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North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 20
NC Chapter 20, Article 12: Motor Vehicle Dealers and Manufacturers Licensing Law
Article 12: Motor Vehicle Dealers and Manufacturers Licensing Law. Full text of all 37 sections in force, each with attorney commentary from Adkins & Purkey, PLLC.
20-285Regulation of motor vehicle distribution in public interest20-286Definitions20-287Licenses required; penalties20-288Application for license; license requirements; expiration of license; bond20-289License fees20-290Licenses to specify places of business; display of license and list of salesmen; advertising20-291Representatives to carry license and display it on request; license to name employer20-292Dealers may display motor vehicles for sale at retail only at established salesrooms20-292.1Supplemental temporary license for sale of antique and specialty vehicles20-292.2Electronic transactions20-294Grounds for denying, suspending, placing on probation, or revoking licenses20-295Action on application; grace period while application for license renewal is pending20-296Notice and hearing upon denial, suspension, revocation, placing on probation, or refusal to renew license20-297Retention and inspection of certain records20-297.1Franchise-related form agreements20-298Insurance20-298.1Provision of certain products and services to those covered under the Military Lending Act20-299Acts of officers, directors, partners, salesmen and other representatives20-300Appeals from actions of Commissioner20-301Powers of Commissioner20-301.1Notice of additional charges against dealer’s account; informal appeals procedure20-302Rules and regulations20-303Installment sales to be evidenced by written instrument; statement to be delivered to buyer20-304Coercion of retail dealer by manufacturer or distributor in connection with installment sales contract prohibited20-305Coercing dealer to accept commodities not ordered; threatening to cancel franchise; preventing transfer of ownership; granting additional franchises; terminating franchises without good cause; preventing family succession20-305.1Automobile dealer warranty and recall obligations20-305.2Unfair methods of competition; protection of car-buying public20-305.3Hearing notice20-305.5Recreational vehicle manufacturer warranty recall obligations20-305.6Unlawful for manufacturers to unfairly discriminate among dealers20-305.7Protecting dealership data and consent to access dealership information20-306Unlawful for salesman to sell except for his employer; multiple employment; persons who arrange transactions involving the sale of new motor vehicles20-307Article applicable to existing and future franchises and contracts20-307.1Jurisdiction20-308Penalties20-308.1Civil actions for violations20-308.2Applicability of this Article
Repealed, recodified or reserved
§ 20-293. Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 440, s. 10.§ 20-305.4. Repealed by Session Laws 2021-90, s. 16(a), effective June 30, 2023.§ 20-308.3 through 20-308.12.. Reserved for future codification purposes.
Source: N.C. General Assembly, Chapter 20 (retrieved November 10, 2026).