{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-79.5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-79.5","heading":"Special registration plates for elected and appointed State government officials.","body":"(a)\tPlates. - The State government officials listed in this section are eligible for a special registration plate under G.S. 20-79.4. The plate shall bear the number designated in the following table for the position held by the official.\nPosition\tNumber on Plate\nGovernor\t1\nLieutenant Governor\t2\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives\t3\nPresident Pro Tempore of the Senate\t4\nSecretary of State\t5\nState Auditor\t6\nState Treasurer\t7\nSuperintendent of Public Instruction\t8\nAttorney General\t9\nCommissioner of Agriculture\t10\nCommissioner of Labor\t11\nCommissioner of Insurance\t12\nSpeaker Pro Tempore of the House\t13\nLegislative Services Officer\t14\nSecretary of Administration\t15\nSecretary of Environmental Quality\t16\nSecretary of Revenue\t17\nSecretary of Health and Human Services\t18\nSecretary of Commerce\t19\nSecretary of Public Safety\t20\nSecretary of Natural and Cultural Resources\t21\nSecretary of Military and Veterans Affairs\t22\nGovernor's Staff\t23-29\nState Budget Officer\t30\nDirector of the Office of State Human Resources\t31\nChair of the State Board of Education\t32\nPresident of the U.N.C. System\t33\nPresident of the Community Colleges System\t34\nState Board Member, Commission Member,\t35-43\nor State Employee Not Named in List\nAlcoholic Beverage Control Commission\t44-46\nAssistant Commissioners of Agriculture\t47-48\nDeputy Secretary of State\t49\nDeputy State Treasurer\t50\nAssistant State Treasurer\t51\nDeputy Commissioner for the Department of Labor\t52\nChief Deputy for the Department of Insurance\t53\nAssistant Commissioner of Insurance\t54\nDeputies and Assistant to the Attorney General\t55-65\nBoard of Economic Development Nonlegislative Member\t66-88\nState Ports Authority Nonlegislative Member\t89-96\nUtilities Commission Member\t97-103\nState Board Member, Commission Member,\nor State Employee Not Named in List\t104\nPost-Release Supervision and Parole Commission Member\t105-107\nState Board Member, Commission Member,\t108-200\nor State Employee Not Named in List\n(b)\tDesignation. - When the table in subsection (a) designates a range of numbers for certain officials, the number given an official in that group shall be assigned. The Governor shall assign a number for members of the Governor's staff, nonlegislative members of the Board of Economic Development, nonlegislative members of the State Ports Authority, members of State boards and commissions, and for State employees. The Attorney General shall assign a number for the Attorney General's deputies and assistants.\nThe first number assigned to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission members on the basis of seniority. The first number assigned to the Utilities Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Utilities Commission members on the basis of seniority. The first number assigned to the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission members on the basis of seniority. (1991, c. 672, s. 2; c. 726, s. 23; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 1; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 8(a); 1997-443, ss. 11A.118(a), 11A.119(a); 2000-137, s. 4.(e); 2006-203, s. 14; 2007-483, s. 3(a); 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (i), (m); 2012-83, s. 4; 2013-382, s. 9.1(c); 2015-241, ss. 14.30(t), (v), 24.1(n); 2015-268, s. 7.3(a).)","path":["Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles.","Article 3. Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.","Part 5. Issuance of Special Plates."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-79.5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:08Z","sha256":"013088f41f50ecacbe3dc84629a28a96186420e1985056f664eea3f1d832f2a9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-79.4","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-79.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}