Georgia § 40-13-52 - Traffic offense cards; contents.
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§ 40-13-52. Traffic offense cards; contents.
The court may, in its order, provide that there shall be maintained in the office of the traffic violations bureau cards known as "traffic offense cards." Upon each traffic offense card shall appear: the name and address of the person charged with a traffic offense; the date of the birth of such person; the sex of such person; and his driver's license number. The card shall be numbered so that it may show any previous traffic offense, giving the date of the offense, the trial date, the citation number, the disposition of the case, and the amount of any fine paid. (Ga. L. 1966, p. 381, § 5.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, "person" was substituted for "persons" preceding "charged" in the second sentence.
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