{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina (General Assembly; Division of Motor Vehicles; notaries)","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020","authority":"N.C. Const. art. II (legislative power)","instrument":"Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery Act","title":"An Act to Provide Aid to North Carolinians in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis","dateIssued":"2020-05-04","effective":"2020-05-04 (sec. 4.1(d): \u0027This section is effective when it becomes law\u0027); sec. 4.7 credential extensions for credentials expiring March 1 to August 1, 2020","end":"Sec. 4.7: each extended credential \u0027shall expire five months from the date it otherwise expires\u0027, i.e., the last extensions ran to January 2021; sec. 4.1 emergency video notarization carried a statutory sunset later extended by successor session laws (described by category)","startDate":"2020-05-04","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["Division of Motor Vehicles","holders of the 27 listed credentials including dealer, manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, transporter, inspection-station and driver-training-school licenses","notaries public","registers of deeds and clerks of superior court (originality requirements preserved)"],"clause":"SECTION 4.7.(b) Extend Validity of Credentials. - Notwithstanding renewal, duration, or expiration provisions of G.S. 20-7, 20-11, 20-37.6, 20-37.7, 20-37.13, 20-50, 20-66, 20-79, 20-79.02, 20-79.2, 20-183.4B, 20-183.4D, 20-280.3, 20-288, 20-324, and 20-359, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall extend for a period of five months the validity of any credential that expires on or after March 1, 2020, and before August 1, 2020.... SECTION 4.7.(c)... until 30 days after the date the Governor rescinds Executive Order No. 116 or the date the Division reopens all drivers license offices, whichever is earlier.... \u002710B-25. Emergency video notarization. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a notary may perform an emergency video notarization using video conference technology provided all of the requirements of this section are satisfied.\u0027","enforcement":"Statute; sec. 4.7(d) waives fines, fees and penalties for failure to renew during the extension; sec. 4.7(f) makes validity by extension a defense","functions":["DM titles, registrations, dealer plates and dealer licenses (items (11)-(24))","HR driver and CDL credentialing; driver-training schools (items (25)-(26))","SR dealer showrooms (dealer, sales-representative, manufacturer, distributor and wholesaler licenses extended)","CL notarized closings by video","PM inspection stations and mechanics (items (16)-(18))","CB"],"notes":"Section 4.7(c) presupposes closed \u0027drivers license offices\u0027 (the Division \u0027reopens all drivers license offices\u0027); the credential list reaches every motor-vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler and transporter in the State.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2019-2020/SL2020-3.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":558056,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043","citation":"General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020, Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery Act (May 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["SEC-21-GM-008"]}