§ 20-279.1. Definitions. - North Carolina Statutes

Article9A.

Motor Vehicle Safety andFinancial Responsibility Act of 1953.

§ 20‑279.1. Definitions.

The following words andphrases, when used in this Article, shall, for the purposes of this Article,have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except inthose instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1)        Repealed by SessionLaws 1973, c. 1330, s. 39.

(2)        Repealed by SessionLaws 1991, c. 726, s. 20.

(3)        "Judgment":Any judgment which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of thetime within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmationon appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of theUnited States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenanceor use of any motor vehicle, for damages, including damages for care and lossof services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damagesbecause of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof,or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages.

(4)        to (6) Repealed bySession Laws 1973, c. 1330, s. 39.

(7)        "Nonresident'soperating privilege": The privilege conferred upon a nonresident by thelaws of this State pertaining to the operation by him of a motor vehicle inthis State.

(8)        to (10) Repealed bySession Laws 1973, c. 1330, s. 39.

(11)      "Proof offinancial responsibility": Proof of ability to respond in damages forliability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective dateof said proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motorvehicle, in the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) because of bodilyinjury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject to said limitfor one person, in the amount of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) because ofbodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and inthe amount of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) because of injury toor destruction of property of others in any one accident. Nothing containedherein shall prevent an insurer and an insured from entering into a contract,not affecting third parties, providing for a deductible as to property damageat a rate approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.

(12)      Repealed by SessionLaws 1973, c. 1330, s. 39. (1953, c. 1300, s. 1; 1955, c. 1152, s. 3; c. 1355;1967, c. 277, s. 1; 1971, c. 1205, s. 1; 1973, c. 745, s. 1; c. 1330, s. 39;1979, c. 832, s. 1; 1991, c. 469, s. 1; c. 726, s. 20; 1999‑228, s. 1.)