North Carolina General Statutes 136-89.217. Vehicle registration renewal blocked for unpaid open road toll
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 136-89.217
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) Registration Block. – Failure of a person to pay an open road toll billed to the person under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89.214, any processing fee added under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89.215, and any civil penalty imposed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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 N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89.220, is grounds under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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.
(b) Repealed by S.L. 2010-133, s. 6, effective December 1, 2010. (2008-225, s. 2; 2010-133, s. 6; 2012-85, s. 10.)