North Carolina
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Licenses and IDs
Renew a driver licenseNorth Carolina lets you renew online every other time. Check in 4 questions.Fee $6.50 a year: $52 for 8 years · 10 min online, or 1 visitReplace a lost or stolen licenseLost, stolen or damaged? Most people can order one online for $16.75.Fee $16.75 · 10 min online, or 1 visitGet a learner permitTeens from 15 with driver ed, adults any time. Knowledge, signs and vision tests.Fee $25.50 · 1 visitTake the road testAt a driver license office or a certified driving school. Check you're ready.Fee No NCDMV test fee; a school sets its own price · 1 visitChange your addressNorth Carolina gives you 60 days, and a new card is required. $16.75 online.Fee $16.75 for the new card · 10 min onlineMoving to North CarolinaLicense within 60 days, then title and plates at a license plate agency.Fee License $6.50 a year, plus title, plates and a 3% highway-use tax (capped at $250 for a car titled in your name in another state for 90+ days) · 2 visits: license office, then plate agencyGet a REAL IDLook for the star in the upper right. No extra fee at renewal time.Fee No extra fee · 1 visit, if you need it
Your car
Renew car registrationInspect within 90 days first, then pay the registration and property tax together. 2 questions.Fee $46.25 plus county property tax · 10 min onlineBuy or sell a carThe seller keeps the plate. The buyer titles it within 28 days. 2 questions.Fee $66.75 title, plus 3% highway-use tax · Within 28 days of the saleCar inspectionA yearly safety inspection everywhere, plus emissions in 19 counties. See what yours needs.Fee $13.60, or up to $30 with emissions · Once a year, within 90 days of renewal