Get your insurance
Like most states in the Union, North Carolina requires car insurance. I remember back in the day, before computers linked every office and communications were instant, that one could occasionally let their insurance lapse for a few days and not get dinged for it. This is no longer the case, as I have received a plate surrender notice for merely switching insurance companies. The old company notified the state my policy was canceled, and the computer printed and mailed me a notice immediately before the info from the new company was processed. Now, I did not have to surrender my plates, I just had to send the notice back with my new policy information, but that doesn’t change the fact that NC knew the status of my car insurance instantly. And of course, they had already received the new info via computer before my return mail reached them.
What’s the moral of my little story? North Carolina is serious about car insurance, and if you don’t want to find yourself having to file an SR-22, don’t get caught with your pants down.
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