N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-135.4
Certain automobile safety standards
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Current — June 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
(1) Definitions. — For the purposes of this section, the term “private passenger automobile” shall mean a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed principally for carrying passengers, for use on public roads and highways, except a multipurpose passenger vehicle which is constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation.
(1) Definitions. — For the purposes of this section, the term “private passenger automobile” means a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed principally for carrying passengers on public roads and highways.
(2) , (c) Repealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 856.
(3) The manufacturer's specified height of any passenger motor vehicle shall not be elevated or lowered, either in front or back, more than six inches by modification, alteration, or change of the physical structure of said vehicle without prior written approval of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
On or after January 1, 1975, no self-propelled passenger vehicle that has been so altered, modified or changed shall be operated upon any highway or public vehicular area without the prior written approval of the Commissioner.
History
(2) , (c) Repealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 856. (d) Prohibited Modifications. — A private passenger automobile shall not be operated upon any highway or public vehicular area if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the front fender is 4 or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. For the purposes of this subsection, the height of the fender shall be a vertical measurement from and perpendicular to the ground, through the centerline of the wheel, and to the bottom of the fender.
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.