GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1545*

Short Title:  Branded Title Clarification.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Weatherly; Barbee, Bowie, Clary, Culp, Dedmon, Goodwin, Hall, Kiser, Mitchell, Russell, Sexton, and Sherrill.

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Referred to:  Transportation, if favorable, Finance.

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May 27, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF BRANDED TITLES FOR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-71.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-71.3.  Titles and registration cards to be branded.
(a)	Motor Vehicle certificates of title and registration cards issued pursuant to G.S. 20-57 may be branded. 
As used in this section, "branded" means that the title and registration card shall contain a designation that discloses if the vehicle is classified as any of the following:
(1)	Flood Vehicle.
(2)	Non-U.S.A. Vehicle.
(3)	Reconstructed Vehicle.
(4)	Salvage Motor Vehicle.
(5)	Salvage Rebuilt Vehicle.
(6)	Any other classification authorized by law.
(b)	Any motor vehicle up to five model years old damaged by collision or other occurrence, which requires a disclosure pursuant to G.S. 20-71.4, and which is to be retitled in this State shall be subject to preliminary and final inspections by the Enforcement Section of the Division.  The Division shall not issue a title to a vehicle which has not undergone a preliminary inspection required by this subsection.
A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be collected by the Enforcement Section of the Division before performing any inspection required by this section.