North Carolina Code — 020
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- § 20-1. Division of Motor Vehicles established.
- § 20-2. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; rules.
- § 20-3. Organization of Division.
- § 20-3. 1. Purchase of additional airplanes.
- § 20-4. 01. Definitions.
- § 20-4. 02. (Effective July 1, 2020) Quadrennial adjustment of certain fees and rates.
- § 20-4. 03. Administrative hearing fees.
- § 20-4. 1. Declaration of policy.
- § 20-4. 2. Definitions.
- § 20-4. 3. Commissioner may make reciprocity agreements, arrangements or declarations.
- § 20-4. 4. Authority for reciprocity agreements; provisions; reciprocity standards.
- § 20-4. 5. Base-state registration reciprocity.
- § 20-4. 7. Extension of reciprocal privileges to lessees authorized.
- § 20-4. 8. Automatic reciprocity, when.
- § 20-4. 9. Suspension of reciprocity benefits.
- § 20-4. 10. Agreements to be written, filed and available for distribution.
- § 20-4. 11. Reciprocity agreements in effect at time of Article.
- § 20-4. 12. Article part of and supplemental to motor vehicle registration law.
- § 20-4. 18. Definitions.
- § 20-4. 19. Issuance of citation to nonresident; officer to report noncompliance.
- § 20-4. 20. Division to transmit report to reciprocating state; suspension of license for noncompliance with citation issued by reciprocating state.
- § 20-4. 21. Title of Article.
- § 20-4. 22. Commissioner may make reciprocity agreements, arrangements, or declarations.
- § 20-4. 23. Legislative findings and policy.
- § 20-4. 24. Reports of convictions; effect of reports.
- § 20-4. 25. Review of license status in other states upon application for license in member state.
- § 20-4. 26. Effect on other laws or agreements.
- § 20-4. 27. Effect on other State driver license laws.
- § 20-4. 28. Administration and exchange of information.
- § 20-4. 29. Withdrawal from Drivers License Compact.
- § 20-4. 30. Construction and severability.
- § 20-5. Title of Article.
- § 20-7. Issuance and renewal of drivers licenses.
- § 20-7. 1. Notice of change of address or name.
- § 20-7. 3. Availability of organ, eye, and tissue donor cards at motor vehicle offices.
- § 20-7. 4. License to Give Trust Fund established.
- § 20-7. 5. License to Give Trust Fund Commission established.
- § 20-7. 6. Powers and duties of the License to Give Trust Fund Commission.
- § 20-8. Persons exempt from license.
- § 20-9. What persons shall not be licensed.
- § 20-9. 1. Physicians, psychologists, and other medical providers providing medical information on drivers with physical or mental disabilities or diseases.
- § 20-9. 2. Selective service system registration requirements.
- § 20-9. 3. Notification of requirements for sex offender registration.
- § 20-10. Age limits for drivers of public passenger-carrying vehicles.
- § 20-10. 1. Mopeds.
- § 20-11. Issuance of limited learner's permit and provisional drivers license to person who is less than 18 years old.
- § 20-12. 1. Impaired supervision or instruction.
- § 20-13. Suspension of license of provisional licensee.
- § 20-13. 2. Grounds for revoking provisional license.
- § 20-13. 3. Immediate civil license revocation for provisional licensees charged with certain offenses.
- § 20-14. Duplicate licenses.
- § 20-15. Authority of Division to cancel license or endorsement.
- § 20-15. 1. Revocations when licensing privileges forfeited.
- § 20-16. Authority of Division to suspend license.
- § 20-16. 01. Double penalties for offenses committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle.
- § 20-16. 1. Mandatory suspension of driver's license upon conviction of excessive speeding; limited driving permits for first offenders.
- § 20-16. 2. Implied consent to chemical analysis; mandatory revocation of license in event of refusal; right of driver to request analysis.
- § 20-16. 3. Alcohol screening tests required of certain drivers; approval of test devices and manner of use by Department of Health and Human Services; use of test results or refusal.
- § 20-16. 3A. Checking stations and roadblocks.
- § 20-16. 5. Immediate civil license revocation for certain persons charged with implied-consent offenses.
- § 20-17. Mandatory revocation of license by Division.
