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NC Gen Stat § 20-279.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.13 - Suspension for nonpayment of judgment; exceptions.

 20-279.13. Suspension for nonpayment of judgment; exceptions.(a) The Commissioner, upon the receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, which has remained unsatisfied for a period of 60 days, shall forthwith suspend the license and any nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as hereinafter otherwise provided in this section and in G.S. 20-279.16.(b) The Commissioner shall not, however, revoke or suspend the license of an owner or driver if the insurance carried by him was in a company which was authorized to transact business in this State and which subsequent to an accident involving the owner or operator and prior to settlement of the claim therefor went into liquidation, so that the owner or driver is thereby unable to satisfy the judgment arising out of the accident.(c) If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such form as the Commissioner may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed license or nonresident's operating privilege, the same may be allowed by the Commissioner, in his discretion, for six months from the date of such consent and thereafter until such consent is revoked in writing notwithstanding default in the payment of such judgment, or of any installments thereof prescribed in G.S. 20-279.16. (1953, c. 1300, s. 13; 1965, c. 926, s. 1; 1969, c. 186, s. 4; 1979, c. 667, s. 37.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.14 - Suspension to continue until judgments satisfied.

 20-279.14. Suspension to continue until judgments satisfied.Such license and nonresident's operating privilege shall remain so suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license be thereafter issued in the name of such person, including any such person not previously licensed, unless and until every such judgment:(1) Is stayed, or(2) Is satisfied in full, or(3) Is subject to the exemptions stated in G.S. 20-279.13 or G.S. 20-279.16, or(4) Is barred from enforcement by the statute of limitations pursuant to G.S. 1-47,(5) Is discharged in bankruptcy. (1953, c. 1300, s. 14; 1969, c. 186, s. 5; 1975, c. 301.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.15 - Payment sufficient to satisfy requirements.

 20-279.15. Payment sufficient to satisfy requirements.In addition to other methods of satisfaction provided by law, judgments herein referred to shall, for the purpose of this Article, be deemed satisfied:(1) When thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result of any one accident; or(2) When, subject to such limit of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) because of bodily injury to or death of one person, the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons as the result of any one accident; or(3) When twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one accident;Provided, however, payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodily injury, death or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident shall be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this section. (1953, c. 1300, s. 15; 1963, c. 1238; 1967, c. 277, s. 3; 1973, c. 745, s. 3; c. 889; 1979, c. 832, ss. 3-5; 1991, c. 469, s. 3; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 837, s. 10; 1999-228, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.16 - Installment payment of judgments; default.

 20-279.16. Installment payment of judgments; default.(a) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may so order and fix the amounts and times of payment of the installments.(b) The Commissioner shall not suspend a license or a nonresident's operating privilege, and shall restore any license or nonresident's operating privilege suspended following nonpayment of a judgment, when the judgment debtor obtains such an order permitting the payment of such judgment in installments, and while the payment of any said installment is not in default.(c) In the event the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by such order, then upon notice of such default, the Commissioner shall forthwith suspend the license or nonresident's operating privilege of the judgment debtor until such judgment is satisfied, as provided in this Article. (1953, c. 1300, s. 16; 1969, c. 186, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.18 - Alternate methods of giving proof.

 20-279.18. Alternate methods of giving proof.Proof of financial responsibility when required under this Article with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be given by filing:(1) A certificate of insurance as provided in G.S. 20-279.19 or 20-279.20; or(2) A bond as provided in G.S. 20-279.24; or(3) A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in G.S. 20-279.25; or(4) A certificate of self-insurance, as provided in G.S. 20-279.33, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, he will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner's motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to said self-insurer. (1953, c. 1300, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.19 - Certificate of insurance as proof.

 20-279.19. Certificate of insurance as proof.Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the Commissioner the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this State certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility. Such certificate shall give the effective date of such motor vehicle liability policy, which date shall be the same as the effective date of the certificate, and shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles covered thereby, unless the policy is issued to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle. The Commissioner may require that certificates filed pursuant to this section be on a form approved by the Commissioner. (1953, c. 1300, s. 19; 1955, c. 1152, s. 16.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.20 - Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.

