(A) Issuance. The Clerk shall serve as registrar of motor vehicles for the purposes of this chapter. The registrar of motor vehicles shall issue town motor vehicle license decals in his or her office each year, beginning the first business day in January.
(B) Fee. An annual license fee in the amount established by the Board of Commissioners is hereby imposed on each and every motor vehicle in the town. The fee shall be payable at the town office with the town tax bill.
(C) Decal or plate. Upon the payment of the fee, the Clerk shall issue a license decal or metal license plate bearing the word “Fairmont,” the year and a number. The decal or metal license plate shall be displayed by the owner thereof on the vehicle in the following appropriate manner: in the lower right-hand corner of the windshield not more than 1 inch from the bottom and not more than 1 inch from the right edge; or on the front of the automobile properly and securely attached to the license plate bracket provided by the automobile manufacturer or in some manner approved by the Chief of Police. The decal or metal license plate shall be displayed on all vehicles in the town not later than February 15 of each and every year. A different number shall be imprinted upon all town motor vehicle license decals or metal plates issued each year. Decals shall be kept in position until replaced by the following year’s decal.
(1988 Code, § 14-4)
Statutory reference:
Vehicle licenses authorized, see G.S. §§ 20-97, 160A-213