- § 20-17. 1. Revocation of license of mental incompetents, alcoholics and habitual users of narcotic drugs.
- § 20-17. 1A. Restoration of license for person adjudicated to be restored to competency.
- § 20-17. 3. Revocation for underage purchasers of alcohol.
- § 20-17. 4. Disqualification to drive a commercial motor vehicle.
- § 20-17. 5. Effect of disqualification.
- § 20-17. 6. Restoration of a license after a conviction of driving while impaired or driving while less than 21 years old after consuming alcohol or drugs.
- § 20-17. 7. Commercial motor vehicle out-of-service fines authorized.
- § 20-17. 8. Restoration of a license after certain driving while impaired convictions; ignition interlock.
- § 20-17. 8A. Tampering with ignition interlock systems.
- § 20-17. 9. Revocation of commercial drivers license with a P or S endorsement upon conviction of certain offenses.
- § 20-18. Conviction of offenses described in § 20-181 not ground for suspension or revocation.
- § 20-19. Period of suspension or revocation; conditions of restoration.
- § 20-20. 1. Limited driving privilege for certain revocations.
- § 20-20. 2. Processing fee for limited driving privilege.
- § 20-21. No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this State.
- § 20-22. Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions.
- § 20-23. Revoking resident's license upon conviction in another state.
- § 20-23. 1. Suspending or revoking operating privilege of person not holding license.
- § 20-23. 2. Suspension of license for conviction of offense involving impaired driving in federal court.
- § 20-24. When court or child support enforcement agency to forward license to Division and report convictions, child support delinquencies, and prayers for judgment continued.
- § 20-24. 1. Revocation for failure to appear or pay fine, penalty or costs for motor vehicle offenses.
- § 20-24. 2. Court to report failure to appear or pay fine, penalty or costs.
- § 20-25. Right of appeal to court.
- § 20-26. Records; copies furnished; charge.
- § 20-27. Availability of records.
- § 20-27. 1. Unlawful for sex offender to drive commercial passenger vehicle or school bus without appropriate commercial license or while disqualified.
- § 20-28. Unlawful to drive while license revoked, after notification, or while disqualified.
- § 20-28. 1. Conviction of moving offense committed while driving during period of suspension or revocation of license.
- § 20-28. 2. Forfeiture of motor vehicle for impaired driving after impaired driving license revocation; forfeiture for felony speeding to elude arrest.
- § 20-28. 3. Seizure, impoundment, forfeiture of motor vehicles for offenses involving impaired driving while license revoked or without license and insurance, and for felony speeding to elude arrest.
- § 20-28. 4. Release of impounded motor vehicles by judge.
- § 20-28. 5. Forfeiture of impounded motor vehicle or funds.
- § 20-28. 7. Responsibility of Division of Motor Vehicles.
- § 20-28. 8. Reports to the Division.
- § 20-28. 9. Authority for the State Surplus Property Agency to administer a statewide or regional towing, storage, and sales program for vehicles forfeited.
- § 20-29. Surrender of license.
- § 20-29. 1. Commissioner may require reexamination; issuance of limited or restricted licenses.
- § 20-30. Violations of license, learner's permit, or special identification card provisions.
- § 20-31. Making false affidavits perjury.
- § 20-32. Unlawful to permit unlicensed minor to drive motor vehicle.
- § 20-34. Unlawful to permit violations of this Article.
- § 20-34. 1. Violations for wrongful issuance of a drivers license or a special identification card.
- § 20-35. Penalties for violating Article; defense to driving without a license.
- § 20-36. Ten-year-old convictions not considered.
- § 20-37. Limitations on issuance of licenses.
- § 20-37. 01. Drivers License Technology Fund.
- § 20-37. 02. Verification of drivers license information.
- § 20-37. 5. Definitions.
- § 20-37. 6. Parking privileges for handicapped drivers and passengers.
- § 20-37. 6A. Parking privileges for out-of-state handicapped drivers and passengers.
- § 20-37. 7. Special identification card.
- § 20-37. 8. Fraudulent use prohibited.
- § 20-37. 9. Notice of change of address or name.
- § 20-37. 10. Title of Article.
- § 20-37. 11. Purpose.
- § 20-37. 12. Commercial drivers license required.
- § 20-37. 13. Commercial drivers license qualification standards.
- § 20-37. 13A. Medical qualifications standards; waiver for intrastate drivers.
- § 20-37. 14. Nonresident commercial driver license.
- § 20-37. 14A. Prohibit issuance or renewal of certain categories of commercial drivers licenses to sex offenders.
- § 20-37. 15. Application for commercial drivers license.
- § 20-37. 16. Content of license; classifications and endorsements; fees.
- § 20-37. 17. Record check and notification of license issuance.
- § 20-37. 18. Notification required by driver.
- § 20-37. 19. Employer responsibilities.
- § 20-37. 20. Notification of traffic convictions.
- § 20-37. 20A. Driving record notation for testing positive in a drug or alcohol test.
- § 20-37. 20B. Appeal of disqualification for testing positive in a drug or alcohol test.
- § 20-37. 21. Penalties.
- § 20-37. 22. Rule making authority.
- § 20-37. 23. Authority to enter agreements.
- § 20-38. 1. Applicability.
- § 20-38. 2. Investigation.
- § 20-38. 3. Police processing duties.
- § 20-38. 4. Initial appearance.
- § 20-38. 5. Facilities.
- § 20-38. 6. Motions and district court procedure.
- § 20-38. 7. Appeal to superior court.
- § 20-38. 100: Reserved for future codification purposes.
- § 20-39. Administering and enforcing laws; rules and regulations; agents, etc.; seal; fees.
- § 20-39. 1. Publicly owned vehicles to be marked; private license plates on publicly owned vehicles.
- § 20-40. Offices of Division.
- § 20-41. Commissioner to provide forms required.
- § 20-42. Authority to administer oaths and certify copies of records.
- § 20-43. Records of Division.
- § 20-43. 1. Disclosure of personal information in motor vehicle records.
- § 20-43. 2. Internet access to organ donation records by organ procurement organizations.
- § 20-43. 3. Authorization for the collection of data to enforce the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program.
- § 20-43. 4. Current list of licensed drivers to be provided to jury commissions.
- § 20-44. Authority to grant or refuse applications.
- § 20-45. Seizure of documents and plates.
- § 20-47. Division may summon witnesses and take testimony.
- § 20-48. Giving of notice.
- § 20-49. Police authority of Division.
- § 20-49. 1. Supplemental police authority of Division officers.
- § 20-49. 2. Supplemental authority of State Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Enforcement officers.
- § 20-49. 3. Bureau of License and Theft; custody of seized vehicles.
- § 20-50. Owner to secure registration and certificate of title; temporary registration markers.
- § 20-50. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 574, s. 5.
- § 20-50. 4. Division to refuse to register vehicles on which county and municipal taxes and fees are not paid and when there is a failure to meet court-ordered child support obligations.
- § 20-51. Exempt from registration.
- § 20-52. Application for registration and certificate of title.
- § 20-52. 1. Manufacturer's certificate of transfer of new motor vehicle.
- § 20-53. Application for specially constructed, reconstructed, or foreign vehicle.
- § 20-53. 1. Specially constructed vehicle certificate of title and registration.
- § 20-53. 3. Appeal of specially constructed vehicle classification determination to Vehicle Classification Review Committee.
- § 20-53. 4. Registration of mopeds; certificate of title.
- § 20-53. 5. Titling and registration of HMMWV.
- § 20-54. Authority for refusing registration or certificate of title.
- § 20-54. 1. Forfeiture of right of registration.
- § 20-55. Examination of registration records and index of seized, stolen, and recovered vehicles.
- § 20-56. Registration indexes.
- § 20-57. Division to issue certificate of title and registration card.
- § 20-58. Perfection by indication of security interest on certificate of title.
- § 20-58. 1. Duty of the Division upon receipt of application for notation of security interest.
- § 20-58. 2. Date of perfection.
- § 20-58. 3. Notation of assignment of security interest on certificate of title.
- § 20-58. 3A. Automatic expiration of security interest in manufactured home; renewal of security interests in manufactured homes.
- § 20-58. 4. Release of security interest.
- § 20-58. 4A. Electronic lien system.
- § 20-58. 5. Duration of security interest in favor of corporations which dissolve or become inactive.
- § 20-58. 6. Duty of secured party to disclose information.
- § 20-58. 7. Cancellation of certificate.
- § 20-58. 8. Applicability of §§ 20-58 to 20-58.8; use of term "lien".
- § 20-58. 10. Effective date of §§ 20-58 to 20-58.9
- § 20-59. Unlawful for lienor who holds certificate of title not to surrender same when lien satisfied.
- § 20-60. Owner after transfer not liable for negligent operation.
- § 20-61. Owner dismantling or wrecking vehicle to return evidence of registration.
- § 20-62. 1. Purchase of vehicles for purposes of scrap or parts only.
- § 20-63. Registration plates furnished by Division; requirements; replacement of regular plates with First in Flight plates, First in Freedom plates, or National/State Mottos plates; surrender and reissuance; displaying; preservation and cleaning; alteration or concealment of numbers; commission contracts for issuance.
- § 20-63. 01. Bonds required for commission contractors.
- § 20-63. 02. Advisory committee of commission contractors.
- § 20-63. 1. (Effective until July 1, 2020) Division may cause plates to be reflectorized.
- § 20-64. Transfer of registration plates to another vehicle.
- § 20-64. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 756, s. 6.
- § 20-64. 2: Repealed by Session Laws 2010-132, s. 4, effective December 1, 2010.
- § 20-66. Renewal of vehicle registration.
- § 20-66. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1389, s. 2.
- § 20-67. Notice of change of address or name.
- § 20-68. Replacement of lost or damaged certificates, cards and plates.
- § 20-69. Division authorized to assign new engine number.
- § 20-70. Division to be notified when another engine is installed or body changed.
- § 20-71. Altering or forging certificate of title, registration card or application, a felony; reproducing or possessing blank certificate of title.
- § 20-71. 1. Registration evidence of ownership; ownership evidence of defendant's responsibility for conduct of operation.
- § 20-71. 2. Declaration of purpose.
- § 20-71. 3. Salvage and other vehicles - titles and registration cards to be branded.
- § 20-71. 4. Failure to disclose damage to a vehicle shall be a misdemeanor.
- § 20-72. Transfer by owner.
- § 20-72. 1. Transfer by owner when a certificate of title is unavailable; consumer remedies.
- § 20-73. New owner must get new certificate of title.
- § 20-74. Penalty for making false statement about transfer of vehicle.
- § 20-75. When transferee is a charitable organization, dealer, or insurance company.
- § 20-75. 1. Conditional delivery of motor vehicles.
- § 20-76. Title lost or unlawfully detained; bond as condition to issuance of new certificate.
- § 20-77. Transfer by operation of law; sale under mechanic's or storage lien; unclaimed vehicles.
- § 20-78. When Division to transfer registration and issue new certificate; recordation.
- § 20-78. 1. Terminal rental adjustment clauses; vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests.
- § 20-79. Dealer license plates.
- § 20-79. 01. Special sports event temporary license plates.
- § 20-79. 02. Loaner/Dealer "LD" license plate for franchised dealer loaner vehicles.
- § 20-79. 1. Use of temporary registration plates or markers by purchasers of motor vehicles in lieu of dealers' plates.
- § 20-79. 1A. Limited registration plates.
- § 20-79. 2. Transporter plates.
- § 20-79. 3A. Requirements to establish a special registration plate.
- § 20-79. 4. Special registration plates.
- § 20-79. 5. Special registration plates for elected and appointed State government officials.
- § 20-79. 6. Special registration plates for members of the judiciary.
- § 20-79. 7. Fees for special registration plates and distribution of the fees.
- § 20-79. 8. Expiration of special registration plate authorization.
- § 20-81. 12. Collegiate insignia plates and certain other special plates.
- § 20-83. Registration by nonresidents.
- § 20-84. Permanent registration plates; State Highway Patrol.
- § 20-84. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 1999-220, s. 4, effective July 1, 1999.
- § 20-84. 2. Definition; reciprocity; Commissioner's powers.
- § 20-85. Schedule of fees.
- § 20-85. 1. Registration by mail; one-day title service; fees.
- § 20-86. Penalty for engaging in a "for-hire" business without proper license plates.
- § 20-86. 1. International Registration Plan.
- § 20-87. Passenger vehicle registration fees.
