North Carolina

North Carolina General Statutes — Chapter 20, Motor Vehicles

863 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 20-361 — Application for permit and permit fee
• § 20-362 — Liability of housemovers
• § 20-363 — Removal and replacement of obstructions
• § 20-364 — Route changes
• § 20-365 — Loading or parking on right-of-way
• § 20-366 — Effect of weather
• § 20-367 — Obtaining license or permit by fraud
• § 20-368 — Municipal regulations
• § 20-369 — Out-of-state licenses and permits
• § 20-37 — Limitations on issuance of licenses
• § 20-37.01 — Drivers License Technology Fund
• § 20-37.02 — Verification of drivers license information
• § 20-37.1 — : Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c
• § 20-37.10 — Title of Article
• § 20-37.11 — Purpose
• § 20-37.12 — Commercial drivers license required
• § 20-37.13 — Commercial drivers license qualification standards
• § 20-37.13A — Medical qualifications standards; waiver for intrastate drivers
• § 20-37.14 — Nonresident commercial driver license
• § 20-37.14A — Prohibit issuance or renewal of certain categories of commercial drivers licenses to sex offenders
• § 20-37.15 — Application for commercial drivers license
• § 20-37.16 — Content of license; classifications and endorsements; fees
• § 20-37.17 — Record check and notification of license issuance
• § 20-37.18 — Notification required by driver
• § 20-37.19 — Employer responsibilities
• § 20-37.2 — through 20-37
• § 20-37.20 — Notification of traffic convictions
• § 20-37.20A — Driving record notation for testing positive in a drug or alcohol test
• § 20-37.20B — Appeal of disqualification for testing positive in a drug or alcohol test
• § 20-37.21 — Penalties
• § 20-37.22 — Rulemaking authority
• § 20-37.23 — Authority to enter agreements
• § 20-37.5 — Definitions
• § 20-37.6 — Parking privileges for handicapped drivers and passengers
• § 20-37.6A — Parking privileges for out-of-state handicapped drivers and passengers
• § 20-37.7 — Special identification card
• § 20-37.8 — Fraudulent use prohibited
• § 20-37.9 — Notice of change of address or name
• § 20-370 — Speed limits
• § 20-371 — Penalties
• § 20-372 — Invalid section; severability
• § 20-373 — Reserved for future codification purposes
• § 20-374 — Unsafe practices
• § 20-375 — Reserved for future codification purposes
• § 20-376 — Definitions
• § 20-377 — General powers of State Highway Patrol
• § 20-378 — : Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c
• § 20-379 — State Highway Patrol to audit motor carriers for compliance
• § 20-38 — : Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c
• § 20-38.1 — Applicability
• § 20-38.100 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
• § 20-38.2 — Investigation
• § 20-38.3 — Police processing duties
• § 20-38.4 — Initial appearance
• § 20-38.5 — Facilities
• § 20-38.6 — Motions and district court procedure
• § 20-38.7 — Appeal to superior court
• § 20-380 — State Highway Patrol may investigate accidents involving motor carriers and promote general safety program
• § 20-381 — Specific powers and duties of State Highway Patrol applicable to motor carriers; agricultural exemption
• § 20-382 — For-hire motor carrier registration, insurance verification, and temporary trip permit authority
• § 20-382.1 — Registration of for-hire intrastate motor carriers and verification that their vehicles are insured
• § 20-382.2 — Penalty for failure to comply with registration or insurance verification requirements
• § 20-383 — Inspectors and officers given enforcement authority
• § 20-384 — Penalty for certain violations
• § 20-385 — Fee schedule
• § 20-386 — Fees, charges and penalties; disposition
• § 20-387 — Motor carrier violating any provision of Article, rules or orders; penalty
• § 20-388 — Willful acts of employees deemed those of motor carrier
• § 20-389 — Actions to recover penalties
• § 20-39 — Administering and enforcing laws; rules and regulations; agents, etc
• § 20-39.1 — Publicly owned vehicles to be marked; private license plates on publicly owned vehicles
• § 20-390 — Refusal to permit State Highway Patrol to inspect records made misdemeanor
• § 20-391 — Violating rules, with injury to others
