GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2021

 

HOUSE BILL 294

RATIFIED BILL

 

 

AN ACT permitting dealers to sell used vehicles issued a salvage certification without conducting a safety inspection.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑183.4C(a) reads as rewritten:

(a)      Inspection. – A vehicle that is subject to a safety inspection, an emissions inspection, or both must be inspected as follows:

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(2)        A Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, a used vehicle must be inspected before it is offered for sale at retail in this State by a dealer. Upon purchase, a receipt approved by the Division must be provided to the new owner certifying compliance. A dealer may sell, without inspection, a used vehicle issued a salvage certificate of title in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter if (i) the dealer has no knowledge of alterations or repairs made to the vehicle after issuance of the salvage certificate of title and before retail sale of the vehicle and (ii) the dealer discloses either electronically or in writing to the retail purchaser that no inspection has been performed by the dealer.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2021, and applies to used vehicles sold on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of November, 2021.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Phil Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

 

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                                                                         Roy Cooper

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2021