Section 20-79.1A - Limited registration plates(a) Eligibility. - A limited registration plate is issuable to any of the following: (1) A person who applies, either directly or through a dealer licensed under Article 12 of this Chapter, for a title to a motor vehicle and a registration plate for the vehicle and who submits payment for the applicable title and registration fees but does not submit payment for any municipal corporation property taxes on the vehicle. A person who submits payment for municipal corporation property taxes receives an annual registration plate.(2) A person who applies for a plate for a vehicle that was previously registered with the Division but whose registration has not been current for at least a year because the plate for the vehicle was surrendered or the vehicle's registration expired over a year ago.(b) Form and Authorization. - A limited registration plate must be clearly and visibly designated as "temporary." The plate expires on the last day of the second month following the date of application of the limited registration plate. The plate may be used only on the vehicle for which it is issued and may not be transferred, loaned, or assigned to another. If the plate is lost or stolen, the vehicle for which the plate was issued may not be operated on a highway until a replacement limited registration plate or a regular license plate is received and attached to the vehicle.(c) Registration Certificate. - The Division is not required to issue a registration certificate for a limited registration plate. A combined tax and registration notice issued under G.S. 105-330.5 serves as the registration certificate for the plate.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-79.1A
Amended by 2014 N.C. Sess. Laws 3,s. 14.24, eff. 5/29/2014.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 414, s. 70-b, s. 70-c, eff. 8/23/2013.Amended by 2010 N.C. Sess. Laws 95,s. 22.(c), s. 22.(d), eff. 7/17/2010.Amended by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 445,s. 25.(a), eff. 8/7/2009.Amended by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 445,s. 24.(b), eff. 7/1/2013.Added by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 471,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2013.2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 471,s. 8, states, "[T]his act becomes effective July 1, 2010, or when the Division of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Revenue certify that the integrated computer system for registration renewal and property tax collection for motor vehicles is in operation, whichever occurs first." Section 8 was amended by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 445,s. 25.(a), which changed the effective date from July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011. Section 8 was subsequently amended by 2010 N.C. Sess. Laws 95,s. 22.(d), eff. 7/17/2010, which changed the effective date to July 1, 2013. Section 8 was then amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 414, s. 70-c, eff. 8/23/2013, which reads as follows: "Unless otherwise stated, this act becomes effective July 1, 2013, and applies to combined tax and registration notices issued on or after that date. Counties may continue to collect property taxes on motor vehicles for taxable years beginning on or before September 1, 2013, under the provisions of Article 22A of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes as those statutes are in effect on June 30, 2013."