{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-135.4","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-135.4","heading":"Certain automobile safety standards.","body":"(a)\tDefinitions. - 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a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed principally for carrying passengers on public roads and highways.\n(b),\t(c) Repealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 856.\n(d)\tProhibited Modifications.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. (1971, c. 485; 1973, cc. 58, 1082; 1975, c. 856; 2021-128, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles.","Article 3. Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.","Part 9. The Size, Weight, Construction and Equipment of Vehicles."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-135.4.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:08Z","sha256":"397f9b644851317b47c0f24cac54deb3adeafc4f359f74cde8a8aff993cc079d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-135.3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-136"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}