2025 Georgia Codes – Page 333

No person shall operate any motor vehicle with a load on or in such vehicle unless the load on or in such
vehicle is adequately secured to prevent the dropping or shifting of such load onto the roadway in such a
manner as to create a safety hazard. For purposes of this Code section, a load shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, a trailer required to be registered under Chapter 2 of this title. Any person who operates a vehicle in
violation of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle so as to cause it to leave the premises of an establishment at which
gasoline offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank of such motor vehicle unless due payment or
authorized charge for the gasoline so dispensed has been made.
(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100.00 or by confinement in the county or
other jail, county correctional institution, or such other places as counties may provide for maintenance of
county inmates for a term not to exceed 60 days, or both.