GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-259
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TIME LIMITS FOR NOTIFICATION OF LEASED VEHICLE PARKING VIOLATIONS AND THE APPLICABILITY OF THE PRIMA FACIE RULE OF EVIDENCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-162.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) The prima facie rule
of evidence established by subsection (a) shall not apply to the registered
owner of a leased or rented vehicle parked in violation of law when said the
owner can furnish sworn evidence that the vehicle was, at the time of the
parking violation, leased or rented, to another person.person or
company. In such those instances, the owner of the vehicle shall,
within a reasonable time after notification of the parking violation,shall
furnish sworn evidence to the courts the name and address of the
person or company who leased or rented the vehicle.within 30 days after
notification of the violation in accordance with this subsection.
If the notification is given to the owner of the vehicle within 90 days after the date of the violation, the owner shall include in the sworn evidence the name and address of the person or company that leased or rented the vehicle. If notification is given to the owner of the vehicle after 90 days have elapsed from the date of the violation, the owner is not required to include the name or address of the lessee or renter of the vehicle in the sworn evidence."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2001.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 12:37 p.m. this 29th day of June, 2001