GA 40-1-113 - GA 40-1-113

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former O.C.G.A. § 46-7-12.1, are included in the annotations for this Code section. Failure to obtain permit had no impact on status as motor carrier of property. - Motor carrier's noncompliance with the carrier's responsibility to obtain a permit had no impact on the carrier's status as a Georgia "motor carrier of property" under former paragraph (8) of O.C.G.A. § 46-1-1 because while the failure to get a permit rendered the motor carrier in violation of the Act, that failure did not render the motor carrier any less a "motor carrier of property" under applicable law. Sapp v. Canal Ins. Co., 288 Ga. 681 , 706 S.E.2d 644 (2011) (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 46-7-12.1) Policy trig...