North Carolina General Statutes
Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.
§ 20-279.31 - Other violations; penalties.

20-279.31. Other violations; penalties.
(a) The Commissioner shall suspend the license of a person who fails to report a reportable accident, as required by G.S. 20-166.1, until the Division receives a report and for an additional period set by the Commissioner. The additional period may not exceed 30 days.
(b) Any person who does any of the following commits a Class 1 misdemeanor:
(1) Gives information required in a report of a reportable accident, knowing or having reason to believe the information is false.
(2) Forges or without authority signs any evidence of proof of financial responsibility.
(3) Files or offers for filing any evidence of proof of financial responsibility, knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority.
(c) Any person willfully failing to return a license as required in G.S. 20-279.30 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
(c1) Any person who makes a false affidavit or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter under G.S. 20-279.5, 20-279.6, or 20-279.7 is guilty of a Class I felony.
(d) Any person who shall violate any provision of this Article for which no penalty is otherwise provided is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1953, c. 1300, s. 31; 1983, c. 610, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, ss. 384, 1261; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 191, s. 7.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles

Article 9A - Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act of 1953.

§ 20-279.1 - Definitions.

§ 20-279.2 - Commissioners to administer Article; appeal to court.

§ 20-279.3 - Commissioner to furnish operating record.

§ 20-279.5 - Security required unless evidence of insurance; when security determined; suspension; exceptions.

§ 20-279.6 - Further exceptions to requirement of security.

§ 20-279.6A - Minors.

§ 20-279.7 - Duration of suspension.

§ 20-279.7A - Forms to carry statement concerning perjury.

§ 20-279.8 - Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered motor vehicles and accidents in other states.

§ 20-279.9 - Form and amount of security.

§ 20-279.10 - Custody, disposition and return of security; escheat.

§ 20-279.11 - Matters not to be evidence in civil suits.

§ 20-279.12 - Courts to report nonpayment of judgments.

§ 20-279.13 - Suspension for nonpayment of judgment; exceptions.

§ 20-279.14 - Suspension to continue until judgments satisfied.

§ 20-279.15 - Payment sufficient to satisfy requirements.

§ 20-279.16 - Installment payment of judgments; default.

§ 20-279.18 - Alternate methods of giving proof.

§ 20-279.19 - Certificate of insurance as proof.

§ 20-279.20 - Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.

§ 20-279.21 - "Motor vehicle liability policy" defined.

§ 20-279.22 - Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy.

§ 20-279.23 - Article not to affect other policies.

§ 20-279.24 - Bond as proof.

§ 20-279.25 - Money or securities as proof.

§ 20-279.26 - Owner may give proof for others.

§ 20-279.27 - Substitution of proof.

§ 20-279.28 - Other proof may be required.

§ 20-279.29 - Duration of proof; when proof may be canceled or returned.

§ 20-279.30 - Surrender of license.

§ 20-279.31 - Other violations; penalties.

§ 20-279.32 - Exceptions.

§ 20-279.32A - Exception of school bus drivers.

§ 20-279.33 - Self-insurers.

§ 20-279.33A - Religious organizations; self-insurance.

§ 20-279.35 - Supplemental to motor vehicle laws; repeal of laws in conflict.

§ 20-279.36 - Past application of Article.

§ 20-279.37 - Article not to prevent other process.

§ 20-279.38 - Uniformity of interpretation.

§ 20-279.39 - Title of Article.