Amends GS 20-­54 to prohibit the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) from registering, issuing a certificate of title, or transferring registration when a city has notified the Division that the owner of the vehicle has unpaid parking fines.

Amends GS 160A-­301 to authorize a city to notify the DMV that a person has failed to pay parking fines, and directs the DMV to refuse registration, issuance of certificate of title, or transfer of registration for that person's vehicles until the person has paid the fine or is making a good-­faith effort to do so, or has shown that he or she is not the person who owes the fine.

Effective December 1, 2019, and applies to fines imposed on or after that date.