- § 20-87. 1. Interchange of passenger buses with nonresident common carriers of passengers.
- § 20-88. Property-hauling vehicles.
- § 20-88. 01. Revocation of registration for failure to register for or comply with road tax or pay civil penalty for buying or selling non-tax-paid fuel.
- § 20-88. 02. Registration of logging vehicles.
- § 20-88. 03. Late fee; motor vehicle registration.
- § 20-88. 1. Driver education.
- § 20-91. Audit of vehicle registrations under the International Registration Plan.
- § 20-94. Partial payments.
- § 20-95. Prorated fee for license plate issued for other than a year.
- § 20-96. Detaining property-hauling vehicles or vehicles regulated by the Motor Carrier Safety Regulation Unit until fines or penalties and taxes are collected.
- § 20-97. Taxes credited to Highway Fund; municipal vehicle taxes.
- § 20-100. Vehicles junked or destroyed by fire or collision.
- § 20-101. Certain business vehicles to be marked.
- § 20-101. 1. Conspicuous disclosure of dealer administrative fees.
- § 20-101. 2. Conspicuous disclosure of dealer finance yield charges.
- § 20-101. 3. Conspicuous disclosure of dealer shop and other service-related fees.
- § 20-102. Report of stolen and recovered motor vehicles.
- § 20-102. 1. False report of theft or conversion a misdemeanor.
- § 20-102. 2. Report of failure to return hired motor vehicles.
- § 20-103. Reports by owners of stolen and recovered vehicles.
- § 20-104. Action by Division on report of stolen or embezzled vehicles.
- § 20-106. 1. Fraud in connection with rental of motor vehicles.
- § 20-106. 2. Sublease and loan assumption arranging regulated.
- § 20-107. Injuring or tampering with vehicle.
- § 20-108. Vehicles or component parts of vehicles without manufacturer's numbers.
- § 20-109. Altering or changing engine or other numbers.
- § 20-109. 1. Surrender of titles to salvage vehicles.
- § 20-109. 2. Surrender of title to manufactured home.
- § 20-109. 3. Disposition of vehicles abandoned by charitable organizations.
- § 20-110. When registration shall be rescinded.
- § 20-111. Violation of registration provisions.
- § 20-112. Making false affidavit perjury.
- § 20-114. Duty of officers; manner of enforcement.
- § 20-114. 1. Willful failure to obey law-enforcement or traffic-control officer; firemen as traffic-control officers; appointment, etc., of traffic-control officers.
- § 20-114. 3: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-433, s. 3(a), (b), effective October 1, 2007.
- § 20-115. Scope and effect of regulations in this Part.
- § 20-115. 1. Limitations on tandem trailers and semitrailers on certain North Carolina highways.
- § 20-116. Size of vehicles and loads.
- § 20-117. Flag or light at end of load.
- § 20-117. 1. Requirements for mirrors and fuel container.
- § 20-118. Weight of vehicles and load.
- § 20-118. 1. Officers may weigh vehicles and require overloads to be removed.
- § 20-118. 2. Authority to fix higher weight limitations at reduced speeds for certain vehicles.
- § 20-118. 3. Vehicle or combination of vehicles operated without registration plate subject to civil penalty.
- § 20-118. 4. Firefighting equipment exempt from size and weight restrictions while transporting or moving heavy equipment for emergency response and preparedness and fire prevention; permits.
- § 20-119. Special permits for vehicles of excessive size or weight; fees.
- § 20-119. 1. Use of excess overweight and oversize fees.
- § 20-120. Operation of flat trucks on State highways regulated; trucks hauling leaf tobacco in barrels or hogsheads.
- § 20-121. When authorities may restrict right to use highways.
- § 20-121. 1. Operation of a low-speed vehicle, mini-truck, or modified utility vehicle on certain roadways.
- § 20-122. Restrictions as to tire equipment.
- § 20-122. 1. Motor vehicles to be equipped with safe tires.
- § 20-123. Trailers and towed vehicles.
- § 20-123. 1. Steering mechanism.
- § 20-123. 2. Speedometer.
- § 20-124. Brakes.
- § 20-125. Horns and warning devices.
- § 20-125. 1. Directional signals.
- § 20-126. Mirrors.
- § 20-127. Windows and windshield wipers.