Concord, NC

Concord ties lawn watering to a four-level water emergency scale set by the city manager. At Level II, irrigation is capped at two designated days a week between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00…

Concord caps weeds and grass near any dwelling or occupied structure at 8 inches; once it grows taller, the property is a declared public nuisance and must be cut back to 4 inches or…

Concord bans letting trees or vegetation obstruct traffic signs or block pedestrians and vehicles within a public street or right-of-way under City Code Sec. 50-306, and gives the city…

Concord's nuisance ordinance carves compost piles out of its garbage-and-putrescible-matter nuisance ban, so a properly maintained backyard compost pile is legal. Chicken owners face a…

Concord requires a tree canopy assessment before any tree removal or land clearing on new or expanding subdivisions of 30 or more dwelling units, per Concord Development Ordinance Sec…

Concord's Development Ordinance treats rain barrels and cisterns as one compliance path for Low Impact Development projects. Under CDO Sec. 9.11.7(C), Standard 4, Guideline 4.6, a…

Concord makes it unlawful to leave a vehicle abandoned on a public street for more than seven days, on city property over 24 hours, or on private property without consent for more than…

Concord requires vehicles parked on a street to sit parallel to the curb, headed in the direction of traffic, with the right wheels within 18 inches of the edge; parking against…

Concord bans transfer trucks, tractor-trailers and oil trucks of any size from parking on a residential street between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Tractor-trailers, cargo trucks and…

Concord bars recreational vehicles, trailers and boats stored on trailers from sitting on a predominantly residential public right-of-way or on the unpaved part of a front yard. The…

Concord's traffic engineer designates curb loading zones by sign and sets the hours each one operates. Inside a marked zone, a vehicle can stop only to load or unload materials, and…

Concord has no blanket overnight parking ban; restrictions apply street by street once the city posts signs under an official schedule kept by the city clerk. Section 58-303 lets the…

Concord lets single-family, duplex, triplex and quadplex owners park in the front yard only on an improved driveway or parking pad. The Concord Development Ordinance caps paved…

North Carolina's private-lot towing statute, G.S. 20-219.2, is not a statewide rule: it applies only in 13 named counties, including Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth, and…

Concord bans radios, stereos, and similar devices that stay plainly audible 30 feet away in a residential area, or 50 feet away in a commercial or industrial one, if they unreasonably…

Concord bans unreasonably loud and raucous noise from any animal or bird whose owner or caretaker lets it continue. There's no fixed decibel or duration test; a barking dog complaint…

Concord bars unreasonably loud and raucous construction, demolition or street-excavation noise outside 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays under City Code § 30-204(10). Emergency work is…

Concord's noise ordinance sets no decibel-meter threshold; instead § 30-204(5) bars radios, stereos and musical instruments that are plainly audible at 50 feet in commercial or…

Concord bars yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing in residential and noise-sensitive areas, and in public places, between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under City Code §…

Concord restricts internal-combustion power blowers, including gas leaf blowers, in residential and noise-sensitive areas between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under City Code § 30-204(12)…

Concord's noise ordinance separately caps vehicle horns and engine compression brakes. Section 30-204(2) bars sounding any horn or similar signaling device on a vehicle for more than…

Property inside Concord's Airport Overlay District near Concord Regional Airport carries a mandatory noise disclosure under Concord Development Ordinance Sec. 9.9.8. Sellers and their…

Concord bans all open burning within city limits under City Code Sec. 34-4(b), covering any fire whose smoke escapes without passing through a chimney or an air-pollution-control…

Concord bans possessing, storing, selling, or discharging any fireworks within city limits under City Code Sec. 34-2, except items exempted by North Carolina G.S. 14-414 (novelty items…

Concord allows open cooking, heating, religious, and ceremonial fires only inside a contained campfire pit or a container no bigger than a 55-gallon drum under City Code Sec…

Concord's minimum housing code requires a hardwired 120-volt smoke detector on every habitable floor level and in the basement of each dwelling unit under City Code Sec. 14-58(c)(2)…

North Carolina regulates propane storage statewide under G.S. Chapter 119, Article 5. The Board of Agriculture adopts a code of safety, NFPA 58 via 02 NCAC 38 .0700, governing the…

North Carolina vests statewide wildfire response and burn ban authority in the Commissioner of Agriculture and the State Forester, whose declared bans override local burn permits.

