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Vehicle Registration Exemptions - Georgia

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Registration is required of all motor vehicles, including a tractor or motorcycle, and every owner of a trailer, except for any:

  • Motor vehicle or trailer owned by the state or any municipality or other political subdivision of Georgia and used exclusively for governmental functions except to the extent provided by Code Section 40-2-37.
    • Those vehicles employed in secret investigatory police functions to which regular Georgia license plates are issued; and
    • Those vehicles assigned for the transportation of employees of the Georgia Lottery Corporation to which regular Georgia license plates are issued.
  • Tractor or three-wheeled motorcycle used only for agricultural purposes.
  • Vehicle or equipment used for transporting cargo or containers between and within wharves, storage areas, or terminals within the facilities of any port under the jurisdiction of the Georgia Ports Authority when such vehicle or equipment is being operated upon any public road not part of The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways by the owner thereof or his or her agent within a radius of 10 miles of the port facility of origin and accompanied by an escort vehicle equipped with one or more operating amber flashing lights that are visible from a distance of 500 feet.
  • Trailer which has no springs and which is being employed in hauling unprocessed farm products to their first market destination.
  • Trailer which has no springs, which is pulled from a tongue, and which is used primarily to transport fertilizer to a farm.
  • Electric powered personal transportation vehicle.
  • Moped.
  • Golf car.

Additionally, the following vehicles are exempt from state vehicle registration requirements.

Vehicles registered in other states

Motor vehicles owned by nonresidents may be used and operated on the public streets and highways for a period of 30 days without registering said motor vehicles in the State of Georgia.

Motor vehicles owned by visitors may be used and operated on the public streets and highways, for pleasure purposes only, for a period of 90 days without registering said motor vehicles in the State of Georgia.

To be eligible, a nonresident or visitor must have fully complied with the laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles of the state or territory wherein he resides, and the registration number and initial letter of such state or territory shall be displayed and plainly visible on such motor vehicles.

A nonresident student who is a resident of a state which is a member of the Multistate Reciprocity Agreement shall be exempt from the requirement of registering his motor vehicle in this state in accordance with the provisions of said Multistate Reciprocity Agreement.

“Nonresident” means any person who does not reside in the State of Georgia but who accepts employment or engages in any trade, profession, or occupation in the state or enters his children in the public schools of this state.

“Visitor” means any person who does not reside in the State of Georgia and who is not a nonresident.

Vehicles subject to reciprocity agreements

Motor vehicles properly licensed and registered in their respective jurisdictions may have the same or substantially the same privileges or exemptions in the operation of their motor vehicles in this state as residents of this state may have and enjoy in the operation in such other jurisdictions of their motor vehicles properly licensed and registered in this state.

Citations

  • O.C.G.A. 40-2-37 Registration and licensing of vehicles of state and political subdivisions
  • O.C.G.A. 40-2-90 Operation of vehicles registered in other states
  • O.C.G.A. 40-5-5 Reciprocal agreements with other states, districts, territories, and foreign countries for the operation of motor vehicles and required testing; “limited term” notation
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