{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-7.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-7.1","heading":"Notice of change of address or name.","body":"(a)\tAddress. - A person whose address changes from the address stated on a drivers license must notify the Division of the change within 60 days after the change occurs. If the person's address changed because the person moved, the person must obtain a duplicate license within that time limit stating the new address. A person who does not move but whose address changes due to governmental action may not be charged with violating this subsection. A person who has provided an email or electronic address to the Division pursuant to G.S. 20-48(a) shall notify the Division of any change or discontinuance of that email or electronic address within 30 days after the change or discontinuance.\n(b)\tName. - A person whose name changes from the name stated on a drivers license must notify the Division of the change within 60 days after the change occurs and obtain a duplicate drivers license stating the new name.\n(c)\tFee. - G.S. 20-14 sets the fee for a duplicate license. (1975, c. 223, s. 1; 1979, c. 970; 1983, c. 521, s. 1; 1997-122, s. 4; 2016-90, s. 10(a); 2025-25, s. 29(1).)","path":["Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles.","Article 2. Uniform Driver's License Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-7.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:08Z","sha256":"949809bb10c5d3a1cdfd555144073e49dc0f01273f362c6defbafa1905153bbc","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-7.01","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-7.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}