High Point, NC Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Administrator
- High Point Dept. of Transportation
- Evidence standard
- Photos are prima facie evidence
- Response window
- 21 days to contest
- Late-notice cutoff
- 90 days after violation
- Points assessed
- None: civil only
Summary
High Point City Code § 10-1-306 authorizes a traffic control photographic system, under which camera images serve as prima facie evidence of running a red light and civil citations issue to the vehicle's registered owner.
(a)Administration. The City of High Point shall implement a system for capturing traffic control violations, as defined under G.S. 20-158, with a traffic control photographic system that will use the photographic images as prima facie evidence of the traffic violations and will authorize the High Point Department of Transportation or an agent of the department to issue civil citations. ... (b)(1)It shall be unlawful for a vehicle to cross the stop line at a system location when the traffic signal for that vehicle's direction of travel is emitting a steady red light...
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9 | Development Ordinance: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
The High Point Department of Transportation administers the red-light camera program authorized under N.C.G.S. § 20-158, maintaining the list of system locations. A vehicle owner is presumed responsible for crossing the stop line on a steady red light unless the owner names the actual driver or reports the vehicle stolen within 30 days, or unless notice arrives more than 90 days after the violation. Violations are civil, not criminal, and carry no DMV or insurance points.
Violations & Fines
Civil penalty under § 10-1-306(c) and § 1-1-4; failing to pay or respond within 21 days waives the right to contest and triggers the civil penalty automatically.
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