20-10. Age limits for drivers of public passenger-carrying vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any person, whether licensed under this Article or not, who is under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle while in use as a public passenger-carrying vehicle. For purposes of this section, an ambulance when operated for the […]
20-10.1. Mopeds. It shall be unlawful for any person who is under the age of 16 years to operate a moped as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27)j. upon any highway or public vehicular area of this State. (1979, c. 574, s. 8; 2002-72, s. 6; 2016-90, s. 13(b); 2017-102, s. 5.2(b).)
20-11. Issuance of limited learner’s permit and provisional drivers license to person who is less than 18 years old. (a) Process. – Safe driving requires instruction in driving and experience. To ensure that a person who is less than 18 years old has both instruction and experience before obtaining a drivers license, driving privileges are […]
20-12.1. Impaired supervision or instruction. (a) It is unlawful for a person to serve as a supervising driver under G.S. 20-7(l) or G.S. 20-11 or as an approved instructor under G.S. 20-7(m) in any of the following circumstances: (1) While under the influence of an impairing substance. (2) After having consumed sufficient alcohol to have, […]
20-13. Suspension of license of provisional licensee. (a) The Division may suspend, with or without a preliminary hearing, the operator’s license of a provisional licensee upon receipt of notice of the licensee’s conviction of a motor vehicle moving violation, in accordance with subsection (b), if the offense was committed while the person was still a […]
20-13.2. Grounds for revoking provisional license. (a) The Division must revoke the license of a person convicted of violating the provisions of G.S. 20-138.3 upon receipt of a record of the licensee’s conviction. (b) If a person is convicted of an offense involving impaired driving and the offense occurs while he is less than 21 […]
20-13.3. Immediate civil license revocation for provisional licensees charged with certain offenses. (a) Definitions. – As used in this section, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) Clerk. – As defined in G.S. 15A-101(2). (2) Criminal moving violation. – A violation of Part 9 or 10 of Article 3 of this Chapter […]
20-14. Duplicate licenses. A person may obtain a duplicate of a license issued by the Division by paying a fee of fourteen dollars ($14.00) and giving the Division satisfactory proof that any of the following has occurred: (1) The person’s license has been lost or destroyed. (2) It is necessary to change the name or […]
20-15. Authority of Division to cancel license or endorsement. (a) The Division shall have authority to cancel any driver’s license upon determining any of the following: (1) The licensee was not entitled to the issuance of the license under this Chapter. (2) The licensee failed to give the required or correct information on the license […]
20-15.1. Revocations when licensing privileges forfeited. The Division shall revoke the license of a person whose licensing privileges have been forfeited under G.S. 15A-1331.1, 50-13.12, and 110-142.2. If a revocation period set by this Chapter is longer than the revocation period resulting from the forfeiture of licensing privileges, the revocation period in this Chapter applies. […]
20-16. Authority of Division to suspend license. (a) The Division shall have authority to suspend the license of any operator with or without a preliminary hearing upon a showing by its records or other satisfactory evidence that the licensee: (1) through (4) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 36; (5) Has, under the provisions of […]
20-16.01. Double penalties for offenses committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle. Any person who commits an offense for which points may be assessed pursuant to the Schedule of Point Values for Violations While Operating a Commercial Motor Vehicle as provided in G.S. 20-16(c) may be assessed double the amount of any fine or penalty […]
20-16.1. Mandatory suspension of driver’s license upon conviction of excessive speeding; limited driving permits for first offenders. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, the Division shall suspend for a period of 30 days the license of any driver without preliminary hearing on receiving a record of the driver’s conviction of either (i) exceeding […]
20-16.2. Implied consent to chemical analysis; mandatory revocation of license in event of refusal; right of driver to request analysis. (a) Basis for Officer to Require Chemical Analysis; Notification of Rights. – Any person who drives a vehicle on a highway or public vehicular area thereby gives consent to a chemical analysis if charged with […]
20-16.3. Alcohol screening tests required of certain drivers; approval of test devices and manner of use by Department of Health and Human Services; use of test results or refusal. (a) When Alcohol Screening Test May Be Required; Not an Arrest. – A law-enforcement officer may require the driver of a vehicle to submit to an […]
20-16.3A. Checking stations and roadblocks. (a) A law-enforcement agency may conduct checking stations to determine compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. If the agency is conducting a checking station for the purposes of determining compliance with this Chapter, it must: (1) Repealed by Session Laws 2006-253, s. 4, effective December 1, 2006, and applicable […]
20-16.5. Immediate civil license revocation for certain persons charged with implied-consent offenses. (a) Definitions. – As used in this section the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) Law Enforcement Officer. – As described in G.S. 20-16.2(a1). (2) Clerk. – As defined in G.S. 15A-101(2). (3) Judicial Official. – As defined in G.S. […]
20-17. Mandatory revocation of license by Division. (a) The Division shall forthwith revoke the license of any driver upon receiving a record of the driver’s conviction for any of the following offenses: (1) Manslaughter (or negligent homicide) resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle. (2) Either of the following impaired driving offenses: a. Impaired […]
20-17.1. Revocation of license of mental incompetents, alcoholics and habitual users of narcotic drugs. (a) The Commissioner, upon receipt of notice that any person has been legally adjudicated incompetent or has been involuntarily committed to an institution for the treatment of alcoholism or drug addiction, shall forthwith make inquiry into the facts for the purpose […]
20-17.1A. Restoration of license for person adjudicated to be restored to competency. If otherwise eligible under G.S. 20-7 and any other applicable provision of law, the Division shall restore the drivers license of a person adjudicated to be restored to competency under G.S. 35A-1130 upon receiving notice from the clerk of court in which the […]
