{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-3-42","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 40-3-42","heading":"Postmark as proof of timely submission of documents; responsibility for collection of penalty for late submission.","body":"In instances when an application for title is required to be submitted within a certain time period, proof of mailing within the designated period allowed for submission of the documents, as evidenced by a United States Postal Service postmark, shall be prima-facie proof that the application was timely submitted. Additionally, when the law provides for a penalty for the untimely submission of a title application, the responsibility for the collection of such penalty shall be that of the department.","path":["TITLE 40 Motor Vehicles and Traffic","CHAPTER 3 Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens","Article 2 Certificates of Title"],"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":"a2ebe844c8c319dff1d66ada27fc515c5c7a8f45d7721177033afa54fe5c728d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-3-41","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-3-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}