvage” or “rebuilt” motor vehicle as provided in Chapter 3 of this title unless the owner of such vehicle submits satisfactory proof to the commissioner that the motor vehicle inspection required by Code Section 40-3-37 has been performed and such vehicle has been determined to be in full compliance with the law.\n(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, if a vehicle is damaged, scrapped, dismantled, or demolished and transferred to an insurance company or licensed rebuilder and the transferor of such vehicle has a current, unexpired license plate and registration issued therefor, such license plate shall be transferred to another vehicle acquired by such transferor according to the provisions of Code Section 40-2-42 or 40-2-80, as applicable.","path":["TITLE 40 Motor Vehicles and Traffic","CHAPTER 2 Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles","Article 2 Registration and Licensing Generally"],"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":"b1d34d308d0da6ea29e8b8161b7ee7db77a9e18d7e4463a2738aa39844305bd8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-2-44","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-2-46"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}