NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 980
HOUSE BILL 1397

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR USE OF CERTIFIED COPIES OF THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES RECORDS TO PROVE OWNERSHIP OF AUTOMOBILE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 8-37 is rewritten to read as follows:
"§ 8-37.  Certificate of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as to ownership of automobile — In any civil or criminal action in which the ownership of a motor vehicle is relevant, evidence as to the letters and numbers appearing upon the registration plate attached to such vehicle or of the motor vehicle identification number, together with certified copies of records furnished pursuant to G.S. 20-42 by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles showing the name of the owner of the vehicle to which such registration plate or vehicle identification number is assigned, or a certified copy of the certificate of title for such motor vehicle on file with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, is prima facie evidence of the ownership of such motor vehicle."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.