{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-89.217","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89.217","heading":"Vehicle registration renewal blocked for unpaid open road toll.","body":"(a)\tRegistration 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.\n(b)\tRepealed by S.L. 2010-133, s. 6, effective December 1, 2010. (2008-225, s. 2; 2010-133, s. 6; 2012-85, s. 10.)","path":["Chapter 136. Transportation.","Article 6H. Public Toll Roads and Bridges.","Part 2. Collection of Tolls on Turnpike Projects."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_136/GS_136-89.217.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:47Z","sha256":"4346931042329efc428e8bee05a379b43d7413400e2dd2dc8b4d77c7849da215","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-89.216","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-89.218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}