 20-279.20. Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.(a) The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this State may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the Commissioner a written certificate or certificates of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle or motor vehicles described in such certificate is registered, or if such nonresident does not own a motor vehicle, then in the state in which the insured resides, provided such certificate otherwise conforms to the provisions of this Article, and the Commissioner shall accept the same upon condition that said insurance carrier complies with the following provisions with respect to the policies so certified:(1) Said insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the Commissioner to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in this State; and(2) Said insurance carrier shall agree in writing that such policies shall be deemed to conform with the laws of this State relating to the terms of motor vehicle liability policies issued herein.(b) If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this State, which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any said undertakings or agreements, the Commissioner shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of said carrier whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as proof, so long as such default continues.(c) The Commissioner may require that certificates and powers filed pursuant to this section be on forms approved by the Commissioner. (1953, c. 1300, s. 20; 1955, c. 1152, s. 17.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.22 - Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy.

 20-279.22. Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy.When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under G.S. 20-279.19 or a policy under G.S. 20-279.20, the insurance so certified shall not be canceled or terminated until at least 20 days after a notice of cancellation or termination of the insurance so certified shall be filed in the office of the Commissioner, except that such a policy subsequently procured and certified shall, on the effective date of its certification, terminate the insurance previously certified with respect to any motor vehicle designated in both certificates. (1953, c. 1300, s. 22.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.23 - Article not to affect other policies.

 20-279.23. Article not to affect other policies.(a) This Article shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this State, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform to the requirements of this Article, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this Article.(b) This Article shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured's employ or on his behalf of motor vehicles not owned by the insured. (1953, c. 1300, s. 23.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.25 - Money or securities as proof.

 20-279.25. Money or securities as proof.(a) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the State Treasurer that the person named therein has deposited with him eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) in cash, or securities such as may legally be purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000). The State Treasurer shall not accept any such deposit and issue a certificate therefor and the Commissioner shall not accept such certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides.(b) Such deposit shall be held by the State Treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this Article, any execution on a judgment issued against such person making the deposit for damages, including damages for care and loss of services because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle after such deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment, garnishment, or execution unless such attachment, garnishment, or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages as aforesaid. (1953, c. 1300, s. 25; 1965, c. 358, s. 1; 1967, c. 277, s. 5; 1973, c. 745, s. 5; 1979, c. 832, s. 8; 1991, c. 469, s. 8; 1999-228, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.26 - Owner may give proof for others.

 20-279.26. Owner may give proof for others.Whenever any person required to give proof of financial responsibility hereunder is or later becomes an operator in the employ of any owner, or is or later becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the Commissioner shall accept proof given by such owner in lieu of proof by such other person to permit such other person to operate a motor vehicle for which the owner has given proof as herein provided. The Commissioner shall designate the restrictions imposed by this section on the face of such person's license. (1953, c. 1300, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.27 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.27 - Substitution of proof.

 20-279.27. Substitution of proof.The Commissioner shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the Commissioner shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this Article. (1953, c. 1300, s. 27.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.28 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.28 - Other proof may be required.

 20-279.28. Other proof may be required.Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this Article no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the Commissioner shall for the purpose of this Article, require other proof as required by this Article, or whenever it appears that proof filed to cover any motor vehicle owned by a person does not cover all motor vehicles registered in the name of such person, the Commissioner shall require proof covering all such motor vehicles. The Commissioner shall suspend the license or the nonresident's operating privilege pending the filing of such other proof. (1953, c. 1300, s. 28.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.29 - Duration of proof; when proof may be canceled or returned.

