{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-183.8a","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-183.8A","heading":"Civil penalties against motorists for emissions violations; waiver.","body":"(a)\tCivil Penalties. - The Division must assess a civil penalty against a person who owns or leases a vehicle that is subject to an inspection and who engages in any of the emissions violations set out in this subsection. As provided in G.S. 20-54, the registration of a vehicle may not be renewed until a penalty imposed under this subsection has been paid. The civil penalties and violations are as follows:\n(1)\tFifty dollars ($50.00) for failure to have the vehicle inspected within four months after it is required to be inspected under this Part.\n(2)\tTwo hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for instructing or allowing a person to tamper with an emission control device of the vehicle so as to make the device inoperative or fail to work properly.\n(3)\tTwo hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for incorrectly stating the vehicle's county of registration to avoid having an emissions inspection of the vehicle.\n(b)\tWaiver. - The Division must waive the civil penalty assessed under subdivision (a)(1) of this section against a person who establishes the following:\n(1)\tThe person was continuously out of the State on active military duty from the date the electronic authorization expired to the date the four-month grace period expired.\n(2)\tNo person operated the vehicle from the date the electronic authorization expired to the date the four-month grace period expired.\n(3)\tThe person obtained a current electronic authorization within 30 days after returning to the State. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 754, ss. 1, 8; 1998-212, s. 27.6(b); 2007-364, ss. 3, 4; 2007-503, s. 15; 2009-319, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles.","Article 3A. Safety and Emissions Inspection Program.","Part 2. Safety and Emissions Inspections of Certain Vehicles."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-183.8A.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:08Z","sha256":"318c50c907efcbba7853597ff9032389679b0b90f1badff2a254b6fff25ee96e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-183.8","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-183.8b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}