Georgia § 2-5-7 - Registration, license, or permit certificates as evidence thereof; republication and reissuance unnecessary.
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§ 2-5-7. Registration, license, or permit certificates as evidence thereof; republication and reissuance unnecessary.
All license, registration, and permit certificates published by the department shall, upon issuance, be permanent evidence of the pertinent licenses, registrations, and permits they are published for, until their surrender, abandonment, revocation, cancellation, or nonrenewal. No subsequent republication and reissuance of certificates for periodically renewable licenses, registrations, and permits by the department shall be necessary; provided, however, that all conditions and fees required by law for sustained effectiveness and renewal must be satisfied for continued enjoyment of the pertinent license, registration, or permit. (Ga. L. 1976, p. 187, § 1.)
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