GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1995 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 394

SENATE BILL 155

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE A TEMPORARY LICENSE PLATE THAT IS VALID FOR UP TO SIXTY DAYS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-50(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      The Division may upon receipt of proper application upon a form supplied by the Division and an accompanying fee of three dollars ($3.00) grant a 10-day issue a temporary registration marker license plate for a vehicle.  A temporary license plate is valid for the period set by the Division.  The period may not be less than 10 days nor more than 60 days.

A person may obtain a temporary license plate for a vehicle by filing an application with the Division and paying the required fee.  An application must be filed on a form provided by the Division.

The fee for a temporary license plate that is valid for 10 days is three dollars ($3.00).  The fee for a temporary license plate that is valid for more than 10 days is the amount that would be required with an application for a license plate for the vehicle.  If a person obtains for a vehicle a temporary license plate that is valid for more than 10 days and files an application for a license plate for that vehicle before the temporary license plate expires, the person is not required to pay the fee that would otherwise be required for the license plate.

A temporary license plate is subject to the following limitations and conditions:

(1)       Temporary 10-day registration markers shall It may be issued only upon proper proof that the applicant has met the applicable financial responsibility requirements.

(2)       Temporary 10-day registration markers shall expire 10 days from the date of issuance. It expires on midnight of the day set for expiration.

(3)       Temporary 10-day registration markers It may be used only on the vehicle for which issued and may not be transferred, loaned loaned, or assigned to another.

(4)       In the event a temporary 10-day registration marker If it is lost or stolen, notice shall be furnished to the person who applied for it must notify the Division.

(5)       The Commissioner shall have the power to make such rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith as he shall deem necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. It may not be issued by a dealer.

(6)       The provisions of G.S. 20-63, 20-71, 20-110 and 20-111 shall that apply in like manner to license plates apply to temporary 10-day registration markers as is applicable to nontemporary plates not by their nature rendered inapplicable. license plates insofar as possible."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 1995.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives