North Carolina § 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.

§ 20-50. 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.

Property Taxes Paid with Registration. - The Division shall refuse to register a vehicle on which county and municipal taxes and fees have not been paid. Delinquent Child Support Obligations. - Upon receiving a report from a child support enforcement agency that sanctions pursuant to G.S. 110-142.2(a)(3) have been imposed, the Division shall refuse to register a vehicle for the owner named in the report until the Division receives certification pursuant to G.S. 110-142.2 that the payments are no longer considered delinquent. History (1991, c. 624, s. 5; 1995, c. 538, s. 2(g); 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 741, ss. 1, 2; 2005-294, s. 11; 2006-259, s. 31.5; 2007-527, s. 22(b); 2008-134, s. 65; 2011-330, s. 42(a); 2012-79, s. 3.6; 2013-414, s. 70(d).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2005-294, s. 13, as amended by Session Laws 2006-259, s. 31.5, as amended by 2007-527, s. 22(b), as amended by Session Laws 2008-134, s. 65, as amended by Session Laws 2011-330, s. 42(a), and as amended by Session Laws 2012-79, s. 3.6, and as amended by Session Laws 2013-414, s. 70(d), provides: "Sections 4 and 8 of this act become effective January 1, 2006. Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, and 11 of this act become effective July 1, 2013, and apply to combined tax and registration notices issued on or after that date. Counties may continue to collect property taxes on motor vehicles for taxable years beginning on or before September 1, 2013, under the provisions of Article 22A of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes as those statutes are in effect on June 30, 2013. Sections 12 and 13 of this act are effective when they become law. Nothing in this act shall require the General Assembly to appropriate funds to implement it for the biennium ending June 30, 2007." The amendment by Session Laws 2012-79, s. 3.6, of Session Laws 2005-294, s. 13, as amended by Session Laws 2006-259, s. 31.5, as amended by Session Laws 2007-527, s. 22(b), as amended by Session Laws 2008-134, s. 65, and as amended by Session Laws 2011-330, s. 42(a), was retroactively effective to July 1, 2011. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-294, s. 11, in the section heading, substituted "county and municipal taxes and fees are not paid" for "taxes are delinquent" and rewrote subsection (a). For effective date, see Editor's note.