NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 240

HOUSE BILL 359

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-81 RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 20-81 is hereby amended by adding a new subdivision to be designated (6) to read as follows:

"(6)      Consular and diplomatic officials. Official plates shall be issued upon request to an accredited consul, honorary consul, or diplomatic officer of a foreign government, if the person requesting the plate is a national of the country by which he is appointed. The plate shall bear the letters 'Consul' followed by the international alphabetical designation for the country represented by the consul or diplomatic officer and followed by a numerical designation beginning with the number '1' and followed sequentially based on the number of applicants. Every application for a registration plate under this subsection shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Secretary of State of the United States or his agent that the applicant is an accredited consul, honorary consul, or diplomatic officer."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 1982.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of April, 1981.