Originally Posted by AE86Rob
NP for the help but in all seriousness, there's a difference between registering and titling a car.
You can go and have the car titled with the Bill of Sale and wait for the title to come back to you before you register the car. Or if you get your insurance and emissions together, you can take the Bill of Sale and have it Registered off of that as well. Newer vehicles you MUST have the Title before it can be registered, and the cut-off date isn't fresh in my memory so I don't know for certain.
Your car CANNOT be Registered (And thus legal to drive) in the state of Georgia without emissions certification or exemption and valid proof of insurance for the vehicle. Your car CAN be Titled without it even being a working car. Hope that clarifies a bit, you may just be seeking a Title until she's road-worthy.