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4 sections in this chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99-1 Libel against newspaper; defamation by or through radio or television station; notice before action
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(a) Before any action, either civil or criminal, is brought for the publication, in a newspaper or periodical, of a libel, the plaintiff or prosecutor shall at least five days before instituting such action serve notice in writing on the defendant, specifying the article and the …
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99-2 Effect of publication or broadcast in good faith and retraction
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(a) If it appears upon the trial that said article was published in good faith, that its falsity was due to an honest mistake of the facts, and that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the statements in said article were true, and that within 10 days after the servic…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99-3 Anonymous communications
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The two preceding sections [G.S. 99-1 and 99-2] shall not apply to anonymous communications and publications. (1901, c. 557, s. 3; Rev., s. 2014; C.S., s. 2431.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99-5 Negligence in permitting defamatory statements by others essential to liability of operator, etc., of broadcasting station
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The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for any damage for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a v…