Any outdoor residential pool in Concord with 450 square feet or more of water surface, water at least 36 inches deep, or an electrically connected filter must be fully enclosed by a…

Concord allows private swimming pools as an accessory use in any residential district, but only outside the front yard and set back at least five feet from every lot line. Pools with…

Concord bans keeping or harboring cattle, sheep, goats, domestic fowl or swine anywhere within the city limits, with narrow exceptions for animals briefly held in a stockyard awaiting…

Concord's Development Ordinance regulates veterinary clinics and animal hospitals through its mixed-use (MX) zone district standards. Under CDO Section 9.3.12, item 8, every clinic…

Concord's zoning code lists 'Animal Grooming Establishment, no overnight boarding' as its own permitted use in the Use Table, separate from kennels and animal hospitals. A groomer that…

North Carolina law protects backyard beekeeping statewide. Under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-645, no county may ban owning five or fewer hives, and any city ordinance must permit up to five…

North Carolina sets statewide dangerous dog standards under N.C.G.S. Chapter 67, but specific leash requirements are delegated to counties and municipalities, which retain regulatory…

North Carolina restricts possession of native wildlife under Wildlife Resources Commission rules and sets statewide standards for inherently dangerous animals through county-level…

Concord's Development Ordinance caps a tiny home at 600 square feet of heated floor area and requires a permanent foundation. A tiny home on the same lot as a principal dwelling counts…

Concord's Development Ordinance sets placement, size and height standards for detached sheds and other accessory structures. On residential lots of two acres or less, a rear-yard shed…

Concord allows one accessory dwelling or accessory apartment per lot in districts where the Use Table permits the use. The unit is capped at 50% of the primary home's livable area or…

Concord caps home occupation client visits at 6 per day, one visit per client, restricts visiting hours to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and allows no more than 2 client vehicles on site at once…

Concord caps a Family Day Care Home at 12 children, counting both clients and the operator's own family members, and lists it as both a permitted accessory use and a home occupation in…

Concord allows specific home occupations, bookkeeping, tutoring, tailoring, catering and more, as an accessory use in residential districts under a Home Occupation Permit. The permit…

North Carolina has no cottage food law in the usual sense: there is no statutory sales cap, no annual gross-receipts ceiling, and no permit fee. Instead the state treats a home kitchen…

Concord's Development Ordinance bans barbed wire and above-ground electrified fencing in every zoning district citywide, covering residential yards along with commercial and industrial…

Concord caps front yard fences, including those on corner lots, at four feet, and bars any fence from standing inside the sight triangle at a driveway or street intersection. The…

Cabarrus County does not require a zoning permit to install a residential fence anywhere in the unincorporated county, per Section 6-9 of the Development Ordinance. Owners are still…

North Carolina imposes statewide sales tax on short-term rental accommodations and authorizes counties and cities to add room occupancy taxes only under specific state enabling…

Anyone buying, selling, or trading precious metals as a business inside Concord, North Carolina must first obtain a permit from the police chief under City Code Article VI. The permit…

Concord doesn't issue a general towing-company license. Instead, wrecker companies must be admitted to a police rotation list under rules set by the chief of police, and the city…

Operating a pawnshop or pawnbroker business in Concord requires a license from the chief of police under City Code Sec. 18-101, issued only after the applicant is vetted for good moral…

Concord requires city council approval and an annual privilege license before anyone may operate a massage business or adult establishment. Applicants submit a sworn application to the…

Concord's Development Ordinance keeps sexually oriented businesses and adult establishments 2,000 feet from each other, from schools, day cares, churches, parks and from any…

Concord's development ordinance requires a tattoo parlor to sit at least 300 feet from any other existing tattoo parlor, and applies the identical 300-foot spacing to body piercing…

Concord flatly bars motor vehicle repair, engine repair and vehicle display or restoration from operating as a home occupation in any residential zoning district under the Concord…

North Carolina regulates retail sale of vapor products and e-cigarettes under NCGS 14-313 and requires licensure under NCGS Chapter 105, while the federal Tobacco 21 law sets the…

Concord's public nuisance ordinance names public urination or defecation as one of the conduct triggers that turns a gathering or business into an unlawful public nuisance. Anyone who…

