North Carolina General Statutes
Article 2 - Uniform Driver's License Act.
§ 20-15 - Authority of Division to cancel license or endorsement.

20-15. Authority of Division to cancel license or endorsement.
(a) The Division shall have authority to cancel any driver's license upon determining any of the following:
(1) The licensee was not entitled to the issuance of the license under this Chapter.
(2) The licensee failed to give the required or correct information on the license application or committed fraud in making the application.
(3) The licensee is no longer authorized under federal law to be legally present in the United States.
(4) The licensee suffers from a physical or mental disability or disease that affects his or her ability to safely operate a motor vehicle, as determined by the applicable State or federal law, rule, or regulation.
(5) The licensee has failed to submit the certificate required under G.S. 20-7(e) and G.S. 20-9(g).
(b) Upon such cancellation, the licensee must surrender the license so cancelled to the Division.
(c) Any person whose license is canceled under this section for failure to give the required or correct information, or for committing fraud, in an application for a commercial drivers license shall be prohibited from reapplying for a commercial drivers license for a period of 60 days from the date of cancellation.
(d) The Division shall have authority to revoke an H endorsement of a commercial drivers license holder if the person with the endorsement is determined by the federal Transportation Security Administration to constitute a security threat, as specified in 49 C.F.R. 1572.5(d)(4). (1935, c. 52, s. 10; 1943, c. 649, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; 1979, c. 667, s. 41; 2005-349, s. 5; 2007-56, s. 5; 2016-94, s. 35.20(e).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles

Article 2 - Uniform Driver's License Act.

§ 20-5 - Title of Article.

§ 20-7 - Issuance and renewal of drivers licenses.

§ 20-7.1 - Notice of change of address or name.

§ 20-7.3 - Availability of organ, eye, and tissue donor cards at motor vehicle offices.

§ 20-7.4 - License to Give Trust Fund established.

§ 20-7.5 - License to Give Trust Fund Commission established.

§ 20-7.6 - Powers and duties of the License to Give Trust Fund Commission.

§ 20-8 - Persons exempt from license.

§ 20-9 - What persons shall not be licensed.

§ 20-9.1 - Physicians, psychologists, and other medical providers providing medical information on drivers with physical or mental disabilities or diseases.

§ 20-9.2 - Selective service system registration requirements.

§ 20-9.3 - Notification of requirements for sex offender registration.

§ 20-10 - Age limits for drivers of public passenger-carrying vehicles.

§ 20-10.1 - Mopeds.

§ 20-11 - Issuance of limited learner's permit and provisional drivers license to person who is less than 18 years old.

§ 20-12.1 - Impaired supervision or instruction.

§ 20-13 - Suspension of license of provisional licensee.

§ 20-13.2 - Grounds for revoking provisional license.

§ 20-13.3 - Immediate civil license revocation for provisional licensees charged with certain offenses.

§ 20-14 - Duplicate licenses.

§ 20-15 - Authority of Division to cancel license or endorsement.

§ 20-15.1 - Revocations when licensing privileges forfeited.

§ 20-16 - Authority of Division to suspend license.

§ 20-16.01 - Double penalties for offenses committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle.

§ 20-16.1 - Mandatory suspension of driver's license upon conviction of excessive speeding; limited driving permits for first offenders.

§ 20-16.2 - Implied consent to chemical analysis; mandatory revocation of license in event of refusal; right of driver to request analysis.

§ 20-16.3 - Alcohol screening tests required of certain drivers; approval of test devices and manner of use by Department of Health and Human Services; use of test results or refusal.

§ 20-16.3A - Checking stations and roadblocks.

§ 20-16.5 - Immediate civil license revocation for certain persons charged with implied-consent offenses.

§ 20-17 - Mandatory revocation of license by Division.

§ 20-17.1 - Revocation of license of mental incompetents, alcoholics and habitual users of narcotic drugs.

§ 20-17.1A - Restoration of license for person adjudicated to be restored to competency.

§ 20-17.3 - Revocation for underage purchasers of alcohol.

§ 20-17.4 - Disqualification to drive a commercial motor vehicle.

§ 20-17.5 - Effect of disqualification.

§ 20-17.6 - Restoration of a license after a conviction of driving while impaired or driving while less than 21 years old after consuming alcohol or drugs.

§ 20-17.7 - Commercial motor vehicle out-of-service fines authorized.

§ 20-17.8 - Restoration of a license after certain driving while impaired convictions; ignition interlock.

§ 20-17.8A - Tampering with ignition interlock systems.

§ 20-17.9 - Revocation of commercial drivers license with a P or S endorsement upon conviction of certain offenses.

§ 20-18 - Conviction of offenses described in § 1 not ground for suspension or revocation.

§ 20-19 - Period of suspension or revocation; conditions of restoration[Effective until June 1, 2022]

§ 20-20.1 - Limited driving privilege for certain revocations.

§ 20-20.2 - Processing fee for limited driving privilege.

§ 20-21 - No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this State.

§ 20-22 - Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions.

§ 20-23 - Revoking resident's license upon conviction in another state.

§ 20-23.1 - Suspending or revoking operating privilege of person not holding license.

§ 20-23.2 - Suspension of license for conviction of offense involving impaired driving in federal court.

§ 20-24 - When court or child support enforcement agency to forward license to Division and report convictions, child support delinquencies, and prayers for judgment continued.

§ 20-24.1 - Revocation for failure to appear or pay fine, penalty or costs for motor vehicle offenses.

§ 20-24.2 - Court to report failure to appear or pay fine, penalty or costs.

§ 20-25 - Right of appeal to court.

§ 20-26 - Records; copies furnished; charge.

§ 20-27 - Availability of records.

§ 20-27.1 - Unlawful for sex offender to drive commercial passenger vehicle or school bus without appropriate commercial license or while disqualified.

§ 20-28 - (Effective until January 1, 2023) Unlawful to drive while license revoked, after notification, or while disqualified.

§ 20-28.1 - Conviction of moving offense committed while driving during period of suspension or revocation of license.

§ 20-28.2 - Forfeiture of motor vehicle for impaired driving after impaired driving license revocation; forfeiture for felony speeding to elude arrest.

§ 20-28.3 - Seizure, impoundment, forfeiture of motor vehicles for offenses involving impaired driving while license revoked or without license and insurance, and for felony speeding to elude arrest.

§ 20-28.4 - Release of impounded motor vehicles by judge.

§ 20-28.5 - Forfeiture of impounded motor vehicle or funds.

§ 20-28.7 - Responsibility of Division of Motor Vehicles.

§ 20-28.8 - Reports to the Division.

§ 20-28.9 - Authority for the State Surplus Property Agency to administer a statewide or regional towing, storage, and sales program for vehicles forfeited.

§ 20-29 - Surrender of license.

§ 20-29.1 - Commissioner may require reexamination; issuance of limited or restricted licenses.

§ 20-30 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Violations of license, learner's permit, or special identification card provisions.

§ 20-31 - Making false affidavits perjury.

§ 20-32 - Unlawful to permit unlicensed minor to drive motor vehicle.

§ 20-34 - Unlawful to permit violations of this Article.

§ 20-34.1 - Violations for wrongful issuance of a drivers license or a special identification card.

§ 20-35 - Penalties for violating Article; defense to driving without a license.

§ 20-36 - Ten-year-old convictions not considered.

§ 20-37 - Limitations on issuance of licenses.

§ 20-37.01 - Drivers License Technology Fund.

§ 20-37.02 - Verification of drivers license information.