The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) says it has seen a recent uptick in complaints regarding individuals parking in handicap spots without properly displaying a handicap placard.
“We won’t jump to conclusions,” a Facebook posting begins, “because we know some folks have them and they’re just not displayed, but take a look at what the law has to say about this:
(𝒂) 𝑰𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 40-2-74 𝒐𝒓 40-2-74.1 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒅; 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆; 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒅.
To read the law in its entirety, please research OCGA 40-6-226.
That being said, the DCSO has ramped up our patrols and enforcement in this matter. Drivers being caught may be warned or ticketed for such behavior. Please take this into consideration and make wise decisions. We appreciate your cooperation.”
Of course, this is not specific to Dawson County but is the law statewide.
