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North Carolina House Bill H613

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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
3-H 1
4-HOUSE BILL 613
3+H D
4+HOUSE BILL DRH30075-NEf-14B
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78 Short Title: The Vehicle Registration Convenience Act. (Public)
8-Sponsors: Representatives Echevarria, Loftis, and Almond (Primary Sponsors).
9-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10-Referred to: Transportation, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and
11-Operations of the House
12-April 1, 2025
13-*H613 -v-1*
9+Sponsors: Representative Echevarria.
10+Referred to:
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12+*DRH30075 -NEf-14B*
1413 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1514 AN ACT ENACTING THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION CONVENIENCE ACT 2
1615 AUTHORIZING VEHICLE OWNERS TO ELECT THE MONTH OF REGISTRATION 3
1716 RENEWAL. 4
1817 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
1918 6
2019 PART I. AUTHORIZE VEHICLE OWNERS TO ELECT MONTH OF REGISTRATION 7
2120 RENEWAL 8
2221 SECTION 1.(a) This act shall be known as "The Vehicle Registration Convenience 9
2322 Act." 10
2423 SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 20-66 reads as rewritten: 11
2524 "§ 20-66. Renewal of vehicle registration. 12
2625 (a) Annual Renewal. – When a vehicle registration is initially issued, the owner shall 13
2726 elect a month within 12 months of issuance upon which the vehicle's registration expires. The 14
2827 initial registration expires at midnight on the last day of the month elected by the owner. The 15
2928 registration of a vehicle must thereafter be renewed annually. 16
3029 (a1) Issuance Fees. – The fee for the initial issuance of vehicle registration shall be 17
3130 determined as follows: 18
3231 (1) For a vehicle whose owner has elected for the month of issuance to be the 19
3332 month of renewal, the issuance fee shall be the annual fee provided in Part 7 20
3433 of this Article, subject to any proration required by G.S. 20-95. 21
3534 (2) For a vehicle whose owner has elected a month of renewal that differs from 22
3635 the month of issuance, the issuance fee shall be one-twelfth of the annual fee 23
3736 provided in Part 7 of this Article multiplied by the number of full months in 24
3837 the period beginning the date the registration was issued until the date the 25
3938 registration expires, rounded to the nearest dollar. 26
4039 (a2) Notice. – In accordance with G.S. 105-330.5(b), upon receiving written consent from 27
4140 the owner of the vehicle, the Division may send to an email address provided by the owner of the 28
4241 vehicle any required notice of renewal electronically to an e-mail address provided by the owner 29
4342 of the vehicle.renewal. 30
4443 (a3) Renewal Application. – To renew the registration of a vehicle, the owner of the 31
4544 vehicle must file an application with the Division and pay the required registration fee. The owner 32
46-of a vehicle registered in North Carolina may renew that vehicle registration by mail. The 33 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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48-Division may receive and grant an application for renewal of registration at any time before the 1
49-registration expires. 2
50-…." 3
51-SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 20-52 reads as rewritten: 4
52-"§ 20-52. Application for registration and certificate of title. 5
53-(a) An owner of a vehicle subject to registration must apply to the Division for a 6
54-certificate of title, a registration plate, and a registration card for the vehicle. To apply, an owner 7
55-must complete an application provided by the Division. The application shall contain a preprinted 8
56-option that co-owners may use to title the vehicle as a joint tenancy with right of survivorship. 9
57-The co-owners' designation of a joint tenancy with right of survivorship on the application shall 10
58-be valid notwithstanding whether this designation appears on the assignment of title. The 11
59-application must request all of the following information and may request other information the 12
60-Division considers necessary: 13
61-… 14
62-(8) A statement indicating the month of registration renewal the owner elects 15
63-under G.S. 20-66. 16
64-…." 17
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66-PART II. EFFECTIVE DATE 19
67-SECTION 2. This act becomes effective January 1, 2026, and applies to vehicle 20
68-registrations issued or renewed on or after that date. 21
45+of a vehicle registered in North Carolina may renew that vehicle registration by mail. The 33
46+Division may receive and grant an application for renewal of registration at any time before the 34
47+registration expires. 35
48+…." 36
49+H.B. 613
50+Mar 31, 2025
51+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
52+Page 2 DRH30075-NEf-14B
53+SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 20-52 reads as rewritten: 1
54+"§ 20-52. Application for registration and certificate of title. 2
55+(a) An owner of a vehicle subject to registration must apply to the Division for a 3
56+certificate of title, a registration plate, and a registration card for the vehicle. To apply, an owner 4
57+must complete an application provided by the Division. The application shall contain a preprinted 5
58+option that co-owners may use to title the vehicle as a joint tenancy with right of survivorship. 6
59+The co-owners' designation of a joint tenancy with right of survivorship on the application shall 7
60+be valid notwithstanding whether this designation appears on the assignment of title. The 8
61+application must request all of the following information and may request other information the 9
62+Division considers necessary: 10
63+… 11
64+(8) A statement indicating the month of registration renewal the owner elects 12
65+under G.S. 20-66. 13
66+…." 14
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68+PART II. EFFECTIVE DATE 16
69+SECTION 2. This act becomes effective January 1, 2026, and applies to vehicle 17
70+registrations issued or renewed on or after that date. 18