{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-171.15","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-171.15","heading":"Age restrictions.","body":"(a)\tIt is unlawful for any parent or legal guardian of a person less than eight years of age to knowingly permit that person to operate an all-terrain vehicle.\n(b)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2015-286, s. 3.13(a), effective October 22, 2015.\n(c)\tIt is unlawful for any parent or legal guardian of a person less than 16 years of age to knowingly permit that person to operate an all-terrain vehicle in violation of the Age Restriction Warning Label affixed by the manufacturer as required by the applicable American National Standards Institute/Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (ANSI/SVIA) design standard.\n(d)\tIt is unlawful for any parent or legal guardian of a person less than 16 years of age to knowingly permit that person to operate an all-terrain vehicle unless the person is under the continuous visual supervision of a person 18 years of age or older while operating the all-terrain vehicle.\n(e)\tSubsection (c) of this section does not apply to any parent or legal guardian of a person born on or before August 15, 1997, who permits that person to operate an all-terrain vehicle and who establishes proof that the parent or legal guardian owned the all-terrain vehicle prior to August 15, 2005. (2005-282, s. 2; 2015-286, s. 3.13(a).)","path":["Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles.","Article 3. Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.","Part 10C. Operation of All-Terrain Vehicles."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-171.15.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:08Z","sha256":"b6b58eabb9863339ce8c428603f06a88c3d72561bcb87afd29a0bb7bf426c1de","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-171.14","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-171.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}