Concord bars pedestrians from crossing a street except by the shortest route straight across, at right angles to the curb, or inside a marked crosswalk. Downtown, in the central…

Concord makes it a crime to remain or wander in any public place for the purpose of engaging in illegal drug activity under City Code Sec. 42-9, listing specific behaviors like…

Concord bans specific aggressive forms of begging in public under City Code Sec. 42-10: forcing yourself on someone, repeating a request after being refused, cursing or insulting…

Concord bans skating, roller-blading and skateboarding on any city street, and on sidewalks within the fire limits and the Traditional Neighborhood Development districts, under City…

Concord allows open alcohol only inside the Downtown Concord Social District, and only between 11:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. daily. Drinks must be purchased from a district permittee, held…

Concord bans smoking and tobacco use throughout its entire parks system, including greenways, trails, playgrounds and any building on park grounds, even during private events held…

Concord's stormwater utility ordinance, Chapter 60 of the City Code, bans illicit discharges and connections to the municipal storm drain system and requires any property owner who…

Concord bars land-disturbing work that causes sediment or erosion damage under CDO Section 4.5, and any disturbance of an acre or more needs a sedimentation and erosion control permit…

Every development activity in Concord's Special Flood Hazard Areas needs a Floodplain Development Permit (ZCP) before work starts under CDO Section 4.7.6, and violating the floodplain…

New and substantially improved residential structures in Concord's Special Flood Hazard Areas must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated to the Regulatory Flood…

Concord's Development Ordinance prohibits overnight idling of trucks at truck terminal and support-facility sites, one of several supplemental standards those industrial-zoned uses…

Cabarrus County treats piers, docks, landings and ramps as "Development Activity" under Chapter 16 of the Development Ordinance, so any dock built within a Special Flood Hazard Area…

The Coastal Area Management Act, N.C.G.S. 113A-100 through 113A-134.3, requires CAMA permits for development in 20 coastal counties and Areas of Environmental Concern, preempting local…

Concord treats an overgrown vacant lot as a public nuisance once grass, weeds, or noxious growth top 12 inches, and requires it be cut back to 6 inches or less. Every vacant lot in the…

Concord's zoning enforcement officer or fire inspector can condemn any building that is especially dangerous from fire risk, structural decay, unsafe wiring, or poor egress, tagging it…

Concord bars unreasonably loud and raucous noise from a commercial establishment, including its outdoor patio or area, between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when it is plainly audible…

Concord requires a motor vehicle burglar alarm to shut off within 15 minutes of activation unless an emergency exists, under City Code § 30-204(4)(b). An owner whose alarm falsely or…

Concord makes unreasonably loud and raucous noise from loading or unloading a vehicle at a business or residence a per se noise violation under City Code § 30-204(9). Unlike the…

Downtown Concord's Center City (CC) District requires new and renovated buildings to use brick or brick-colored walls, bans metal siding and vinyl on ground floors, and mandates…

Concord's Development Ordinance grants a density bonus of 10% more lots, or one additional lot, whichever is greater, to residential subdivisions of at least four new lots in RE, RL…

Concord lets you cook over an open flame at home under City Code Sec. 34-4(c)(2), but only with naturally cut wood, charcoal, propane, or natural gas, never construction debris or leaf…

Concord bars cyclists from sidewalks citywide except in residentially zoned areas or within 300 feet of a school or the Boys and Girls Club while it's operating. Motorized scooters…

North Carolina runs two entirely separate regimes, and which one you are in is decided by five miles per hour. A golf cart is defined as a vehicle not capable of exceeding 20 mph, and…

Concord bans camping, pitching tents or temporary shelters, and lighting campfires or bonfires on any city-owned property, including rights-of-way and sidewalks, under City Code Sec…

Concord bans tossing a used hypodermic needle or syringe straight into the trash. Before it goes in a rollout cart, City Code Section 46-33(a)(4) requires breaking or destroying the…

Concord's minimum housing code makes rodent control the property owner's job. City Code Sec. 14-62 requires basement and cellar openings to be screened or otherwise rodent-proofed and…

Concord picks up residential garbage and yard waste once a week and recyclables and bulky items every other week, under City Code Section 46-37. Everything must go in the city-issued…

