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Violations of road-traffic rules are the most widespread administrative offences in Georgia, and their entire regime — from the driver's conduct to the appeal of fines and the deadlines for payment — is regulated by the Code of Administrative Offences. This page brings together the fines and the procedural instruments with which a decision can be challenged: the right to appeal, the procedure and deadlines of appeal, as well as the deadlines for voluntary payment and the rules of the surcharge.
Speeding and the most frequent driver violations
Exceeding the established speed by more than 15 km/h but by not more than 40 km/h entails a fine of 100 GEL, and by more than 40 km/h — 300 GEL. For a driver performing regular passenger transportation within municipal boundaries the same violation rises to 400 GEL; the creation of an accident-prone situation costs 400 GEL, and light damage to property or health — 600 GEL. A violation of the rules with respect to pedestrians is assessed at 40 GEL and its repetition within one year at 150 GEL. Among other typical fines: driving on the sidewalk — 200 GEL; crossing a continuous axial line — 50 GEL, repeated — 100 GEL, and crossing it while driving in the opposite direction — 200 GEL; transit movement within the administrative boundaries of Tbilisi — 500 GEL; drifting — 300 GEL, and drifting with damage — 500 GEL together with suspension of the driving licence for six months.
Driving under the influence of alcohol
A special regime applies to driving in a state of alcoholic intoxication. Where the ethanol content in the driver's blood is more than 0.3 but does not exceed 0.7 per mille, this entails suspension of the driving licence for six months; a content above 0.7 per mille, as well as evading the check, entails suspension for one year. Committing this violation during the period of suspension entails a fine of 2,000 GEL, administrative arrest of five to fifteen days and extension of the suspension by one year; a repeated act by a person without a driving licence — 3,000 GEL and arrest of ten to fifteen days. Light damage caused together with the violation means a 2,000 GEL fine and a three-year suspension. An important guarantee exists: within two hours of the test the driver may apply to a medical or expert institution for a clinical-laboratory examination, and if the state is not confirmed, he is released from the sanction; the concentration of alcohol in the human organism decreases by 0.15 per mille every hour.
Driving without a licence and leaving the scene
Driving by a person who has no driving licence or whose licence is suspended for another violation fines the person operating the vehicle by 500 GEL, and handing a car to a minor or to a person without a licence — the owner by 700 GEL; repetition of these violations within one year provides for 1,500 GEL or arrest of up to fifteen days. Leaving the scene of a road-traffic accident entails a 250 GEL fine and suspension of the licence for six months; failing to comply with a police officer's demand to stop — 500 GEL; together with the creation of an accident-prone situation or obstruction of traffic — 1,500 GEL and a one-year suspension; with light damage — 2,000 GEL and a three-year suspension. For persons without a driving licence these cases provide for fines of 2,000 to 2,500 GEL or administrative arrest.
Appeal of a fine — right, procedure and deadline
A decision on an administrative-offence case may be appealed by the person against whom it was issued, by the victim and by the person who drew up the protocol. The route is as follows: an organ's decision on a fine is first appealed to the superior organ, whose decision is in turn appealable to court; the complaint is filed with the organ that issued the decision and is forwarded within three days to the one competent to examine it; a decision of a district court is appealed to the administrative chamber of the appellate court. The appeal deadline is ten days from the handing over of the decision, and where missed for a valid reason it may be restored. Note that an appeal suspends the execution of an official's decision only in the cases provided by law, and before the appellate court the burden of proving the unlawfulness or unfoundedness of the decision lies on the appellant — which is why the reasoning of the complaint matters no less than its deadline.
Payment deadlines and the surcharge
A fine must be paid within 30 days from the handing over of the copy of the decision or of the fine ticket. For the broad list of road-traffic violations — including driving under the influence and speeding — the law gives an additional option: payment of the fine together with the surcharge within a further 30 days after the expiry of that term, while non-payment within this period suspends the driver's licence for the corresponding term. The surcharge is determined as follows: if the fine does not exceed 100 GEL, the offender may, before the expiry of the suspension term, pay twice the amount of the fine and the surcharge; if it exceeds 100 GEL — one and a half times, but not more than 2,000 GEL. The amount is transferred to the state budget, and payment of the fine or its replacement by suspension does not release from payment of the surcharge.
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Our team covers the full cycle in road-fine cases: we analyse the lawfulness of the ticket and of the norm applied, prepare complaints for the superior organ and for the court, and preserve the deadlines. If you consider a fine groundless, contact us — at the first consultation we will assess the prospects of your case. Legal.ge — reliable legal support throughout Georgia.