A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES WILL REPLACE STOLEN REGISTRATION PLATES WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A FEE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑68(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑68.  Replacement of lost or damaged certificates, cards and plates.
(a)	If a registration card or registration plate is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner of the vehicle for which it was issued, as shown by the Division's records, shall immediately apply for and obtain a duplicate or a substitute or a new registration under a new registration number, as determined by the Division, by supplying any required sworn information and paying the appropriate fee.  If a registration plate is stolen and the applicant furnishes any sworn information about the theft that is required by the Division, the registration plate shall be replaced without payment of a fee."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.