Before city crews collect your solid waste, Concord's Code Section 46-33(a) requires garbage drained of liquid and tied in plastic bags, a 220-pound cart weight cap, and hazardous or…

Concord limits when and how you can set out your rollout cart: it must be at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day, cannot go out before 5 p.m. the evening prior, and must come back in…

Concord makes it unlawful to throw, place or deposit garbage or refuse of any kind on public or private property, or to let it pile up on your own premises longer than necessary, under…

Concord collects up to ten cubic yards of bulky waste and construction debris curbside at no charge every other week, but anything over that limit needs a rented roll-off container…

Concord provides single-family residences a rollout recycling cart collected every other week, alongside weekly garbage service, under Sec. 46-32(2) of the Code of Ordinances…

Before recyclables go in Concord's rollout cart, they must be drained of liquid and rinsed of food residue, placed loose rather than bagged, and, for cardboard, cut or folded to fit…

Concord collects grass, trimmings and leaves in biodegradable paper bags weighing no more than 35 pounds, or in labeled personal containers up to 44 gallons, on the weekly garbage day…

Commercial dumpsters in Concord must sit inside a fully screened, solid-opaque enclosure with latching gates, can't go in a front yard setback or street buffer yard, and need a lid to…

Concord bars erecting or leaving any obstruction in a public street, right-of-way, easement or sidewalk that interferes with foot or vehicle traffic, under City Code Section 50-41. An…

Concord requires anyone placing or keeping a fixed object in a public right-of-way or sidewalk to first get an encroachment agreement, unless a separate city permit already covers it…

A Concord restaurant needs a sidewalk dining encroachment agreement from the city manager before putting tables outside. The rules limit service to the restaurant's own customers, ban…

Concord bans any parade on a city street or sidewalk without a permit from the chief of police. Organizers must apply 48 to 72 hours ahead and pay for any extra police protection the…

Concord's code defines a block party as a type of festival, and a fixed-location festival counts as a regulated public assembly. Organizers need a permit from the chief of police…

Festival organizers in Concord must disclose planned alcohol, music and retail vendors on their permit application, and alcohol sales are allowed only with $1,000,000 in insurance, ABC…

Concord's housing code officer may enter and inspect any dwelling, dwelling unit or premises at reasonable times after presenting proper credentials under City Code Sec. 14-42. Owners…

Concord will not connect any property to Concord Utilities water or sewer service unless the owner has first obtained a plumbing permit from the appropriate permitting agency, with…

Concord regulates all building construction, alteration, repair and demolition under the North Carolina State Building Code, adopted by reference in Volumes I through X, plus the 1993…

Concord's Development Ordinance requires any child care center, adult day care center or family day care home to secure a Zoning Clearance Permit or Certificate of Compliance, enclose…

Concord lets residents opt out of door-to-door solicitation entirely: post a waterproof, roughly 3-by-4-inch card reading 'NO SOLICITORS INVITED' near the main entrance under City Code…

Selling food or beverages from a pushcart or trailer on Concord's downtown sidewalks requires a permit from the planning and neighborhood development department under City Code Sec…

Concord allows food trucks by right in every commercial, industrial and mixed-use zoning district, plus in multi-family developments with available parking, under CDO § 8.3.5.Q…

Concord requires food truck operators to hold either a Certificate of Compliance for regular, ongoing service or a Temporary Use Permit for intermittent or one-time events, both issued…

Concord closes unlit park areas at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (8:30 p.m. during daylight saving) and closes lit facilities such as basketball and tennis courts at 11:00 p.m…

North Carolina permits cities and counties to enact juvenile curfews under general police power but requires constitutional safeguards under state law.

