N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-79-7 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-79-7
§ 20-79.7. Fees for special registration plates and distribution of the fees
Status: reserved

(a) Free of Charge.--Upon request, and except for the special registration plate listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the Division shall annually provide and issue free of charge a single special registration plate listed in this subsection to a person qualified to receive the plate in accordance with G.S. 20-79.4(a2) . For the special registration plate listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection, and upon request, the Division shall annually provide and issue free of charge a single registration plate for both a motor vehicle and a motorcycle to a person qualified to receive each plate in accordance with G.S. 20-79.4(a2) . This subsection does not apply to a special registration plate issued for a vehicle that has a registered weight greater than 6,000 pounds. The regular motor vehicle registration fees in G.S. 20-88 apply if the registered weight of the vehicle is greater than 6,000 pounds:

(1) A Legion of Valor registration plate to a recipient of the Legion of Valor award.

(2) A 100% Disabled Veteran registration plate to a 100% disabled veteran.

(3) An Ex-Prisoner of War registration plate to an ex-prisoner of war.

(4) A Bronze Star Valor registration plate to a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal for valor in combat award.

(5) A Silver Star registration plate to a recipient of the Silver Star award.

(a1) Fees.--All other special registration plates are subject to the regular motor vehicle registration fee in G.S. 20-87 or G.S. 20-88 plus an additional fee in the following amount:

Special Plate

Additional Fee Amount

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

$30.00

ALS Research

$30.00

American Red Cross

Expired July 1, 2016

Animal Lovers

$30.00

Arthritis Foundation

Expired July 1, 2016

ARTS NC

$30.00

Back Country Horsemen of NC

Expired July 1, 2016

Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament

$30.00

Boy Scouts of America

Expired July 1, 2016

Brenner Children's Hospital

Expired July 1, 2016

Carolina Panthers

$30.00

Carolina Raptor Center

Expired July 1, 2016

Carolinas Credit Union Foundation

Expired July 1, 2016

Carolinas Golf Association

$30.00

Coastal Conservation Association

Expired July 1, 2016

Coastal Land Trust

$30.00

Colorectal Cancer Awareness

$30.00

Crystal Coast

Expired July 1, 2016

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Expired July 1, 2016

El Pueblo

Expired July 1, 2016

Farmland Preservation

Expired July 1, 2016

First in Forestry

$30.00

First Tee

Expired July 1, 2016

Girl Scouts

Expired July 1, 2016

Greensboro Symphony Guild

Expired July 1, 2016

Historical Attraction

$30.00

Home Care and Hospice

$30.00

Home of American Golf

Expired July 1, 2016

HOMES4NC

$30.00

Hospice Care

Expired July 1, 2016

In God We Trust

$30.00

Keeping The Lights On

$30.00

Kick Cancer for Kids

$30.00

Maggie Valley Trout Festival

Expired July 1, 2016

Morehead Planetarium

Expired July 1, 2016

Morgan Horse Club

Expired July 1, 2016

Mountains-to-Sea Trail

$30.00

Municipality Plate

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Civil War

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Coastal Federation

$30.00

NC FIRST Robotics

Expired July 1, 2016

NCSC

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Veterinary Medical Association

Expired July 1, 2016

National Kidney Foundation

Expired July 1, 2016

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Expired July 1, 2016

Native Brook Trout

$30.00

North Carolina 4-H Development Fund

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs

$30.00

North Carolina Bluegrass Association

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Cattlemen's Association

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Emergency Management Association

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Green Industry Council

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Libraries

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Paddle Festival

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Sheriffs' Association

$30.00

Operation Coming Home

Expired July 1, 2016

Outer Banks Preservation Association

Expired July 1, 2016

Pamlico-Tar River Foundation

Expired July 1, 2016

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness

Expired July 1, 2016

P.E.O. Sisterhood

Expired July 1, 2016

Personalized

$30.00

Pilot Mountain State Park

$30.00

Pisgah Conservancy

$30.00

Red Drum

Expired July 1, 2016

Retired Legislator

$30.00

RiverLink

Expired July 1, 2016

Ronald McDonald House

$30.00

Share the Road

$30.00

S.T.A.R.

Expired July 1, 2016

State Attraction

$30.00

Stock Car Racing Theme

$30.00

Support NC Education

Expired July 1, 2016

Support Our Troops

$30.00

Sustainable Fisheries

Expired July 1, 2016

Toastmasters Club

Expired July 1, 2016

Topsail Island Shoreline Protection

Expired July 1, 2016

Travel and Tourism

Expired July 1, 2016

Turtle Rescue Team

Expired July 1, 2016

United States Service Academy

$30.00

Wildlife Resources

$30.00

Volunteers in Law Enforcement

Expired July 1, 2016

YMCA

Expired July 1, 2016

AIDS Awareness

Expired July 1, 2016

Buffalo Soldiers

Expired July 1, 2016

Charlotte Checkers

Expired July 1, 2016

Choose Life

$25.00

Collegiate Insignia

$25.00

First in Turf

Expired July 1, 2016

Goodness Grows

Expired July 1, 2016

High School Insignia

$25.00

I.B.P.O.E.W.

