GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 274
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 143-340(19) reads as rewritten:
"(19) Any motor vehicle parked in a
State-owned parking lot, when such lot is clearly designated as such by a sign
no smaller than 24 inches by 24 inches prominently displayed at the entrance
thereto, in violation of the 'Rules and Regulations Governing State-Owned
Parking Lots' dated September, 1968 or as amended, may be removed from such lot
to a place of storage and the registered owner of that vehicle shall become
liable for removal and storage charges. No person shall be held to answer in
any civil or criminal action to any owner, lienholder, or other person legally
entitled to the possession of any motor vehicle removed from such lots pursuant
to this section except where such motor vehicle is wilfully, maliciously or
negligently damaged in the removal from aforesaid lot to place of storage. Any
motor vehicle parked without authorization on State-owned public grounds within
the City of Raleigh under the control of the Department of Administration
other than a designated parking area may be removed from that property to a
storage area and the registered owner of the vehicle shall be liable for
removal and storage fees."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3rd day of June, 1987.