N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89.217
Vehicle registration renewal blocked for unpaid open road toll
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
(1) Registration Block. - Failure of a person to pay an open road toll billed to the person under G.S. 136-89.214, any processing fee added under G.S. 136-89.215, and any civil penalty imposed under G.S. 136-89.216, as well as any toll, processing fee, or civil penalty owed to another tolling jurisdiction with which the Authority has a valid reciprocal toll enforcement agreement under G.S. 136-89.220, is grounds under G.S. 20-54 to withhold the registration renewal of a motor vehicle registered in that person's name. The Authority must notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of a person who owes a toll, a processing fee, or a civil penalty. When notified, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles must withhold the registration renewal of any motor vehicle registered in that person's name.
(1) Registration Block. — Failure of a person to pay an open road toll billed to the person under G.S. 136-89.214, any processing fee added under G.S. 136-89.215, and any civil penalty imposed under G.S. 136-89.216, as well as any toll, processing fee, or civil penalty owed to another tolling jurisdiction with which the Authority has a valid reciprocal toll enforcement agreement under G.S. 136-89.220, is grounds under G.S. 20-54 to withhold the registration renewal of a motor vehicle registered in that person’s name. The Authority must notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of a person who owes a toll, a processing fee, or a civil penalty. When notified, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles must withhold the registration renewal of any motor vehicle registered in that person’s name.
(2) Repealed by S.L. 2010-133, s. 6, effective December 1, 2010.
(2) Repealed by S.L. 2010-133, s. 6, effective December 1, 2010.
History
(2008-225, s. 2; 2010-133, s. 6; 2012-85, s. 10.)
Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2010-133, s. 6, effective December 1, 2010, deleted subsection (b), which pertained to the collection of unpaid tolls, processing fees, and civil penalties by the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Session Laws 2012-85, s. 10, effective June 26, 2012, substituted "G.S. 136-89.216, as well as any toll, processing fee, or civil penalty owed to another tolling jurisdiction with which the Authority has a valid reciprocal toll enforcement agreement under G.S. 136-89.220 " for "G.S. 136-89.216" in the first sentence of subsection (a).
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.