Expired July 1, 2016

Kids First

$25.00

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

$25.00

National Wild Turkey Federation

$25.00

NC Agribusiness

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Children's Promise

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Surveyors

$25.00

Nurses

$25.00

Olympic Games

$25.00

Professional Engineer

Expired July 1, 2016

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

$25.00

Special Olympics

Expired July 1, 2016

Support Soccer

$25.00

Surveyor Plate

$25.00

The V Foundation for Cancer Research Division

$25.00

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina

Expired July 1, 2016

ALS Association, Jim “Catfish” Hunter Chapter

Expired July 1, 2016

ARC of North Carolina

Expired July 1, 2016

Audubon North Carolina

Expired July 1, 2016

Autism Society of North Carolina

$20.00

Battle of Kings Mountain

$20.00

Be Active NC

Expired July 1, 2016

Brain Injury Awareness

Expired July 1, 2016

Breast Cancer Earlier Detection

Expired July 1, 2016

Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation

$20.00

Concerned Bikers Association/ABATE of North Carolina

Expired July 1, 2016

Daughters of the American Revolution

Expired July 1, 2016

Donate Life

$20.00

Ducks Unlimited

$20.00

Fraternal Order of Police

$20.00

Greyhound Friends of North Carolina

Expired July 1, 2016

Guilford Battleground Company

$20.00

Harley Owners' Group

$20.00

International Association of Fire Fighters

$20.00

I Support Teachers

Expired July 1, 2016

Jaycees

Expired July 1, 2016

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

$20.00

Kappa Alpha Order

Expired July 1, 2016

Litter Prevention

$20.00

March of Dimes

Expired July 1, 2016

Mission Foundation

Expired July 1, 2016

Native American

$20.00

NC Fisheries Association

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Horse Council

$20.00

NC Mining

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Tennis Foundation

$20.00

NC Trout Unlimited

$20.00

NC Victim Assistance

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Wildlife Federation

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation

$20.00

NC Youth Soccer Association

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Master Gardener

$20.00

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

$20.00

Order of the Eastern Star Prince Hall Affiliated

$20.00

Order of the Long Leaf Pine

$20.00

Piedmont Airlines

$20.00

POW/MIA Bring Them Home

$20.00

Prince Hall Mason

$20.00

Save the Sea Turtles

$20.00

Scenic Rivers

Expired July 1, 2016

School Technology

Expired July 1, 2016

SCUBA

$20.00

Soil and Water Conservation

Expired July 1, 2016

Special Forces Association

Expired July 1, 2016

US Equine Rescue League

Expired July 1, 2016

USO of NC

Expired July 1, 2016

Wrightsville Beach

$20.00

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

$20.00

Carolina Regional Volleyball Association

Expired July 1, 2016

Carolina's Aviation Museum

Expired July 1, 2016

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Expired July 1, 2016

Lung Cancer Research

Expired July 1, 2016

NC Beekeepers

Expired July 1, 2016

Save the Honey Bee (HB)

$15.00

Save the Honey Bee (SB)

$15.00

Shag Dancing

$15.00

Active Member of the National Guard

None

Bronze Star Combat Recipient

None

Bronze Star Recipient

None

Combat Veteran

Expired July 1, 2016

100% Disabled Veteran

None

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

None

Ex-Prisoner of War

None

Gold Star Lapel Button

None

Legion of Merit

None

Legion of Valor

None

Military Veteran

None

Military Wartime Veteran

None

Partially Disabled Veteran

None

Pearl Harbor Survivor

None

Purple Heart Recipient

None

Silver Star Recipient

None

All Other Special Plates

$10.00.

