North Carolina § 20-85 - 1. Registration by mail; one-day title service; fees.

§ 20-85. 1. Registration by mail; one-day title service; fees.

The owner of a vehicle registered in North Carolina may renew that vehicle registration by mail. The Commissioner and the employees of the Division designated by the Commissioner may prepare and deliver upon request a certificate of title, charging a fee of ninety-eight dollars ($98.00) for one-day title service, in lieu of the title fee required by G.S. 20-85(a). The fee for one-day title service must be paid by cash or by certified check. This fee shall be credited to the Highway Trust Fund. Repealed by Session Laws 2010-132, s. 8, effective December 1, 2010, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date. History (1983, c. 50, s. 1; 1989, c. 692, s. 2.2; c. 700, s. 1; 1991, c. 689, s. 324; 2005-276, s. 44.1( l ); 2010-132, s. 8; 2015-241, s. 29.30(k).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2003-383, s. 4, provides that the General Assembly reaffirms its intent that the proceeds of the issuance of any bonds pursuant to the Highway Bond Act of 1996, Session Laws 1995 (Reg. Sess. 1996), c. 590, s. 7, shall be used only for the purposes stated in that act, and for no other purpose. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 29.30(u), made the amendment to subsection (b) of this section by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 29.30(k), applicable to issuances, renewals, restorations, and requests on or after January 1, 2016. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-276, s. 44.1(l), effective October 1, 2005, and applicable to fees collected on or after that date, substituted "seventy-five dollars ($75.00)" for "fifty dollars ($50.00)" in subsection (b). Session Laws 2010-132, s. 8, effective December 1, 2010, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, deleted the last sentence in subsection (a), which read: "A postage and handling fee of one dollar ($1.00) per vehicle to be registered shall be charged for this service"; added the last sentence in subsection (b); and deleted subsection (c), which read: "The fee collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to the Highway Fund. The fee collected under subsection (b) shall be credited to the Highway Trust Fund." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 29.30(k), effective January 1, 2016, substituted "ninety-eight dollars ($98.00)" for "seventy-five dollars ($75.00)" in subsection (b). For applicability, see editor's note.