Cooper signs bill requiring NC license plates to be replaced every seven years

[littlemissmartypants]

BY RICHARD STRADLING
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 05:25 PM

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article235552917.html

Car and truck owners will need to turn in their North Carolina license plate and get a new one every seven years, under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Roy Cooper.

Up to now, the state has set no time limit for replacing a license plate; you could keep the one you were given as long as it held up. State law includes a provision that says it can order someone to give up a plate that “has become illegible or is in such a condition that the numbers thereon may not be readily distinguished.”

The bill signed into law Friday says simply, “All registration plates shall be replaced every seven years.”

The Division of Motor Vehicles won’t charge for the replacement plates required by the new law, said spokeswoman Binta Cisse. Beyond that, the DMV is still developing a plan to implement the new requirement, Cisse said, so it’s not clear yet how the DMV will notify vehicle owners that it’s time to get a new plate or whether they’ll have to go to a license plate office to get a new one.

More at the link.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article235552917.html

[Laffy Kat]

1. Something missing from the article"

Why is this needed? The article doesn't say why.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. I don't think they have figured that out yet.

"the DMV is still developing a plan to implement the new requirement"

[dweller]

3. i don't see a problem with this

i was told to replace mine on a 93 Subaru that i've owned since 02
a few yrs ago, no charge, just got it with new new sticker
it does explain it
" State law includes a provision that says it can order someone to give up a plate that “has become illegible or is in such a condition that the numbers thereon may not be readily distinguished.”

sometimes plate
deteriorate with time or abuse or due to inferior materials ...
similar to the county car window stickers
required enter recycling centers, issued every year... one year they faded to blank white i quess from the sun?
luckily the workers at the centers knew it was happening
and let residents in with blank stickers... they were just shoddy materials
now i place my unstuck one on the dash when i enter and remove it when i leave

there's no cost to replacing the plate to the individual

✌🏼

[littlemissmartypants]

4. I don't think anyone said that it is a problem. nt