NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1067

SENATE BILL 248

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE RENTAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by inserting a new Section immediately following G.S. 20‑106, to be designated as G.S. 20‑106.1, and to read as follows:

"§ 20-106.1.  Fraud in connection with rental of motor vehicles. Any person with the intent to defraud the owner of any motor vehicle or a person in lawful possession thereof, who obtains possession of said vehicle by agreeing in writing to pay a rental for the use of said vehicle, and further agreeing in writing that the said vehicle shall be returned to a certain place, or at a certain time, and who wilfully fails and refuses to return the same to the place and at the time specified, or who secretes, converts, sells or attempts to sell the same or any part thereof shall be guilty of a felony."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of June, 1961.