(b) Distribution of Fees.--The Special Registration Plate Account and the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account are established within the Highway Fund. The Division must credit the additional fee imposed for the special registration plates listed in subsection (a1) of this section among the Special Registration Plate Account (SRPA), the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account (CCAPA), the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF), which is established under G.S. 143B-135.234 , and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is established under G.S. 143B-135.56 , as follows:

Special Plate

SRPA

CCAPA

CWMTF

PRTF

AIDS Awareness -- Expired July 1, 2016

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

$10

$20

0

0

ALS Association, Jim “Catfish” Hunter Chapter -- Expired July 1, 2016

ALS Research

$10

$20

0

0

American Red Cross -- Expired July 1, 2016

Animal Lovers

$10

$20

0

0

ARC of North Carolina -- Expired July 1, 2016

Arthritis Foundation -- Expired July 1, 2016

ARTS NC

$10

$20

0

0

Audubon North Carolina -- Expired July 1, 2016

Autism Society of North Carolina

$10

$10

0

0

Back Country Horsemen of NC -- Expired July 1, 2016

Battle of Kings Mountain

$10

$10

0

0

Be Active NC -- Expired July 1, 2016

Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament

$10

$20

0

0

Boy Scouts of America -- Expired July 1, 2016

Brain Injury Awareness -- Expired July 1, 2016

Breast Cancer Earlier Detection -- Expired July 1, 2016

Brenner Children's Hospital -- Expired July 1, 2016

Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation

$10

$10

0

0

Buffalo Soldiers -- Expired July 1, 2016

Carolina Panthers

$10

$20

0

0

Carolina Raptor Center -- Expired July 1, 2016

Carolina Regional Volleyball Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

Carolina's Aviation Museum -- Expired July 1, 2016

Carolinas Credit Union Foundation -- Expired July 1, 2016

Carolinas Golf Association

$10

$20

0

0

Charlotte Checkers -- Expired July 1, 2016

Choose Life

$10

$15

0

0

Coastal Conservation Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

Coastal Land Trust

$10

$20

0

0

Colorectal Cancer Awareness

$10

$20

0

0

Concerned Bikers Association/ABATE of North Carolina -- Expired July 1, 2016

Crystal Coast -- Expired July 1, 2016

Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens -- Expired July 1, 2016

Daughters of the American Revolution -- Expired July 1, 2016

Donate Life

$10

$10

0

0

Ducks Unlimited

$10

$10

0

0

El Pueblo -- Expired July 1, 2016

Farmland Preservation -- Expired July 1, 2016

First in Forestry

$10

$10

$10

0

First in Turf -- Expired July 1, 2016

First Tee -- Expired July 1, 2016

Fraternal Order of Police

$10

$10

0

0

Girl Scouts -- Expired July 1, 2016

Goodness Grows -- Expired July 1, 2016

Greensboro Symphony Guild -- Expired July 1, 2016

Greyhound Friends of North Carolina -- Expired July 1, 2016

Guilford Battleground Company

$10

$10

0

0

Harley Owners' Group

$10

$10

0

0

High School Insignia

$10

$15

0

0

Historical Attraction

$10

$20

0

0

Home Care and Hospice

$10

$20

0

0

Home of American Golf -- Expired July 1, 2016

HOMES4NC

$10

$20

0

0

Hospice Care -- Expired July 1, 2016

I.B.P.O.E.W. -- Expired July 1, 2016

In God We Trust

$10

$20

0

0

In-State Collegiate Insignia

$10

$15

0

0

International Association of Fire Fighters

$10

$10

0

0

I Support Teachers -- Expired July 1, 2016

Jaycees -- Expired July 1, 2016

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

$10

$10

0

0

Kappa Alpha Order -- Expired July 1, 2016

Keeping The Lights On

$10

$20

0

0

Kick Cancer for Kids

$10

$20

0

0

Kids First

$10

$15

0

0

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society -- Expired July 1, 2016

Litter Prevention

$10

$10

0

0

Lung Cancer Research -- Expired July 1, 2016

Maggie Valley Trout Festival -- Expired July 1, 2016

March of Dimes -- Expired July 1, 2016

Mission Foundation -- Expired July 1, 2016

Morgan Horse Club -- Expired July 1, 2016

Morehead Planetarium -- Expired July 1, 2016

Mountains-to-Sea Trail

$10

$20

0

0

Municipality Plate -- Expired July 1, 2016

National Kidney Foundation -- Expired July 1, 2016

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial -- Expired July 1, 2016

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

$10

$15

0

0

National Wild Turkey Federation

$10

$15

0

0

Native American

$10

$10

0

0

NC Agribusiness -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Beekeepers -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Children's Promise -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Civil War -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Coastal Federation

$10

$20

0

0

NC 4-H Development Fund -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC FIRST Robotics -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Fisheries Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Horse Council

$10

$10

0

0

NC Mining -- Expired July 1, 2016

NCSC -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Surveyors

$10

$15

0

0

NC Tennis Foundation

$10

$10

0

0

NC Trout Unlimited

$10

$10

0

0

NC Veterinary Medical Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Victim Assistance -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Wildlife Federation -- Expired July 1, 2016

NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation

$10

$10

0

0

NC Youth Soccer Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs

$10

$20

0

0

North Carolina Bluegrass Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Cattlemen's Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Emergency Management Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Green Industry Council -- Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Libraries -- Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Master Gardener

