§ 2-1707. Files of state certificates of title.

(a)

The director shall maintain files of state certificates of title and registration on city-owned motorized equipment and shall sign as owner upon sale of such vehicles.

(b)

The director shall maintain a permanent file on all state certificates of title (form T-1) with respect to all motorized equipment of the year 1963 or subsequent year models, requiring a license tag, purchased by or for the city by any department of the city or any person acting for such department.

(c)

With respect to the purchase of such motorized equipment, all departments of the city or persons acting for the departments shall be required to show on the application for the state certificate of title (form T-1) the owner's name as the city, the name of the department initiating the purchase, the city motorized equipment number and the address as "Director, Office of Fleet Services, 23 Claire Drive S.E., Atlanta, Georgia" or such other address as shall be appropriate.

(d)

It shall be the responsibility of the department or the person acting for such department, as to such motorized equipment being purchased, to verify that such certificate of title is filed with the director.

(e)

The director shall retain such certificate of title in the permanent files of the office of fleet services, and the director or the director's duly designated representative is further authorized, after the bureau of purchasing and real estate has approved the subsequent sale of any motorized equipment, to sign, as owner for the city, an assignment and warranty of title and to deliver such to the purchaser of such motorized equipment. Before any such motorized equipment is subsequently sold, such sale must be approved by the bureau of purchasing and real estate.

(Code 1977, § 5-4019; Ord. No. 2007-56(07-O-1899), § 12, 9-24-07)