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 issue a temporary 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)	It may be issued only upon proper proof that the applicant has met the applicable financial responsibility requirements.
(2)	 It expires on midnight of the day set for expiration.
(3)	It may be used only on the vehicle for which issued and may not be transferred, loaned, or assigned to another.
(4)	If it is lost or stolen, the person who applied for it must notify the Division.
(5)	 It may not be issued by a dealer.
(6)	The provisions of G.S. 20-63, 20-71, 20-110 and 20-111 that apply to license plates apply to temporary 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