20-100. Vehicles junked or destroyed by fire or collision. Upon satisfactory proof to the Commissioner that any motor vehicle, duly licensed, has been completely destroyed by fire or collision, or has been junked and completely dismantled so that the same can no longer be operated as a motor vehicle, the owner of such vehicle may […]
20-101. Certain business vehicles to be marked. (a) A motor vehicle that is subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390, the federal motor carrier safety regulations, shall be marked as required by that Part. (b) A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds that is used in intrastate commerce shall […]
20-101.1. Conspicuous disclosure of dealer administrative fees. (a) A motor vehicle dealer shall not charge an administrative, origination, documentary, procurement, or other similar administrative fee related to the sale or lease of a motor vehicle, whether or not that fee relates to costs or charges that the dealer is required to pay to third parties […]
20-101.2. Conspicuous disclosure of dealer finance yield charges. (a) A motor vehicle dealer shall not charge a fee or receive a commission or other compensation for providing, procuring, or arranging financing for the retail purchase or lease of a motor vehicle, unless the dealer complies with both of the following requirements: (1) The dealer shall […]
20-101.3. Conspicuous disclosure of dealer shop and other service-related fees. (a) Requirement. – A motor vehicle dealer shall not charge shop fees in conjunction with service work performed by the dealer, or other discretionary fees relating to environmental or regulatory compliance, record retention, or other costs incurred by the dealer in conjunction with service work […]
20-102. Report of stolen and recovered motor vehicles. Every sheriff, chief of police, or peace officer upon receiving reliable information that any vehicle registered hereunder has been stolen shall report such theft to the Division. Any said officer upon receiving information that any vehicle, which he has previously reported as stolen, has been recovered, shall […]
20-102.1. False report of theft or conversion a misdemeanor. A person who knowingly makes to a peace officer or to the Division a false report of the theft or conversion of a motor vehicle shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1963, c. 1083; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; 1993, c. 539, s. 346; […]
20-102.2. Report of failure to return hired motor vehicles. Every sheriff, chief of police, or peace officer, upon receiving a vehicle theft report, warrant, or other reliable information that any rental, for-hire, or leased vehicle registered pursuant to this Chapter has not been returned as set forth in G.S. 14-167, shall report the failure to […]
20-103. Reports by owners of stolen and recovered vehicles. The owner, or person having a lien or encumbrance upon a registered vehicle which has been stolen or embezzled, may notify the Division of such theft or embezzlement, but in the event of an embezzlement may make such report only after having procured the issuance of […]
20-104. Action by Division on report of stolen or embezzled vehicles. (a) The Division, upon receiving a report of a stolen or embezzled vehicle as hereinbefore provided, shall file and appropriately index the same and shall immediately suspend the registration of the vehicle so reported, and shall not transfer the registration of the same until […]
20-106. Recodified as G.S. 14-71.2 by Session Laws 2019-186, s. 1(c), effective December 1, 2019, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.
20-106.1. Fraud in connection with rental of motor vehicles. Any person with the intent to defraud the owner of any motor vehicle or a person in lawful possession thereof, who obtains possession of said vehicle by agreeing in writing to pay a rental for the use of said vehicle, and further agreeing in writing that […]
20-106.2. Sublease and loan assumption arranging regulated. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Buyer" means a purchaser of a motor vehicle under the terms of a retail installment contract. "Buyer" shall include any co-buyer on the retail installment contract. (2) "Lease" means an agreement between a lessor and a lessee whereby the lessee obtains […]
20-107. Injuring or tampering with vehicle. (a) Any person who either individually or in association with one or more other persons willfully injures or tampers with any vehicles or breaks or removes any part or parts of or from a vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (b) […]
20-108. Vehicles or component parts of vehicles without manufacturer’s numbers. (a) Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, conceals, or has in his possession any motor vehicle, or engine or transmission or component part which has been stolen or removed from a motor vehicle and from which the manufacturer’s serial […]
20-109. Altering or changing engine or other numbers. (a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a felony for: (1) Any person to willfully deface, destroy, remove, cover, or alter the manufacturer’s serial number, transmission number, or engine number; or (2) Any vehicle owner to knowingly permit the defacing, removal, destroying, covering, or alteration of the […]
20-109.1. Surrender of titles to salvage vehicles. (a) Option to Keep Title. – When a vehicle is damaged to the extent that it becomes a salvage vehicle and the owner submits a claim for the damages to an insurer, the insurer must determine whether the owner wants to keep the vehicle after payment of the […]
20-109.1A. Application for unregisterable certificate of title. (a) If an insurance company is unable to obtain the properly endorsed title, certificate of ownership, or other evidence of ownership to a vehicle registered in another state, the company, or its agent or contractor, may apply to the Division for an unregisterable certificate of title in the […]
20-109.2. Surrender of title to manufactured home. (a) Surrender of Title. – If a certificate of title has been issued for a manufactured home, the owner listed on the title has the title, and the manufactured home qualifies as real property as defined in G.S. 105-273(13), the owner listed on the title shall submit an […]
20-109.3. Disposition of vehicles abandoned by charitable organizations. (a) If a charitable organization operating under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) requests a licensed used motor vehicle dealer, whose primary business is the sale of salvage vehicles on behalf of insurers or charitable organizations, to take possession of a donated vehicle […]
