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§ 40-3-38. Fees

An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner or a designated agent. An application for the naming of a lienholder on a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner or a designated […]

§ 40-3-39. Compensation of Tag Agents; Mailing of Applications to Department

The commissioner is authorized to utilize the services of persons appointed as county tag agents under Code Section 40-2-23 and to allow such county tag agents to retain a fee therefor not in excess of 50¢ for each application handled, such fee to be disposed of as other tag fees retained by him or her […]

§ 40-3-40. Reports and Remittances by Tag Agents

All county tag agents accepting and handling title applications shall endeavor to submit such applications and related sums of money to which the department is entitled to the commissioner on a daily basis. All reports of title applications handled and related sums of money collected to which the department is entitled must be submitted to […]

§ 40-3-41. Suspension or Revocation of Certificates

The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with Code Section 40-3-6, when authorized by any other provision of law or if he finds: The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued; or The vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed. […]

§ 40-3-43. Transfer of Certificate to Person, Firm, or Corporation Paying Total Loss Claim on Stolen Vehicle; Administrative Fine Enforcement Alternative; Authority of Commissioner of Insurance

Any person, firm, or corporation which pays a total loss claim on a vehicle as a result of such vehicle’s being stolen shall within 15 days of the payment of such total loss claim apply to the commissioner for a transfer of the certificate of title into such person’s, firm’s, or corporation’s name.  No person, […]