A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT prohibiting the titling and registration of junk vehicles and removing any distinction based on vehicle age with respect to the branded title REQUIREMENTS for salvage vehicles.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑71.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑71.3.  Salvage and other vehicles – titles and registration cards to be branded.
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(b)	Any motor vehicle damaged by collision or other occurrence, that is to be registered in this State, shall be subject to preliminary and final inspections by the Enforcement Section of the Division. No junk vehicle or vehicle that has been branded junk shall be titled or registered.
These inspections serve as antitheft measures and do not certify the safety or road‑worthiness of a vehicle.
(c)	The Division shall not register a vehicle described in subsection (b) of this section that has not undergone the preliminary and final inspections required by that subsection.

	

	

	

	

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(h)	A branded title for a salvage motor vehicle damaged by collision or other occurrence shall be issued if the cost of repairs, including parts and labor, exceeds seventy‑five percent (75%) of its fair market value at the time of the collision or other occurrence.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2021, and applies to any title or registration application submitted on or after that date.