• § 20-392 — Failure to make report; obstructing Division or State Highway Patrol
• § 20-393 — Disclosure of information by employee of State Highway Patrol unlawful
• § 20-394 — Remedies for injuries cumulative
• § 20-395 — Willful injury to property of motor carrier a misdemeanor
• § 20-396 — Unlawful motor carrier operations
• § 20-397 — Furnishing false information to the State Highway Patrol; withholding information from the State Highway Patrol
• § 20-398 — Household goods carrier; marking or identification of vehicles
• § 20-4 — : Repealed by Session Laws 2002-190, s
• § 20-4.01 — Definitions
• § 20-4.02 — Quadrennial adjustment of certain fees and rates
• § 20-4.03 — Administrative hearing fees
• § 20-4.04 — Division authority to create electronic systems for renewals
• § 20-4.05 — Authority of Division to charge transaction fee on electronic payments
• § 20-4.1 — Declaration of policy
• § 20-4.10 — Agreements to be written, filed and available for distribution
• § 20-4.11 — Reciprocity agreements in effect at time of Article
• § 20-4.12 — Article part of and supplemental to motor vehicle registration law
• § 20-4.13 — through 20-4
• § 20-4.18 — Definitions
• § 20-4.19 — Issuance of citation to nonresident; officer to report noncompliance
• § 20-4.2 — Definitions
• § 20-4.20 — Division to transmit report to reciprocating state; suspension of license for noncompliance with citation issued by reciprocating state
• § 20-4.21 — Title of Article
• § 20-4.22 — Commissioner may make reciprocity agreements, arrangements, or declarations
• § 20-4.23 — Legislative findings and policy
• § 20-4.24 — Reports of convictions; effect of reports
• § 20-4.25 — Review of license status in other states upon application for license in member state
• § 20-4.26 — Effect on other laws or agreements
• § 20-4.27 — Effect on other State driver license laws
• § 20-4.28 — Administration and exchange of information
• § 20-4.29 — Withdrawal from Drivers License Compact
• § 20-4.3 — Commissioner may make reciprocity agreements, arrangements or declarations
• § 20-4.30 — Construction and severability
• § 20-4.4 — Authority for reciprocity agreements; provisions; reciprocity standards
• § 20-4.5 — Base-state registration reciprocity
• § 20-4.6 — Repealed by Session Laws 1997-122, s
• § 20-4.7 — Extension of reciprocal privileges to lessees authorized
• § 20-4.8 — Automatic reciprocity, when
• § 20-4.9 — Suspension of reciprocity benefits
• § 20-40 — Offices of Division
• § 20-400 — Definitions
• § 20-401 — Regulation of fully autonomous vehicles
• § 20-402 — Applicability to vehicles other than fully autonomous vehicles
• § 20-403 — Fully Autonomous Vehicle Committee
• § 20-41 — Commissioner to provide forms required
• § 20-42 — Authority to administer oaths and certify copies of records
• § 20-43 — Records of Division
• § 20-43.1 — Disclosure of personal information in motor vehicle records
• § 20-43.2 — Internet access to organ donation records by organ procurement organizations
• § 20-43.3 — Authorization for the collection of data to enforce the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program
• § 20-43.4 — Current list of licensed drivers to be provided to jury commissions
• § 20-44 — Authority to grant or refuse applications
• § 20-45 — Seizure of documents and plates
• § 20-46 — Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c
• § 20-47 — Division may summon witnesses and take testimony
• § 20-48 — Giving of notice
• § 20-49 — Police authority of Division
• § 20-49.1 — Repealed by Session Laws 2024-57, s
• § 20-49.2 — Supplemental authority of State Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Enforcement officers
• § 20-49.3 — State Highway Patrol; custody of seized vehicles
• § 20-5 — Title of Article
• § 20-50 — Owner to secure registration and certificate of title; temporary registration markers
• § 20-50.1 — Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c
• § 20-50.2 — : Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c
• § 20-50.3 — : Repealed by Session Laws 2005-294, s
• § 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
• § 20-51 — Exempt from registration
• § 20-52 — Application for registration and certificate of title
• § 20-52.1 — Manufacturer's certificate of transfer of new motor vehicle
