14B NCAC 07A .0114      IMPARTIAL USE OF SERVICES

The Patrol shall use wrecker services to tow disabled, seized, wrecked, or abandoned vehicles. Members of the Patrol shall assure the impartial use of wrecker services through compliance with this Subchapter. In no event shall any member recommend any wrecker service, motor club, or automobile membership service to the owner or driver of a wrecked or disabled vehicle, nor shall any member recommend the services of a particular wrecker service, motor club, or automobile membership service in the performance of his or her duties. Members shall, whenever possible and practicable, dispatch the wrecker service requested by the motorist requiring such services.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 20-184; 20-187; 20-188;

Temporary Adoption Eff. June 9, 2000;

Eff. April 1, 2001;

Transferred from 14A NCAC 09H .0319 Eff. June 1, 2013;

Readopted Eff. January 1, 2019.