NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 696

HOUSE BILL 994

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-343 RELATING TO ODOMETER ALTERATIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-343 is hereby amended by adding a new sentence to read as follows:

"Whenever evidence shall be presented in any court of the fact that an odometer has been reset or altered to change the number of miles indicated thereon, it shall be prima facie evidence in any court in the State of North Carolina that the resetting or alteration was made by the person, firm or corporation who held title or by law was required to hold title to the vehicle in which the reset or altered odometer was installed at the time of such resetting or alteration or if such person has more than 20 employees and has specifically and in writing delegated responsibility for the motor vehicle to an agent, that the resetting or alteration was made by the agent."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of May, 1979.