20-110. When registration shall be rescinded. (a) The Division shall rescind and cancel the registration of any vehicle which the Division shall determine is unsafe or unfit to be operated or is not equipped as required by law. (b) The Division shall rescind and cancel the registration of any vehicle whenever the person to whom […]
20-111. Violation of registration provisions. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts: (1) To drive a vehicle on a highway, or knowingly permit a vehicle owned by that person to be driven on a highway, when the vehicle is not registered with the Division in accordance with this […]
20-112. Making false affidavit perjury. Any person who shall knowingly make any false affidavit or shall knowingly swear or affirm falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of this Article to be sworn or affirmed to shall be guilty of a Class I felony. (1937, c. 407, s. 76; 1993, c. 539, […]
20-114. Duty of officers; manner of enforcement. (a) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Article, it is hereby made the duty of every police officer of any incorporated city or village, and every sheriff, deputy sheriff, and all other lawful officers of any county to arrest within the limits of their jurisdiction […]
20-114.1. Willful failure to obey law-enforcement or traffic-control officer; firemen as traffic-control officers; appointment, etc., of traffic-control officers. (a) No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any law-enforcement officer or traffic-control officer invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic, which order or […]
20-115. Scope and effect of regulations in this Part. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in this Part, or any […]
20-115.1. Limitations on tandem trailers and semitrailers on certain North Carolina highways. (a) Motor vehicle combinations consisting of a truck tractor and two trailing units may be operated in North Carolina only on highways of the interstate system (except those exempted by the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to 49 USC 2311(i)) and on […]
20-116. Size of vehicles and loads. (a) The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 102 inches, except as otherwise provided in this section. When hogsheads of tobacco are being transported, a tolerance of six inches is allowed. When sheet or bale tobacco is being transported the load must […]
20-117. Flag or light at end of load. (a) General Provisions. – Whenever the load on any vehicle shall extend more than four feet beyond the rear of the bed or body thereof, there shall be displayed at the end of such load, in such position as to be clearly visible at all times from […]
20-117.1. Requirements for mirrors and fuel container. (a) Rear-Vision Mirrors. – Every bus, truck, and truck tractor with a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more shall be equipped with two rear-vision mirrors, one at each side, firmly attached to the outside of the motor vehicle, and located as to reflect to the driver a view […]
20-118. Weight of vehicles and load. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1), (2) Repealed by Session Laws 2018-142, s. 5(b), effective December 14, 2018. (3) Axle group. – Any two or more consecutive axles on a vehicle or combination of vehicles. (4) Gross weight. – The weight of any […]
20-118.1. Officers may weigh vehicles and require overloads to be removed. A law enforcement officer may stop and weigh a vehicle to determine if the vehicle’s weight is in compliance with the vehicle’s declared gross weight and the weight limits set in this Part. The officer may require the driver of the vehicle to drive […]
20-118.2. Authority to fix higher weight limitations at reduced speeds for certain vehicles. The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to fix higher weight limitations at reduced speeds for vehicles used in transporting property when the point of origin or destination of the motor vehicles is located upon any light traffic highway, county […]
20-118.3. Vehicle or combination of vehicles operated without registration plate subject to civil penalty. Any vehicle or combination of vehicles being operated upon the highway of this State either by a resident or nonresident without having been issued therefor a registration plate by the appropriate jurisdiction shall be subject to a civil penalty equal to […]
20-118.4. Firefighting equipment exempt from size and weight restrictions while transporting or moving heavy equipment for emergency response and preparedness and fire prevention; permits. (a) Exemption From Weight and Size Restrictions. – Any overweight or oversize vehicle owned and operated by a State or local government or cooperating federal agency is exempt from the weight […]
20-119. Special permits for vehicles of excessive size or weight; fees. (a) The Department of Transportation may, in its discretion, upon application, for good cause being shown therefor, issue a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle of a size or weight exceeding a maximum specified in this Article […]
20-119.1. Use of excess overweight and oversize fees. Funds generated by overweight and oversize permit fees in excess of the cost of administering the program, as determined pursuant to G.S. 20-119(e), shall be used for highway and bridge maintenance required as a result of damages caused from overweight or oversize loads. (2005-276, s. 28.5.)
20-120. Operation of flat trucks on State highways regulated; trucks hauling leaf tobacco in barrels or hogsheads. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate, or have operated on any public highway in the State any open, flat truck loaded with logs, cotton bales, boxes or other load piled on said […]
20-121. When authorities may restrict right to use highways. The Department of Transportation or local authorities may prohibit the operation of vehicles upon or impose restrictions as to the weight thereof, for a total period not to exceed 90 days in any one calendar year, when operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of and […]
20-121.1. Operation of a low-speed vehicle, mini-truck, or modified utility vehicle on certain roadways. The operation of a low-speed vehicle, mini-truck, or modified utility vehicle is authorized with the following restrictions: (1) A low-speed vehicle may be operated only on streets and highways where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. […]
