North Carolina § 105-449 - 51. Violations declared to be misdemeanors.

§ 105-449. 51. Violations declared to be misdemeanors.

A person who operates or causes to be operated on a highway in this State a qualified motor vehicle that does not carry a license as required by this Article, does not properly display a decal as required by this Article, or is not licensed in accordance with this Article commits a Class 3 misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of two hundred dollars ($200.00). Each day's operation in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense. History (1955, c. 823, s. 15; 1973, c. 476, s. 193; 1983, c. 713, s. 59; 1993, c. 539, s. 734; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005-435, s. 8; 2008-134, s. 22; 2017-204, s. 4.4(f).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-204, s. 4.9, provides in part: "The remainder of this part is effective when it becomes law [August 11, 2017] and applies to requests for review filed on or after that date and to requests for review pending on that date for which the Department reissues a request for additional information, allows the taxpayer time to respond by the requested response date, and provides notification to the taxpayer that failure to timely respond to the request will result in the request for review being subject to the provisions of G.S. 105-241.13 A." Session Laws 2017-204, s. 7.1, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-435, s. 8, effective January 1, 2006, deleted "only" preceding "be fined" and "no less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than" thereafter in the introductory language. Session Laws 2008-134, s. 22, effective January 1, 2009, inserted "qualified" preceding "motor vehicle," substituted "a decal" for "an identification marker," "Article commits" for "Article is guilty of," and "and is punishable by a fine of" for "and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined," deleted "of any provision" following "operation in violation," and substituted "constitutes a separate" for "shall constitute a separate." Session Laws 2017-204, s. 4.4(f), effective August 11, 2017, in the first sentence, substituted "A person" for "Any person," "license" for "registration card" and "licensed" for "registered." For applicability, see editor's note.