A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to revise and clarify certain laws governing THE SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

TEMPORARY DRIVING CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 20‑7(f)(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5)	License to be sent by mail. – The Division shall issue to the applicant a temporary driving certificate valid for 60 days, unless the applicant is applying for renewal by mail under subdivision (4) of this subsection. The temporary driving certificate shall be valid for driving purposes and shall not be valid for identification purposes, except when conducting business with the Division or a motor vehicle dealer licensed under Article 12 of this Chapter, and not otherwise prohibited by federal law. The temporary driving certificate shall also be valid for purposes of motor vehicle registration pursuant to G.S. 20‑52. The Division shall produce the applicant's drivers license at a central location and send it to the applicant by first‑class mail at the residence address provided by the applicant, unless the applicant is ineligible for mail delivery by the United States Postal Service at the applicant's residence. If the United States Postal Service documents that it does not deliver to the residential address provided by the applicant, and the Division has verified the applicant's residential address by other means, the Division may mail the drivers license to the post office box provided by the applicant. Applicants whose only mailing address prior to July 1, 2008, was a post office box in this State may continue to receive their license at that post office box, provided the applicant's residential address has been verified by the Division."
SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 20‑52(a)(1a)b. is amended by adding a new sub‑sub‑subdivision to read:
"1a.	The owner's valid North Carolina temporary driving certificate issued pursuant to G.S. 20‑7(f)(5)."
SECTION 1.(c)  This section becomes effective October 1, 2021, and applies to motor vehicle registrations on or after this date.

CONDITIONAL DELIVERY CLARIFICATION
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑75.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑75.1.  Conditional delivery of motor vehicles.
Notwithstanding G.S. 20‑52.1, 20‑72, and 20‑75, nothing contained in those sections prohibits a dealer from entering into a contract with any purchaser for the sale of a vehicle and delivering the vehicle to the purchaser under terms by which the dealer's obligation to execute the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title is conditioned on the purchaser obtaining financing for the purchase of the vehicle. Liability, collision, and comprehensive insurance on a vehicle sold and delivered conditioned on the purchaser obtaining financing for the purchaser of the vehicle shall be covered by the dealer's insurance policy until such financing is finally approved and execution of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or execution of the certificate of title. Upon final approval and execution of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title, and upon the purchaser having liability insurance on another vehicle, the delivered vehicle shall be covered by the purchaser's insurance policy beginning at the time of final financial approval and execution of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title. For conditionally delivered vehicles, the dealer shall notify the purchaser, the insurance agency servicing the purchaser's insurance policy or the purchaser's insurer of the purchase on the day of, or if the insurance agency or insurer is not open for business, on the next business day following approval of the purchaser's financing and execution of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title. The purchaser shall be solely responsible for obtaining and paying for insurance on the purchased vehicle, and the dealer shall in no instance be liable in the event the purchaser fails to place insurance on the purchased vehicle. This subsection is in addition to any other provisions of law or insurance policies and does not repeal or supersede those provisions."

NEW MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER PLATE NUMBERING
SECTION 3.(a)  G.S. 20‑79(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Form and Duration. – A dealer license plate is subject to G.S. 20‑63, except for the requirement that the plate display the registration number of a motor vehicle and the requirement that the plate be a "First in Flight" plate, a "First in Freedom" plate, or a "National/State Mottos" plate. A dealer license plate must have a distinguishing symbol identifying the plate as a dealer license plate. The symbol may vary depending upon the classification of dealer license plate issued. The Division must provide suitably reduced sized license plates for motorcycle dealers and manufacturers.
A dealer license plate issued to a new motor vehicle dealer, as that term is defined in G.S. 20‑286, shall bear a unique number for each licensed new motor vehicle dealer followed by a hyphen and then by the numbers "001" for the first dealer plate issued to that dealer and thereafter numbered sequentially for the remainder of the dealer plates issued to that dealer.
A dealer license plate is issued for a period of one year. The Division shall vary the expiration dates of dealer registration renewals so that an approximately equal number expires at the end of each month, quarter, or other period consisting of one or more months. A dealer license plate may be transferred from one vehicle to another. When the Division issues a dealer plate, it may issue a registration that expires at the end of any monthly interval. When one of the following occurs, a dealer must surrender to the Division all dealer license plates issued to the dealer:
(1)	The dealer surrenders the license issued to the dealer under Article 12 of this Chapter.
(2)	The Division suspends or revokes the license issued to the dealer under Article 12 of this Chapter.
(3)	The Division rescinds the dealer license plates because of a violation of the restrictions on the use of a dealer license plate.
To obtain a dealer license plate after it has been surrendered, the dealer must file a new application for a dealer license plate and pay the required fee for the plate."
SECTION 3.(b)  This section becomes effective October 1, 2021, and applies to dealer plates issued on or after this date.

EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 4.  Except as otherwise provided, the remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.