 20-279.29. Duration of proof; when proof may be canceled or returned.The Commissioner shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the Commissioner shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return to the person entitled thereto any money or securities deposited pursuant to this Article as proof of financial responsibility, or the Commissioner shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events:(1) At any time after two years from the date such proof was required when, during the two-year period preceding the request, the Commissioner has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license, registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the person by or for whom such proof was furnished; or(2) In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of such person to operate a motor vehicle; or(3) In the event the person who has given proof surrenders his license to the Commissioner.Provided, however, that the Commissioner shall not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money or securities in the event any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof is then pending or any judgment upon any such liability is then unsatisfied or in the event the person who has filed such bond or deposited such money or securities, has, within one year immediately preceding such request, been involved as an operator or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the nonexistence of such facts, or that he has been released from all of his liability, or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, for such injury or damage, shall be sufficient evidence thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the Commissioner.Whenever any person whose proof has been canceled or returned under subdivision (3) of this section applies for a license within a period of two years from the date proof was originally required, any such application shall be refused unless the applicant shall reestablish such proof for the remainder of such two-year period. (1953, c. 1300, s. 29.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.30 - Surrender of license.

 20-279.30. Surrender of license.Any person whose license shall have been suspended as herein provided, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this Article, shall have been canceled or terminated, or who shall neglect to furnish other proof upon request of the Commissioner shall immediately return his license to the Commissioner. If any person shall fail to return to the Commissioner the license as provided herein, the Commissioner shall forthwith direct any peace officer to secure possession thereof and to return the same to the Commissioner. (1953, c. 1300, s. 30.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.31 - Other violations; penalties.

 20-279.31. Other violations; penalties.(a) The Commissioner shall suspend the license of a person who fails to report a reportable accident, as required by G.S. 20-166.1, until the Division receives a report and for an additional period set by the Commissioner. The additional period may not exceed 30 days.(b) Any person who does any of the following commits a Class 1 misdemeanor:(1) Gives information required in a report of a reportable accident, knowing or having reason to believe the information is false.(2) Forges or without authority signs any evidence of proof of financial responsibility.(3) Files or offers for filing any evidence of proof of financial responsibility, knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority.(c) Any person willfully failing to return a license as required in G.S. 20-279.30 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.(c1) Any person who makes a false affidavit or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter under G.S. 20-279.5, 20-279.6, or 20-279.7 is guilty of a Class I felony.(d) Any person who shall violate any provision of this Article for which no penalty is otherwise provided is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1953, c. 1300, s. 31; 1983, c. 610, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, ss. 384, 1261; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 191, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.32 - Exceptions.

 20-279.32. Exceptions.This Article does not apply to a motor vehicle registered under G.S. 20-382 by a for-hire motor carrier. This Article does not apply to any motor vehicle owned by the State of North Carolina, nor does it apply to the operator of a vehicle owned by the State of North Carolina who becomes involved in an accident while operating the state-owned vehicle if the Commissioner determines that the vehicle at the time of the accident was probably being operated in the course of the operator's employment as an employee or officer of the State. This Article does not apply to any motor vehicle owned by a county or municipality of the State of North Carolina, nor does it apply to the operator of a vehicle owned by a county or municipality of the State of North Carolina who becomes involved in an accident while operating such vehicle in the course of the operator's employment as an employee or officer of the county or municipality. This Article does not apply to the operator of a vehicle owned by a political subdivision, other than a county or municipality, of the State of North Carolina who becomes involved in an accident while operating such vehicle if the Commissioner determines that the vehicle at the time of the accident was probably being operated in the course of the operator's employment as an employee or officer of the subdivision providing that the Commissioner finds that the political subdivision has waived any immunity it has with respect to such accidents and has in force an insurance policy or other method of satisfying claims which may arise out of the accident. This Article does not apply to any motor vehicle owned by the federal government, nor does it apply to the operator of a motor vehicle owned by the federal government who becomes involved in an accident while operating the government-owned vehicle if the Commissioner determines that the vehicle at the time of the accident was probably being operated in the course of the operator's employment as an employee or officer of the federal government. (1953, c. 1300, s. 32; 1955, c. 1152, s. 19; 1979, c. 667, s. 38; 1989, c. 485, s. 54; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 756, s. 18; 1999-330, s. 4.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 20-279.32A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles|Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.|§ 20-279.32A - Exception of school bus drivers.

 20-279.32A. Exception of school bus drivers.The provisions of this Article shall not apply to school bus drivers with respect to accidents or collisions in which they are involved while operating school buses in the course of their employment. (1955, c. 1282.)