20-392. Failure to make report; obstructing Division or Department of Public Safety.
Every officer, agent or employee of any motor carrier, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Division or Department of Public Safety for the purposes of this Article, or who shall willfully or unlawfully hinder, delay or obstruct the Division or Department of Public Safety in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon it, shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, to be recovered in an action in the name of the State. A delay of 10 days to make and furnish such report shall raise the presumption that the same was willful. (1985, c. 454, s. 1; 2002-159, s. 31.5(b); 2002-190, s. 12; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 17 - Motor Carrier Safety Regulation Unit.
§ 20-377 - General powers of Department of Public Safety.
§ 20-379 - Department of Public Safety to audit motor carriers for compliance.
§ 20-382.2 - Penalty for failure to comply with registration or insurance verification requirements.
§ 20-383 - Inspectors and officers given enforcement authority.
§ 20-384 - Penalty for certain violations.
§ 20-386 - Fees, charges and penalties; disposition.
§ 20-387 - Motor carrier violating any provision of Article, rules or orders; penalty.
§ 20-388 - Willful acts of employees deemed those of motor carrier.
§ 20-389 - Actions to recover penalties.
§ 20-390 - Refusal to permit Department of Public Safety to inspect records made misdemeanor.
§ 20-391 - Violating rules, with injury to others.
§ 20-392 - Failure to make report; obstructing Division or Department of Public Safety.
§ 20-393 - Disclosure of information by employee of Department of Public Safety unlawful.
§ 20-394 - Remedies for injuries cumulative.
§ 20-395 - Willful injury to property of motor carrier a misdemeanor.
§ 20-396 - Unlawful motor carrier operations.
§ 20-398 - Household goods carrier; marking or identification of vehicles.