$10

$10

0

0

North Carolina Paddle Festival -- Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Sheriffs' Association

$10

$20

0

0

Nurses

$10

$15

0

0

Olympic Games

$10

$15

0

0

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

$10

$10

0

0

Operation Coming Home -- Expired July 1, 2016

Order of the Eastern Star Prince Hall Affiliated

$10

$10

0

0

Order of the Long Leaf Pine

$10

$10

0

0

Out-of-state Collegiate Insignia

$10

0

$15

0

Outer Banks Preservation Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

Pamlico-Tar River Foundation -- Expired July 1, 2016

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness -- Expired July 1, 2016

P.E.O. Sisterhood -- Expired July 1, 2016

Personalized

$10

0

$15

$5

Piedmont Airlines

$10

$10

0

0

Pilot Mountain State Park

$10

$20

0

0

Pisgah Conservancy

$10

$20

0

0

POW/MIA Bring Them Home

$10

$10

0

0

Prince Hall Mason

$10

$10

0

0

Professional Engineer -- Expired July 1, 2016

Retired Legislator

$10

$20

0

0

RiverLink -- Expired July 1, 2016

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

$10

$15

0

0

Ronald McDonald House

$10

$20

0

0

Save the Honey Bee (HB)

$10

$5

0

0

Save the Honey Bee (SB)

$10

$5

0

0

Save the Sea Turtles

$10

$10

0

0

Scenic Rivers -- Expired July 1, 2016

School Technology -- Expired July 1, 2016

SCUBA

$10

$10

0

0

Shag Dancing

$10

$5

0

0

Share the Road

$10

$20

0

0

Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival -- Expired July 1, 2016

Soil and Water Conservation -- Expired July 1, 2016

Special Forces Association -- Expired July 1, 2016

Special Olympics -- Expired July 1, 2016

S.T.A.R. -- Expired July 1, 2016

State Attraction

$10

$20

0

0

Stock Car Racing Theme

$10

$20

0

0

Support NC Education -- Expired July 1, 2016

Support Our Troops

$10

$20

0

0

Support Soccer

$10

$15

0

0

Surveyor Plate

$10

$15

0

0

Sustainable Fisheries -- Expired July 1, 2016

The V Foundation for Cancer Research

$10

$15

0

0

Toastmasters Club -- Expired July 1, 2016

Topsail Island Shoreline Protection -- Expired July 1, 2016

Travel and Tourism -- Expired July 1, 2016

Turtle Rescue Team -- Expired July 1, 2016

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina -- Expired July 1, 2016

United States Service Academy

$10

$20

0

0

US Equine Rescue League -- Expired July 1, 2016

USO of NC -- Expired July 1, 2016

Volunteers in Law Enforcement -- Expired July 1, 2016

Wildlife Resources

$10

$20

0

0

Wrightsville Beach

$10

$10

0

0

YMCA -- Expired July 1, 2016

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

$10

$10

0

0

All other Special Plates

$10

0

0

0.

(c) Use of Funds in Special Registration Plate Account.--

(1) The Division shall deduct the costs of special registration plates, including the costs of issuing, handling, and advertising the availability of the special plates, from the Special Registration Plate Account.

(2) From the funds remaining in the Special Registration Plate Account after the deductions in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection, there is annually appropriated from the Special Registration Plate Account the sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) to provide operating assistance for the Visitor Centers:

a. on U.S. Highway 17 in Camden County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

b. on U.S. Highway 17 in Brunswick County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

c. on U.S. Highway 441 in Macon County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

d. in Watauga County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

e. on U.S. Highway 29 in Caswell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

f. on U.S. Highway 70 in Carteret County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

g. on U.S. Highway 64 in Tyrrell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

h. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 701 and N.C. 904 in Columbus County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

i. on U.S. Highway 221 in McDowell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

j. on Staton Road in Transylvania County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

k. in the Town of Fair Bluff, Columbus County, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 76 and N.C. 904, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);

l . on U.S. Highway 421 in Wilkes County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); and

m. at the intersection of Interstate 73 and Interstate 74 in Randolph County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-eight dollars ($92,858) each, for two centers.

(3) The Division shall transfer fifty percent (50%) of the remaining revenue in the Special Registration Plate Account quarterly, and funds are hereby appropriated to the Department of Transportation to be used solely for the purpose of beautification of highways. These funds shall be administered by the Department of Transportation for beautification purposes not inconsistent with good landscaping and engineering principles. The Division shall transfer the remaining revenue in the Special Registration Plate Account quarterly to the Highway Fund to be used for the Roadside Vegetation Management Program.