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North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 20
NC Chapter 20, Article 2: Uniform Driver’s License Act
Article 2: Uniform Driver’s License Act. Full text of all 77 sections in force, each with attorney commentary from Adkins & Purkey, PLLC.
20-5Title of Article20-7Issuance and renewal of drivers licenses20-7.1Notice of change of address or name20-7.3Availability of organ, eye, and tissue donor cards at motor vehicle offices20-7.4License to Give Trust Fund established20-7.5License to Give Trust Fund Commission established20-7.6Powers and duties of the License to Give Trust Fund Commission20-8Persons exempt from license20-9What persons shall not be licensed20-9.1Physicians, psychologists, and other medical providers providing medical information on drivers with physical or mental disabilities or diseases20-9.2Selective service system registration requirements20-9.3Notification of requirements for sex offender registration20-10Age limits for drivers of public passenger-carrying vehicles20-10.1Mopeds20-11Issuance of limited learner’s permit and provisional drivers license to person who is less than 18 years old20-12.1Impaired supervision or instruction20-13Suspension of license of provisional licensee20-13.2Grounds for revoking provisional license20-13.3Immediate civil license revocation for provisional licensees charged with certain offenses20-14Duplicate licenses20-15Authority of Division to cancel license or endorsement20-15.1Revocations when licensing privileges forfeited20-16Authority of Division to suspend license20-16.01Double penalties for offenses committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle20-16.1Mandatory suspension of driver’s license upon conviction of excessive speeding; limited driving permits for first offenders20-16.2Implied consent to chemical analysis; mandatory revocation of license in event of refusal; right of driver to request analysis20-16.3Alcohol screening tests required of certain drivers; approval of test devices and manner of use by Department of Health and Human Services; use of test results or refusal20-16.3AChecking stations and roadblocks20-16.5Immediate civil license revocation for certain persons charged with implied-consent offenses20-17Mandatory revocation of license by Division20-17.1Revocation of license of mental incompetents, alcoholics and habitual users of narcotic drugs20-17.1ARestoration of license for person adjudicated to be restored to competency20-17.3Revocation for underage purchasers of alcohol20-17.4Disqualification to drive a commercial motor vehicle20-17.5Effect of disqualification20-17.6Restoration of a license after a conviction of driving while impaired or driving while less than 21 years old after consuming alcohol or drugs20-17.7Commercial motor vehicle out-of-service fines authorized20-17.8Restoration of a license after certain driving while impaired convictions; ignition interlock20-17.8ATampering with ignition interlock systems20-17.9Revocation of commercial drivers license with a P or S endorsement upon conviction of certain offenses20-18Conviction of offenses described in § 20-181 not ground for suspension or revocation20-19Period of suspension or revocation; conditions of restoration20-20.1Limited driving privilege for certain revocations20-20.2Processing fee for limited driving privilege20-21No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this State20-22Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions20-23Revoking resident’s license upon conviction in another state20-23.1Suspending or revoking operating privilege of person not holding license20-23.2Suspension of license for conviction of offense involving impaired driving in federal court20-24When court or child support enforcement agency to forward license to Division and report convictions, child support delinquencies, and prayers for judgment continued20-24.1Revocation for failure to appear or pay fine, penalty or costs for motor vehicle offenses20-24.2Court to report failure to appear or pay fine, penalty or costs20-25Right of appeal to court20-26Records; copies furnished; charge20-27Availability of records20-27.1Unlawful for sex offender to drive commercial passenger vehicle or school bus without appropriate commercial license or while disqualified20-28Unlawful to drive while license revoked, after notification, or while disqualified20-28.1Conviction of moving offense committed while driving during period of suspension or revocation of license20-28.2Forfeiture of motor vehicle for impaired driving after impaired driving license revocation; forfeiture for felony speeding to elude arrest20-28.3Seizure, impoundment, forfeiture of motor vehicles for offenses involving impaired driving while license revoked or without license and insurance, and for felony speeding to elude arrest20-28.4Release of impounded motor vehicles by judge20-28.5Forfeiture of impounded motor vehicle or funds20-28.7Responsibility of Division of Motor Vehicles20-28.8Reports to the Division20-28.9Authority for the State Surplus Property Agency to administer a statewide or regional towing, storage, and sales program for vehicles forfeited20-29Surrender of license20-29.1Commissioner may require reexamination; issuance of limited or restricted licenses20-30Violations of license, learner’s permit, or special identification card provisions20-31Making false affidavits perjury20-32Unlawful to permit unlicensed minor to drive motor vehicle20-34Unlawful to permit violations of this Article20-34.1Violations for wrongful issuance of a drivers license or a special identification card20-35Penalties for violating Article; defense to driving without a license20-36Ten-year-old convictions not considered20-37Limitations on issuance of licenses20-37.01Drivers License Technology Fund20-37.02Verification of drivers license information
Repealed, recodified or reserved
§ 20-6. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1330, s. 39.§ 20-7.01. Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 667, s. 43.§ 20-7.2. Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 581, s. 2.§ 20-11.1. Repealed by Session Laws 1965, c. 410, s. 4.§ 20-12. Repealed by Session Laws 1997-16, s. 6.§ 20-13.1. Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 555, s. 2.§ 20-16.4. Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 691, s. 4.§ 20-17.2. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-253, s. 25, effective December 1, 2006, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.§ 20-20. Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 938, s. 5.§ 20-28.6. Repealed by Session Laws 1998-182, s. 6 effective December 1, 1998, and applicable to offenses committed, contracts entered, and motor vehicles seized on or after that date.§ 20-33. Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 667, s. 28.
Source: N.C. General Assembly, Chapter 20 (retrieved November 10, 2026).