Company: North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina Attorney General Opinion

§ 20‑95.  Prorated fee for license plate issued for other than a year.
(a)	Calendar‑Year Plate. – The fee for a calendar‑year license plate issued on or after April 1 of a year is a percentage of the annual fee determined in accordance with the following table:
Date Plate Issued	Percentage of Annual Fee
April 1 through June 30	75%
July 1 through September 30	50
October 1 through December 31	25.
(a1)	Plate With Renewal Sticker. – The fee for a license plate whose registration is renewed by means of a registration renewal sticker for a period of other than 12 months is a prorated amount of the annual fee. The prorated amount is one‑twelfth of the annual fee multiplied by the number of full months in the period beginning the date the renewal sticker becomes effective until the date the renewal sticker expires, rounded to the nearest dollar.
(b)	Scope. – This section does not apply to license plates issued pursuant to G.S. 20‑79.1, 20‑79.2, 20‑84, 20‑84.1, 20‑87(9) or (10), and 20‑88(c). (1937, c. 407, s. 59; 1947, c. 914, s. 3; 1979, c. 476; 1991, c. 672, s. 6, c. 726, s. 23; 1993, c. 440, s. 6; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 761, s. 8.)

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