---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Vehicle Lien/Title."
description: "Electronic Vehicle Lien/Title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "North Carolina SB 407 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DMV", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LIENS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brunstetter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-25"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a83bca-0bf1-4711-a3d0-b72e7f785140"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S407&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d29b9789eba6608aae1a73c57f96262aad3876c0f99be77cd30c759d43cdfa01"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 407 (2013) — Electronic Vehicle Lien/Title.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-341 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 07/16/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-15** Ratified
- **2013-07-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-10** Postponed To 07/11/2013
- **2013-07-10** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-03** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** Ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a83bca-0bf1-4711-a3d0-b72e7f785140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).