A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the division of motor vehicles to produce a special plate for retired registers of deeds.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.4(172) reads as rewritten:
"(172)	Register of Deeds. – Issuable to a register of deeds. The plate shall bear the words "Register of Deeds" and the letter "R" followed by a number representing the county of the register of deeds. The number of a county shall be the order of the county in an alphabetical list of counties that assigns number one to the first county in the list. A plate issued to a retired register of deeds shall bear the phrase 'Register of Deeds, Retired,' the letter 'R' followed by a number that indicates the county where the register of deeds served, and the letter 'X' indicating the retired status of the register of deeds."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2012.