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Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043 Order Primary source read

Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery Act

An Act to Provide Aid to North Carolinians in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis

General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020 · North Carolina (General Assembly; Division of Motor Vehicles; notaries) (State)

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Jurisdiction
North Carolina (General Assembly; Division of Motor Vehicles; notaries) · North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
N.C. Const. art. II (legislative power)
Issued
2020-05-04 May 4, 2020
Effective
2020-05-04 (sec. 4.1(d): 'This section is effective when it becomes law'); sec. 4.7 credential extensions for credentials expiring March 1 to August 1, 2020 (read as 2020-05-04)
End
Sec. 4.7: each extended credential 'shall expire five months from the date it otherwise expires', 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) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
May 4, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
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)
Functions reached
  • 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
Collection
State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

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.... '10B-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.'

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

Notes

Section 4.7(c) presupposes closed 'drivers license offices' (the Division 'reopens all drivers license offices'); the credential list reaches every motor-vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler and transporter in the State.

Retrieval note

Sixty-page act; the quoted sections are at pp. 30-36 of the enrolled PDF.

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