Are studded tires legal in North Carolina?

North Carolina law sets no seasonal dates for studded tires. North Carolina allows regular and snow tires with studs on any vehicle with no seasonal limit, as long as the studs stick out no more than one sixteenth of an inch beyond the tread when compressed. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-122(b) reads: "It shall be permissible to use upon any vehicle for increased safety, regular and snow tires with studs which project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire not more than one sixteenth of an inch when compressed."

North Carolina law sets no start or end date, so the conditions in the statute apply all year. Studs may project no more than one sixteenth of an inch beyond the tread when compressed.

Studs may project no more than one sixteenth of an inch beyond the tread when compressed. Farm machinery may use tires with protuberances that will not injure the highway.

Tire chains of reasonable size may be used on any vehicle when snow, ice or other conditions make sliding or skidding likely. The statute reads: "it shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to slide or skid."

Virginia, October 15 through April 15; Tennessee, October 1 through April 15; South Carolina, no seasonal dates. Each state's page quotes its own statute.