• § 20-52.2 — Unregisterable certificate of title
• § 20-53 — Application for specially constructed, reconstructed, or foreign vehicle
• § 20-53.1 — Specially constructed vehicle certificate of title and registration
• § 20-53.2 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
• § 20-53.3 — Appeal of specially constructed vehicle classification determination to Vehicle Classification Review Committee
• § 20-53.4 — Registration of mopeds; certificate of title
• § 20-53.5 — Titling and registration of HMMWV
• § 20-53.6 — Titling of all-terrain vehicles and utility vehicles
• § 20-54 — Authority for refusing registration or certificate of title
• § 20-54.1 — Forfeiture of right of registration
• § 20-55 — Examination of registration records and index of seized, stolen, and recovered vehicles
• § 20-56 — Registration indexes
• § 20-57 — Division to issue certificate of title and registration card
• § 20-58 — Perfection by indication of security interest on certificate of title
• § 20-58.1 — Duty of the Division upon receipt of application for notation of security interest
• § 20-58.10 — Effective date of §
• § 20-58.2 — Date of perfection
• § 20-58.3 — Notation of assignment of security interest on certificate of title
• § 20-58.3A — Automatic expiration of security interest in manufactured home; renewal of security interests in manufactured homes
• § 20-58.4 — Release of security interest
• § 20-58.4A — Electronic lien system
• § 20-58.5 — Duration of security interest in favor of corporations which dissolve or become inactive
• § 20-58.6 — Duty of secured party to disclose information
• § 20-58.7 — Cancellation of certificate
• § 20-58.8 — Applicability of §
• § 20-58.9 — Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c
• § 20-59 — Unlawful for lienor who holds certificate of title not to surrender same when lien satisfied
• § 20-6 — Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c
• § 20-60 — Owner after transfer not liable for negligent operation
• § 20-61 — Owner dismantling or wrecking vehicle to return evidence of registration
• § 20-62 — : Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c
• § 20-62.1 — Purchase of vehicles for purposes of scrap or parts only
• § 20-63 — Registration plates furnished by Division; requirements; replacement of regular plates with First in Flight plates, First in Freedom plates, or National/State Mottos plates; surrender and reissuance; displaying; preservation and cleaning; alteration or concealment of numbers; commission contracts fo
• § 20-63.01 — Bonds required for commission contractors
• § 20-63.02 — Advisory committee of commission contractors
• § 20-63.1 — Division shall cause plates to be reflectorized
• § 20-64 — Transfer of registration plates to another vehicle
• § 20-64.1 — : Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c
• § 20-64.2 — : Repealed by Session Laws 2010-132, s
• § 20-65 — Repealed by Session Laws 1979, 2nd Session, c
• § 20-66 — Renewal of vehicle registration
• § 20-66.1 — Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c
• § 20-67 — Notice of change of address or name
• § 20-68 — Replacement of lost or damaged certificates, cards and plates
• § 20-69 — Division authorized to assign new engine number
• § 20-7 — Issuance and renewal of drivers licenses
• § 20-7.01 — : Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c
• § 20-7.1 — Notice of change of address or name
• § 20-7.2 — Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c
• § 20-7.3 — Availability of organ, eye, and tissue donor cards at motor vehicle offices
• § 20-7.4 — License to Give Trust Fund established
• § 20-7.5 — License to Give Trust Fund Commission established
• § 20-7.6 — Powers and duties of the License to Give Trust Fund Commission
• § 20-70 — Division to be notified when another engine is installed or body changed
• § 20-71 — Altering or forging certificate of title, registration card or application, a felony; reproducing or possessing blank certificate of title
• § 20-71.1 — Registration evidence of ownership; ownership evidence of defendant's responsibility for conduct of operation
• § 20-71.2 — Declaration of purpose
• § 20-71.3 — Salvage and other vehicles - titles and registration cards to be branded