Antique Automobile Club of America
North Carolina Region
Old Salem Chapter

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  NC Law -- Displaying Year of Manufacture License Plate
       In North Carolina if your vehicle is 35 years old or more, you can display the license plate that was issued in the year the vehicle was manufactured instead of the one new license plates assigned to the current vehicle registration. In general, you have to have the current license plate available to show to someone if they ask to see it, so keep the new license plate with you somewhere in the vehicle (such as the trunk, or under the seat). Also the "year of manufacture" license plate has to have the year "stamped" into the metal and that year has to be the same as the model year the vehicle (a 1932 Model A Ford would be allowed to display a 1932 license plate, a 1959 Studebaker could run a 1959 license plate etc. The full text of the NC General Statute, G.S. 20-63(d) reads as follows:
         "Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer shall be attached thereto, one in the front and the other in the rear: Provided, that when only one registration plate is issued for a motor vehicle other than a truck- tractor, said registration plate shall be attached to the rear of the motor vehicle. The registration plate issued for a truck-tractor shall be attached to the front thereof. Provided further, that when only one registration plate is issued for a motor vehicle and this motor vehicle is transporting a substance that may adhere to the plate so as to cover or discolor the plate or if the motor vehicle has a mechanical loading device that may damage the plate, the registration plate may be attached to the front of the motor vehicle.  Any motor vehicle of the age of 35 years or more from the date of manufacture may bear the license plates of the year of manufacture instead of the current registration plates, if the current registration plates are maintained within the vehicle and produced upon the request of any person.   The Division shall provide registered owners of motorcycles and motorcycle trailers with suitably reduced size registration plates."
  
       It is recommended that a copy of the above general statute [G.S. 20-63(d)] be kept in your vehicle along with the your current year license plate and registration just in case you need it. Not all law enforcement officials are familiar with this law and it could save you some time and frustration in trying to explain that this law does exist. Displaying the year of manufacture license plate not only helps provide the correct "look" for an antique, it can let people know, in a subtle way, the model year of your vehicle.
  The complete text of all of the North Carolina laws pertaining to motor vehicle may be found by clicking on logo --->  .
   
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