North Carolina General Statutes 66-203. Prohibited charges
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 66-203
- Person: includes an individual, aggregation of individuals, corporation, company, association, or partnership. See North Carolina General Statutes 66-201
- Rental car company: means any person in the business of providing vehicles to the public. See North Carolina General Statutes 66-201
- Renter: means any person obtaining the use of a vehicle from a rental car company under the terms of a rental agreement. See North Carolina General Statutes 66-201
- Vehicle: means a motor vehicle of the private passenger type including passenger vans and minivans that are primarily intended for transport of persons. See North Carolina General Statutes 66-201
(a) No rental car company may charge, in addition to the rental rate, taxes, airport charges and fees, if any, vehicle license and registration fees, if any, and mileage charge, if any, any fee that must be paid by the renter as a condition of hiring or leasing a vehicle, such as, but not limited to, required fuel charges or any fee for transporting the renter to the location where the rented vehicle will be delivered to that person.
(b) If a rental car company delivers a vehicle to a person at a location other than the location where the rental car company normally carries on its business, the rental car company shall not charge that person any amount for the rental for the period before the delivery of the vehicle. If a rental car company picks up a rented vehicle from a person at a location other than the location where the rental car company normally carries on its business the rental car company shall not charge to the renter any amount for the rental for the period after the rented vehicle is available for pickup in accordance with the notification given to the rental car company to pick up the rented vehicle. (1989, c. 631, s. 2; c. 770, s. 62; 2001-432, s. 2; 2007-235, s. 3.)