Gray is in. And DMV knows it. The News and Observer’s Road Worrier, Bruce Siceloff, reports that DMV is dropping its colorful registration renewal stickers in favor of neutral gray ones—and saving more than $70,000 a year as a result. A single gray sticker featuring both the month and year will replace the separate month and year stickers that now adorn North Carolina plates. Siceloff’s report got me thinking about those pesky registration violations. C’mon, you know you’ve had one. Or someone in your family has. Expired tags. Indeed, there were nearly 230,000 charges in 2014 for willfully displaying an expired registration plate on a vehicle. Violation of this provision is a Class 3 misdemeanor. G.S. 20-111(2). This is by far the most common type of registration violation and is the second most commonly charged criminal offense in the state (right behind speeding). But there are several other ways in which people run afoul of the vehicle registration statutes. Revoked registration. G.S. 20-111(2) also makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor to display or possess a registration card, certificate of title, or registration plate that has been canceled, revoked or suspended. Such suspensions can result from failure to pay tolls due to the NC Turnpike Authority and failure to pay a fine imposed under G.S. 20-217 for passing a stopped school bus, among other misdeeds. More than 36,000 defendants were charged with this variety of registration offense in 2014. Fictitious or altered registration. Possessing or displaying a registration card, certificate of [...]
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