Concord's Sec. 42-33 requires yard sale signs to follow the city's Concord Development Ordinance sign standards. Under those rules a temporary sign cannot go in the street…

Concord allows larger billboards along Interstate 85 than anywhere else in the city. Off-premise outdoor advertising signs facing I-85 may reach 378 square feet, while billboards along…

Concord's Development Ordinance caps window signs at 30% of first-floor glazed frontage in the Center City district and requires a sign permit for multiple window displays there…

Concord treats political campaign signs as Type 1 Freestanding Temporary Signs under CDO Sec. 12.3.3(B): capped at 6 square feet per side and 4 feet tall, one per parcel, mounted only…

Concord permits an existing static billboard to convert to a digital display face only under CDO Section 12.5.3, and only if it already sits within 100 feet of a limited access highway…

Concord allows no more than three yard sales per calendar year at the same residence when held by the same family, and caps each sale at two consecutive days or 16 hours within a…

Concord's Housing Code sets minimum fitness standards for every dwelling in the city, including a 68-degree minimum heat requirement each winter and room-size minimums starting at 150…

For nonpayment of rent, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-3 requires a 10-day demand for past-due rent before the lease term is forfeited. The landlord then files summary ejectment under Article 3…

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-46 caps residential late fees on monthly rent at $15 or 5% of the monthly rent, whichever is greater, and bars charging the fee until rent is at least five days…

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-14 sets notice periods to end periodic tenancies: seven days for month-to-month, two days for week-to-week, and one month or more before the year ends for…

North Carolina law preempts local rent control. Under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-14.1, no county or city may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance that regulates the amount of rent…

North Carolina restricts cities from requiring residential rental registration, permits, or fees absent a specific qualifying public safety problem.

North Carolina caps a residential security deposit by tenancy length under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-51: two weeks' rent for week-to-week, one and one-half months' rent for month-to-month…

North Carolina recognizes adverse possession after 20 years of open, continuous possession under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-40, or after 7 years if the possessor holds under color of title…

Concord's Development Ordinance requires nonresidential and multifamily lighting to be designed so light is directed away from public rights-of-way and residential areas. Mixed-Use…

Concord bans LED and electronic reader boards on standard billboards outright. The only path to an illuminated digital billboard face is the narrow conversion process in CDO Section…

Concord's Development Ordinance requires exterior lighting installed for any accessory use or structure, garages, sheds, pools, and tennis courts, to be positioned so it does not…

Concord caps building height by zoning district in Table 7.6.2-A, from 35 feet in the AG, RE, RL, RM-1 and RM-2 residential districts up to 75 feet in the City Center district and 72…

Concord's Development Ordinance limits impervious coverage through the Impervious Surface Ratio column of Table 7.6.2-A, ranging from no district-wide cap in the large-lot AG through…

Concord's Development Ordinance measures every building setback from the furthest wall projection to the property line, not from the foundation, and keeps that gap unobstructed from…

Concord requires a conservation-subdivision HOA to build a dispute-resolution mechanism into its founding documents before the City approves the plat. CDO Sec. 9.13.7(B), item 6…

Concord's Development Ordinance requires an HOA formed to own a conservation subdivision's open space to build assessment authority into its founding documents. Under CDO Sec…

Concord requires mandatory HOA membership and City-approved governing documents for any conservation subdivision whose open space is owned by a homeowners association. CDO Sec…

North Carolina's Planned Community Act requires HOAs to hold at least one association meeting each year (G.S. 47F-3-108) with 10-60 days' advance notice stating the agenda, and to give…

North Carolina law overrides certain HOA restrictions. G.S. 22B-20 voids covenants that prohibit residential solar collectors (with narrow visibility exceptions). G.S. 47F-3-121…

North Carolina suspends an HOA's power to require landscaping irrigation once the area is designated severe, extreme, or exceptional drought and a government body has imposed water…

State law strips North Carolina homeowners associations of power to block the American or state flag on a member's own lot. G.S. 47F-3-121(1) voids any covenant restriction on a flag…

North Carolina's G.S. 47F-3-107.1 requires due process before an HOA can fine an owner. A hearing must be held before the executive board or an adjudicatory panel, with notice of the…

North Carolina lets a homeowners association foreclose on a house without ever filing a lawsuit. Under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47F-3-116, an assessment unpaid for 30 days can be turned into…

Concord's Development Ordinance requires an 8-foot-wide street yard along residential streets, with one shade tree for every 40 to 50 feet of frontage, planted in the right-of-way…

Concord's City Council may designate individual properties as historic landmarks after Historic Preservation Commission review, and demolition of a designated landmark can be delayed…

Concord allows accessory solar energy systems by right in every zoning district that permits structures, but every installation needs Administrator plan approval with to-scale drawings…

North Carolina voids any deed restriction, covenant, or HOA agreement that bans, or effectively bans, solar collectors on residential property, under G.S. 22B-20. The protection covers…

