North Carolina § 20-101 - Certain business vehicles to be marked.

§ 20-101. Certain business vehicles to be marked.

A motor vehicle that is subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390, the federal motor carrier safety regulations, shall be marked as required by that Part. A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds that is used in intrastate commerce shall have (i) the name of the owner and (ii) the motor carrier's identification number preceded by the letters "USDOT" and followed by the letters "NC" printed on each side of the vehicle in letters not less than three inches in height. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if any of the following are true: The motor vehicle is subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390. The motor vehicle is of a type listed in 49 C.F.R. 390.3(f). The motor vehicle is licensed at the farmer rate under G.S. 20-88. A motor vehicle that is subject to regulation by the North Carolina Utilities Commission shall be marked as required by that Commission and as otherwise required by this section. A motor vehicle equipped to tow or transport another motor vehicle, hired for the purpose of towing or transporting another motor vehicle, shall have the name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle, and the name of the business or person being hired if different, printed on each side of the vehicle in letters not less than three inches in height. This subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390. History (1937, c. 407, s. 65; 1951, c. 819, s. 1; 1967, c. 1132; 1985, c. 132; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 756, s. 12; 2000-67, s. 25.8; 2001-487, s. 50(d); 2007-404, s. 1; 2009-376, s. 3; 2012-41, s. 1; 2017-108, s. 15.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-108, s. 21, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-404, s. 1, effective December 1, 2007, added subsection (d) and designated the former first three paragraphs as subsections (a) through (c); and substituted "49 C.F.R. Part 390" for "those regulations" in subsection (b). Session Laws 2009-376, s. 3, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to civil penalties assessed and offenses committed on or after that date, rewrote subsection (b). Session Laws 2012-41, s. 1, effective December 1, 2012, in subsection (b), substituted "26,000 pounds" for "10,000 pounds", inserted "(i)" in the middle of the first sentence, inserted "and (ii) the motor carrier's identification number preceded by the letters 'USDOT' and followed by the letters 'NC' ", substituted "than three inches in height. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if any of the following are true" for "that three inches in height, unless either of the following applies"; rewrote subdivision (b)(2), which formerly read: "The motor vehicle is a farm vehicle as further described in G.S. 20-118(c)(4) , (c)(5), or (c)(12)"'; and substituted "printed on each" for "printed on the" in the first sentence in subsection (d). For applicability, see Editor's note. Session Laws 2017-108, s. 15, effective July 12, 2017, added subdivision (b)(3). Opinions of Attorney General As to inapplicability to taxicab which seats nine or fewer passengers and is not operated on a regular route or between termini, see opinion of Attorney General to Mr. W. Vance McCown, 41 N.C.A.G. 547 (1971).