---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seizure of Documents and Plates."
description: "Seizure of Documents and Plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1404"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1404 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FOLWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ee7b320-9c09-42ab-82e5-8de450a92b59"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1404&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4a47a30e703e1f2d57bd97dc38b188961b8d947e193b076801baaec898bfce1e"
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 HB 1404 (2005) — Seizure of Documents and Plates.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1404v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1404v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1404v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1404v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1404v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1404v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1404v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-07** Ch. SL 2005-357 `became-law`
- **2005-09-07** Signed By Gov. 9/7/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Engrossed
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-06** Rec From House
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ee7b320-9c09-42ab-82e5-8de450a92b59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).