N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449.118
Civil penalty for buying or selling non-tax-paid motor fuel
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
A person who dispenses non-tax-paid motor fuel into the supply tank of a highway vehicle or who allows non-tax-paid motor fuel to be dispensed into the supply tank of a highway vehicle is subject to a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per occurrence.
A person who dispenses non-tax-paid motor fuel into the supply tank of a highway vehicle or who allows non-tax-paid motor fuel to be dispensed into the supply tank of a highway vehicle is subject to a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per occurrence.
The penalty is payable to the agency that assessed the penalty. Failure to pay a penalty imposed under this section is grounds under G.S. 20-88.01(b) to withhold or revoke the registration plate of the motor vehicle into which the motor fuel was dispensed.
The penalty is payable to the agency that assessed the penalty. Failure to pay a penalty imposed under this section is grounds under G.S. 20-88.01(b) to withhold or revoke the registration plate of the motor vehicle into which the motor fuel was dispensed.
History
(1995, c. 390, s. 3; 2002-108, s. 17; 2007-527, s. 16(e).)
Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2002-108, s. 17, effective January 1, 2003, in the first paragraph, added "of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per occurrence" at the end of the first sentence, and deleted the second sentence, reading "The penalty is based on the amount of motor fuel dispensed and is set at the following amounts," along with the table showing the penalty per number of gallons dispensed.
Session Laws 2007-527, s. 16(e), effective August 31, 2007, substituted "agency that assessed the penalty" for "Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, or the Department of Revenue" in the second paragraph.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.