Any person who shall make any false statement in any application for the registration of any vehicle, or in transferring any certificate of registration, or in applying for a new certificate of registration, shall be guilty of false swearing, whether or not an oath is actually administered to him, if such statement shall purport to be under oath. On conviction of such offense, such person shall be punished as provided by Code Section 16-10-71.
O.C.G.A. § 40-2-3
False statements in application constitute false swearing
Known as the Back the Blue Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (132 sections).
§ 84; Code 1933, § 68-9902; Ga
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