{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-56","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-56","heading":"Registration indexes.","body":"(a)\tThe Division shall file each application received, and when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity thereof, and that the applicant is entitled to register such vehicle and to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall register the vehicle therein described and keep a record thereof as follows:\n(1)\tUnder a distinctive registration number assigned to the vehicle;\n(2)\tAlphabetically, under the name of the owner;\n(3)\tUnder the motor number or any other identifying number of the vehicle; and\n(4)\tIn the discretion of the Division, in any other manner it may deem advisable.\n(b)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2001, c. 424, s. 6.14(g), effective September 26, 2001. (1937, c. 407, s. 201/2; 1949, c. 583, s. 5; 1971, c. 1070, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; 1991, c. 53, s. 2; 2001-424, s. 6.14(g).)","path":["Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles.","Article 3. Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.","Part 3. Registration and Certificates of Titles of Motor Vehicles."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-56.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:08Z","sha256":"6cb4faf4148971b6f7a600f54534822465e51e4d94dc843d835972ec2a52dbd1","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-55","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}