Georgia § 43-21-56 - Registration of guests; maintaining register.
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§ 43-21-56. Registration of guests; maintaining register.
Any person or persons occupying any room or rooms in a roadhouse, public dance hall, or any other similar establishment by whatever name called shall register or cause himself to be registered before occupying the same and, if traveling by motor vehicle, shall register at the same time the license plate of such motor vehicle and the manufacturer's name of such motor vehicle; and no person shall write or cause to be written or, if in charge of a register, knowingly permit to be written in any register in any of the establishments enumerated in this Code section, a name or designation other than the true name or names in ordinary use of the person registering or causing himself to be registered therein, or the true name of the manufacturer of such motor vehicle or the correct license plate and number thereof. Every person to whom a license is issued under this article shall provide a permanent register for the purposes set forth in this Code section. (Ga. L. 1945, p. 326, § 6.)
Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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