Chapter 66

The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Administrator. - The person responsible for the administrative or operational functions of vehicle value protection agreements, including, but not limited to, the adjudication of claims or benefit requests by contract holders. …

(a) Vehicle value protection agreements in compliance with this Article may be offered, sold, or given to consumers in this State. (b) A provider may perform as an administrator or may utilize a third-party administrator or other designee to be responsible for any and all of the …

Vehicle value protection agreements must disclose in writing and in clear, understandable language that is easy to read, all of the following: (1) The name and address of the provider, contract holder, and administrator, if any. (2) The terms of the vehicle value protection agree…

G.S. 66-473(5) and (7) shall not apply to vehicle value protection agreements offered in connection with a commercial transaction. (2021-172, s. 3.)

The Attorney General may take action necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of this Article and to protect vehicle value protection agreement consumers in this State. After proper notice and opportunity for hearing, the Attorney General may do the following: (1) Order…

Vehicle value protection agreements are not insurance and are exempt from the provisions of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes, as are persons administering, marketing, selling, or offering to sell vehicle value protection agreements to consumers. All vehicle value protection agr…

The General Assembly recognizes that many of its citizens rely heavily on the purchase of goods through online commerce. In order to protect the citizens of North Carolina from purchasing counterfeit or stolen goods from certain high-volume third-party sellers selling these goods…

The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Consumer product. - Any tangible personal property which is distributed in commerce and which is normally used for personal, family, or household purposes, including any property intended to be attached to or installed in real …

(a) No more than 10 days after a seller becomes a high-volume third-party seller on an online marketplace platform, the online marketplace shall require the high-volume third-party seller to provide all of the following information: (1) A bank account number or, if the high-volum…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an online marketplace shall require any high-volume third-party seller with an aggregate total of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more in annual gross revenues on its platform to provide to the online marketplace and …

(a) Information or documents collected solely to comply with the requirements of this Article shall not be used for any other purpose unless required by law. (b) An online marketplace shall implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices, including administrat…

(a) If the Attorney General has reason to believe that any online marketplace has violated or is violating this Article and the violation affects one or more residents of this State, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in any appropriate court to do any of the following…

If any person shall sell any article of forage or provision, of which inspection is required in accordance with this Article, without the same having been inspected as required, he shall, for every offense, forfeit and pay one hundred dollars ($100.00). The clear proceeds of pena…

(a) This Article shall be known as the Pornography Age Verification Enforcement Act or the PAVE Act. (b) The following definitions shall apply to this Article: (1) Commercial entity. - Corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, sole proprietors…

(a) Age Verification Required. - Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall, through use of (i) a commercially available datab…

(a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Prevent Sexual Exploitation of Women and Minors Act." (b) The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Authorized representative. - With respect to an individual: a. A person authorized in writing under State or oth…

(a) An online entity operator may not publish or allow a user to publish a pornographic image to the online entity unless the operator has verified that all of the following criteria are met for each individual appearing in the pornographic image: (1) The individual was not less …

(a) An online entity operator shall establish a procedure for removing a pornographic image from the online entity at the request of a person and designate one or more employees of the operator to be responsible for handling requests for removal of pornographic images. (b) An onl…

(a) A user of an online entity may not distribute or publish a pornographic image of an individual to the online entity without the consent of the individual. (b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, whether an individual has provided consent to the publishing of a por…

(a) Violations of this Article are subject to the imposition of civil penalties. In determining the amount of the penalty, the Attorney General shall consider the degree and extent of harm caused by the violation. A civil penalty under this Article shall accrue on a per day and p…

If any provision of this Article is held invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Article that can be given effect without the invalid or unenforceable provision or application and, to this end, the pro…

This Article may be cited as the Prohibit Litigation Investments Act. (2026-14, s. 1.)

The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Civil proceeding. - A civil action, arbitration, mediation, administrative proceeding, or other proceeding to resolve a civil legal claim. (2) Immediate family member. - Defined in G.S. 53-244.030. (3) Litigation investment. - …

It is unlawful for a person to engage in litigation investment in this State or to furnish litigation investment to a party or counsel of record in a civil proceeding in this State. (2026-14, s. 1.)

(a) A contract in violation of this Article is void. (b) The Attorney General may bring an action to enjoin violations of this Article. In this action, the court may also impose a civil penalty of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each violation of this Article. (c) A pe…

This Article shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose. (2026-14, s. 1.)

Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that the employee shall assign or offer to assign any of his rights in an invention to his employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his own time without using the employer's equipment,…

(a) An employer may not require a provision of an employment agreement made unenforceable under G.S. 66-57.1 as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer, in an employment agreement, may require that the employee report all inventions developed by the employe…

(a) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful for any unit, department, or agency of the State government, or any division or subdivision of the unit, department, or agency, or any individual employee or employees of the unit, department, or agency in his, her, or their …

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Electronic Commerce Act. The purpose of this Article is to facilitate electronic commerce with public agencies and regulate the application of electronic signatures when used in commerce with public agencies. (1998-127, s. 1.)

(a) The Secretary may promulgate rules under this Article. Such rules may include, but are not limited to: (1) Definitions, including, but not limited to, more technical definitions of "certification authority" and "electronic signature"; (2) The creation, accreditation, bonding,…

The Secretary is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized public agencies of other jurisdictions having a law substantially similar to this Article so as to further the purpose of this Article. (1998-127, s. 1.)

(a) Public agencies are encouraged to maximize citizen and business access to their services through the use of electronic and digital transactions. A public agency may determine, through program and transaction analysis, which of its services may be made available to the public …

The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) "Certification authority" means a person authorized by the Secretary to facilitate electronic commerce by vouching for the relationship between a person or public agency and that person's or public agency's electronic signature…

(a) The Department of Information Technology (DIT) shall develop the architecture, requirements, and standards for the development, implementation and operation of one or more centralized Web portals that will allow persons to access State government services on a 24-hour basis. …

All persons acting as a certification authority with respect to transactions under this Article shall be licensed by the Secretary prior to representing themselves or acting as a certification authority under this Article. Certification authority licensing standards set by the Se…

All public agencies may use and accept electronic signatures pursuant to this Article, pursuant to Article 40 of this Chapter (the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act), or pursuant to other law. (1998-127, s. 1; 2003-233, s. 1; 2007-119, s. 1.)

(a) An electronic signature contained in a transaction undertaken pursuant to this Article between a person and a public agency, or between public agencies, shall have the same force and effect as a manual signature provided all of the following requirements are met: (1) The publ…

(a) The Secretary may investigate complaints or other information indicating fraudulent or unlawful conduct that violates this Article or the rules promulgated thereunder. (b) The Superior Court Division of the General Court of Justice has jurisdiction and authority upon applicat…

The Secretary may assess a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation against any certification authority that violates a provision of this Article or any rule promulgated thereunder. In determining the amount of a penalty under this section, the …

(a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this Article, or who willfully violates any rule or order under this Article, with intent to defraud, is guilty of a Class I felony. (b) The Secretary shall provide such evidence as is available concerning criminal violations…

This Article shall not apply to any of the following: (1) Electronic signatures and facsimile signatures that are otherwise allowed by law. (2) The execution of documents filed with, issued, or entered by a court of the General Court of Justice. However, a document or transaction…

No master or commander of any vessel shall take on board any cask or barrel or other commodity, liable to inspection as aforesaid, without its being inspected and branded as required, under the penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense. The clear proceeds of penal…

Wherever any person, firm, or corporation, engaged in the business of merchandising any articles whatsoever, shall require of its agents, solicitors, salesmen, representatives, consignees, or peddlers, or other persons selling or handling its merchandise, as a condition precedent…

The manufacture or sale of antifreeze solutions which are designated, intended, advertised, or recommended by the manufacturer or seller for use in the cooling systems of motor vehicles or gasoline combustion engines, and which are compounded with calcium chloride, magnesium chlo…

(a) If any person fails to claim any garment, clothing, household article or other article delivered for laundering, cleaning or pressing to any laundry or dry cleaning establishment as defined in G.S. 105-85, or any dry cleaning establishment as defined in G.S. 105-74, for a per…

(a) Disposal Authorized. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 44A of the General Statutes, a person who repairs, alters, treats, or improves personal property in the ordinary course of his business pursuant to an express or implied contract with an owner or le…

(a) A person who is engaged in the business of selling used tangible personal property on consignment must keep a record of each piece of property consigned to that person for sale. The record must contain all of the following information: (1) A description of the property, inclu…

(a) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Customer. - Either of the following: a. A person who causes or caused a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, form, or pattern. b. A person who causes or caused a molder to use a die, mold…

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Computer technician" means any person who repairs, installs, or otherwise services any computer or computer network or system for compensation. (2) "Minor" has the same meaning as in G.S. 14-190.13. (3) "Processor of photographic images" means an…