The North Carolina License Plate Agency has reopened in Spruce Pine. The office closed in October due to the retirement of longtime operator Sabra Franklin.
Mitchell County and the NC Division of Motor Vehicles negotiated a changeover of operations and the agency is now a county department.
The office is located in the Spruce Pine Shopping Center and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Shelley Buchanan, the former Spruce Pine Town Clerk, and her assistant Taylor Marchese is operating the department.
The License Tag Agency has a new webpage at mitchellcountync.gov/departments/license-tag-agency which features information about the office, its employees, and links to important DMV information and forms. The phone number is (828) 520-1134.