A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify disclosure of motor vehicle total loss claims.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑71.3(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1)	Any motor vehicle that is declared a total loss by an insurance company licensed and approved to conduct business in North Carolina, in addition to the designations noted in subsection (a) of this section, shall:
(1)	Have the registration card and the back of the title marked total loss claim vehicle.
(2)	Have a tamperproof permanent marker inserted into the doorjamb of that vehicle by the Division, at the time of the final inspection of the reconstructed vehicle, that states "TOTAL LOSS CLAIM VEHICLE". Should that vehicle be later reconstructed, repaired, or rebuilt, a permanent tamperproof marker shall be inserted in the doorjamb of the reconstructed, repaired, or rebuilt vehicle."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2004.