{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-2-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 40-2-5","heading":"Unlawful actions relating to license plate; use of expired prestige license plate.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful:\n(1) To remove or transfer a license plate from the motor vehicle for which such license plate was issued;\n(2) To sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of a license plate upon or for use on any motor vehicle other than the vehicle for which such license plate was issued;\n(3) To buy, receive, use, or possess for use on a motor vehicle any license plate not issued for use on such motor vehicle; or\n(4) To operate a motor vehicle bearing a license plate which was improperly removed or transferred from another vehicle.\n(b) Any person who shall knowingly violate any provision of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 or by confinement for not more than 12 months, or both.\n(c) It shall not be unlawful for any person to place an expired prestige license plate on the front of a motor vehicle provided that such vehicle also bears a current valid license plate on the rear of such vehicle.","path":["TITLE 40 Motor Vehicles and Traffic","CHAPTER 2 Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles","Article 1 General Provisions"],"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":"9ac70b4937aaeb0b43191c784507728bbe5f496901862224843a8de42e7dee57","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-2-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-2-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}