North Carolina § 14-401 - 26. TNC driver failure to display license plate information.
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§ 14-401. 26. TNC driver failure to display license plate information.
It shall be unlawful for a transportation network company (TNC) driver, as defined in G.S. 20-280.1 , to fail to display the license plate number of the TNC driver's vehicle as required by G.S. 20-280.5(d) . A violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). History (2019-194, s. 3(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2019-194, s. 1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Passenger Protection Act' and may be cited by that name." Session Laws 2019-194, s. 3(b), made this section, as added by Session Laws 2019-194, s. 3(a), effective December 1, 2019, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.
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