GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 753

HOUSE BILL 1374

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE RULE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING REGULATIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-162.1 is amended by designating the present section as subsection (a) and adding a new subsection (b) to read:

"(b)      The prima facie rule of evidence established by subsection (a) shall not apply to the registered owner of a leased or rented vehicle parked in violation of law when said owner can furnish sworn evidence that the vehicle was, at the time of the parking violation, leased or rented, to another person. In such instances, the owner of the vehicle shall, within a reasonable time after notification of the parking violation, furnish to the courts the name and address of the person or company who leased or rented the vehicle."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of July, 1983.