Section 20-85 - [Effective Until 6/30/2031] Schedule of fees(a) The following fees are imposed concerning a certificate of title, a registration card, or a registration plate for a motor vehicle. These fees are payable to the Division and are in addition to the tax imposed by Article 5A of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes:(1)....... Each application for certificate of title.................................................. $52.00(2)....... Each application for duplicate or corrected certificate of title................ 20.00(3)....... Each application of repossessor for certificate of title............................ 20.00(4)....... Each transfer of registration.................................................................... 20.00(5)....... Each set of replacement registration plates............................................. 20.00(6)....... Each application for duplicate registration card...................................... 20.00(7)....... Each application for recording supplementary lien................................. 20.00(8)....... Each application for renewing a security interest on a certificate of title or removing a lien or security interest from a certificate of title........................................... 20.00(9)....... Each application for certificate of title for a motor vehicle transferred to a manufacturer, as defined in G.S. 20-286, or a motor vehicle retailer for the purpose of resale 20.00(10)..... Each application for a salvage certificate of title made by an insurer pursuant to G.S. 20-109.1 or by a used motor vehicle dealer pursuant to G.S. 20-109.1(e1) ................................................ 20.00(11)..... Each set of replacement Stock Car Racing Theme plates issued under G.S. 20-79.4............................................................................................................... 25.00.(12)..... Each application for a certificate of title prepared and delivered using a one-day title service......................................................................................................................................................... 105.75..(a1) Two dollars ($2.00) of the fee imposed for any transaction assessed a fee under subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9), or (a)(12) of this section shall be credited to the North Carolina Highway Fund. The Division shall use the fees derived from transactions with commission contract agents for the payment of compensation to commission contract agents. An additional twenty cents (20¢) of the fee imposed for any transaction assessed a fee under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(12) of this section shall be credited to the Mercury Pollution Prevention Fund in the Department of Environmental Quality.(a2) From the fees collected under subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(9) of this section, the Department shall annually credit the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to the Reserve for Visitor Centers in the Highway Fund.(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a1) and (a2) of this section, the fees collected under subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(9) of this section shall be credited to the North Carolina Highway Trust Fund. The fees collected under subdivision (a)(10) of this section shall be credited to the Highway Fund.(c) The Division shall not collect a fee for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle entitled to a permanent registration plate under G.S. 20-84. The Division shall not collect a fee for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle to be used by a State agency in a research pilot or demonstration project.Amended by 2024 N.C. Sess. Laws 30,s. 20-a, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 41.15-b, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by 2022 N.C. Sess. Laws 68, s. 11-b, eff. 7/8/2022.Amended by 2019 N.C. Sess. Laws 153, s. 5, eff. 10/1/2019.Amended by 2017 N.C. Sess. Laws 57, s. 34.37-a, eff. 7/1/2017, exp. 6/30/2021.Amended by 2016 N.C. Sess. Laws 94, s. 35.3-a, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by 2016 N.C. Sess. Laws 59, s. 5, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 241, s. 29.30-j, eff. 1/1/2016.Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 241, s. 14.30-u, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 400, s. 5, eff. 10/1/2013.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 360, s. 34.16-b, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 183, s. 2.1, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145, s. 31.11, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 142, s. 8, eff. 7/1/2007, exp. 12/31/2017.Amended by 2006 N.C. Sess. Laws 264, s. 35.5, eff. 8/27/2006.Amended by 2005 N.C. Sess. Laws 384, s. 2, eff. 10/1/2005, exp. 7/1/2026.Amended by 2005 N.C. Sess. Laws 276, s. 44.1.(k), eff. 10/1/2005.Amended by 2004 N.C. Sess. Laws 0185, s. 6, eff. 10/1/2004.Amended by 2004 N.C. Sess. Laws 0077, s. 2, eff. 10/1/2004. (1937, c. 407, s. 49; 1943, c. 648; 1947, c. 219, s. 9; 1955, c. 554, s. 4; 1961 , c. 360, s. 19; c. 835, s. 11; 1975 , c. 430; c. 716, s. 5; c. 727; c. 875, s. 4; c. 879, s. 46; 1979 , c. 801, s. 11; 1981 , c. 690, s. 19; 1989 , c. 692, s. 2.1; c. 700, s. 1; c. 770, s. 74.11; 1991 , c. 193, s. 8; 1993, c. 467, s. 5; 1995 , c. 50, s. 2; c. 390, s. 34; c. 509, s. 135.2(i), (j); 1999-220, s. 2..See 2016 N.C. Sess. Laws 94, s. 14.1-a.See 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 360, s. 34.30.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.