§ 20-42. Authority to administer oaths and certify copies of records.
§ 20‑42. Authority toadminister oaths and certify copies of records.
(a) Officers andemployees of the Division designated by the Commissioner are, for the purposeof administering the motor vehicle laws, authorized to administer oaths andacknowledge signatures, and shall charge for the acknowledgment of signatures afee according to the following schedule:
(1) One signature $2.00
(2) Two signatures 3.00
(3) Three or moresignatures 4.00
Funds received under theprovisions of this subsection shall be used to defray a part of the costs ofdistribution of license plates, registration certificates and certificates oftitle issued by the Division.
(b) The Commissionerand officers of the Division designated by the Commissioner may prepare underthe seal of the Division and deliver upon request a certified copy of anydocument of the Division for a fee. The fee for a document, other than anaccident report under G.S. 20‑166.1, is ten dollars ($10.00). The fee foran accident report is five dollars ($5.00). A certified copy shall beadmissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the originalthereof, without further certification. The certification fee does not apply toa document furnished for official use to a judicial official or to an official ofthe federal government, a state government, or a local government. (1937, c. 407, s. 7; 1955, c.480; 1961, c. 861, s. 1; 1967, c. 691, s. 41; c. 1172; 1971, c. 749; 1975, c.716, s. 5; 1977, c. 785; 1979, c. 801, s. 7; 1981, c. 690, ss. 22, 23; 1991, c.689, s. 331; 1995, c. 191, s. 8; 2005‑276, s. 44.1(h).)