NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 294

HOUSE BILL 485

AN ACT TO INCREASE SERVICE FEE FOR NONRESIDENT MOTORIST TO RECOVER COST.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 1-105 is hereby amended by rewriting subdivision (1) of the second paragraph to read as follows:

"Service of such process shall be made in the following manner:

(1)        By leaving a copy thereof, with a fee of three dollars ($3.00), in the hands of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or in his office. Such service, upon compliance with the other provisions of this section, shall be sufficient service upon the said nonresident."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1975.