{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-273","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 40-6-273","heading":"Duty to report accident resulting in injury, death, or property damage.","body":"The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or property damage to an apparent extent of $500.00 or more shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of such accident to the local police department if such accident occurs within a municipality. If such accident occurs outside a municipality, such notice shall be given to the office of the county sheriff or to the nearest office of the state patrol.","path":["TITLE 40 Motor Vehicles and Traffic","CHAPTER 6 Uniform Rules of the Road","Article 12 Accidents"],"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":"c3052e633c0e53adb1326a5294128b96e74e8453228ea2077e443553bad998a8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-272","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-273.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}