Concord's Development Ordinance keeps a named list of invasive exotic plants out of Low Impact Development landscaping. Sec. 9.11.11 flags vines, grasses, shrubs and trees such as…

Cabarrus County's Development Ordinance exempts bona fide farms, owner-operated or leased, from its zoning provisions under Section 1-4, and creates a dedicated Agricultural/Open Space…

North Carolina protects established agricultural and forestry operations from nuisance lawsuits under NCGS 106-701, the Right to Farm Act, with strict limits on plaintiff eligibility…

North Carolina repealed its state commercial drone operator permit and knowledge test effective December 1, 2024, so commercial pilots now need only the FAA Part 107 remote pilot…

North Carolina General Statute 15A-300.1 and related laws set statewide rules for unmanned aircraft, banning drone surveillance without consent and weaponized drones, while federal law…

North Carolina has no statewide predictive scheduling law and effectively preempts local fair workweek or predictive scheduling ordinances through its Wage and Hour Act framework.

North Carolina issues concealed handgun permits through county sheriffs under NCGS 14-415.10 and recognizes reciprocity with many states; permitless carry is not authorized statewide.

North Carolina preempts local governments from regulating firearms, ammunition, and concealed handgun permitting beyond what state law expressly allows under NCGS 14-409.40.

North Carolina generally permits open carry of handguns and long guns without a permit, but local discharge ordinances and posted-property restrictions may apply under state law.

North Carolina permits transporting firearms in a vehicle, but a handgun carried concealed within reach generally requires a concealed handgun permit under NCGS 14-269 and 14-415.10.

North Carolina lets exempt nonprofits run bingo and raffles under Chapter 14, Part 2's charitable-gaming statutes. Bingo requires a $200 annual license from the Alcohol Law Enforcement…

North Carolina's gambling law, N.C.G.S. § 14-292, makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for anyone to bet money, property, or anything of value on a game of chance, whether the wager is…

North Carolina legalized sports wagering under G.S. Chapter 18C, Article 9, effective March 2024. The State Lottery Commission licenses online and in-person sportsbooks; interactive…

North Carolina is one of the few states whose legislature expressly authorized sobriety and license checkpoints by statute. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-16.3A lets any law enforcement agency…

North Carolina never enacted an express right to record police, and it never enacted a buffer law either. What it has is a one-party consent wiretap statute: N.C. Gen. Stat. §…

North Carolina has no general stop-and-identify statute. A pedestrian stopped on the street commits no offense by declining to give a name, and the state's entire vagrancy article…

North Carolina is one of the few states that wrote consent searches into statute instead of leaving them to case law. Article 9 of Chapter 15A defines consent as a statement to the…

North Carolina has no statewide ban on plastic straws and does not authorize local governments to ban single-use plastic straws or other utensils.

Federal law sets the minimum tobacco purchase age at 21 nationwide, but North Carolina's own statute, NCGS 14-313, still sets the state age at 18, so retailers must follow the stricter…

North Carolina has not enacted a statewide flavored tobacco or flavored vape ban, and no state law authorizes local governments to ban flavored tobacco products, leaving flavor rules…

North Carolina lets any motor vehicle carry up to two spot lamps and up to two front auxiliary driving lamps, and it caps every other added lamp at 25 candlepower unless the beam is…

North Carolina has no statute telling you where a dash cam may be mounted. Part 9 of Article 3 of Chapter 20 regulates the windshield only for tint and for safety glass, and nothing in…

North Carolina has never authorised lane splitting and has never written a section that uses the phrase. The motorcycle lane statute, G.S. 20-146.1, entitles a motorcycle to the full…

North Carolina bans anything over a plate that makes part of it unreadable, and it names frames and clear covers specifically. G.S. 20-63(g) makes it an infraction to cover a plate…

North Carolina has no statute regulating radar detectors in a private passenger vehicle. The words radar and detector appear nowhere in the 868 sections of Chapter 20, the Motor…

North Carolina lets you run studded tires on any day of the year. G.S. 20-122(b) permits studs on regular and snow tires "for increased safety" so long as they project no more than one…

North Carolina allows aftermarket tint on any window except the windshield down to 35% total light transmission, with reflectance of 20% or less and no red, yellow or amber film. The…