Car Talk
Getting vehicle registration, inspections, licenses and permits
N.C. license-plate agencies handle vehicle registrations, titles and ... license plates. There are three of these offices in Cumberland County. Their addresses and phone numbers are:
815 Elm St., Fayetteville; 485-1590.
316C Spring Lake Plaza, Spring Lake; 497-3707.
Hope Mills Shopping Plaza, N.C. 59, Hope Mills; 424-2500.
If you need a driver's license, you need to go to a ... driver's license office. There are two of these offices in the county:
2439 Gillespie St., Fayetteville; 486- 1353.
Eutaw Village Shopping Center, 841 Elm St., Fayetteville; 484-6249.
Note: You must be at least 18 to get a regular driver's license. But you can get a learner's permit at 15 and a provisional driver's license at 16.
For more information about state
motor vehicle laws, go to the N.C.
Division of Motor Vehicles' Web site:
www.ncdot.org/dmv.
Car inspections
If you need to get your car inspected, it'll cost you $9.10 if the car is a 1995 model or earlier. For newer cars, which have to undergo an emissions test as well as a safety inspection, the total cost is $30.
If your car fails the emissions test, you've got to get the problem fixed or spend at least $200 trying. At that point, if the car still fails the emissions test, you can apply for a one-year waiver. More information: check the "vehicle services" section of DMV's Web site.