Section 40-3-41. Suspension or revocation of certificates

   (a) 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:

   (1) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued; or

   (2) The vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed.

(b) Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.

(c) When the commissioner suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the commissioner.

(d) The commissioner may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.

Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 28; Code 1981, § 40-3-39; Code 1981, § 40-3-41, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3.