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NC Gen Stat § 14-417 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 55 - Regulation of Certain Reptiles.|§ 14-417 - Regulation of ownership or use of venomous reptiles.

 14-417. Regulation of ownership or use of venomous reptiles.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess, use, transport, or traffic in any venomous reptile that is not housed in a sturdy and secure enclosure. Enclosures shall be designed to be escape-proof, bite-proof, and have an operable lock.(b) Each enclosure shall be clearly and visibly labeled "Venomous Reptile Inside" with scientific name, common name, appropriate antivenin, and owner's identifying information noted on the container. A written bite protocol that includes emergency contact information, local animal control office, the name and location of suitable antivenin, first aid procedures, and treatment guidelines, as well as an escape recovery plan must be within sight of permanent housing, and a copy must accompany the transport of any venomous reptile.(c) In the event of an escape of a venomous reptile, the owner or possessor of the venomous reptile shall immediately notify local law enforcement.  (1949, c. 1084, s. 2; 2009-344, s. 1; 2013-413, s. 38(a); 2014-115, s. 17; 2019-204, s. 10(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-417.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 55 - Regulation of Certain Reptiles.|§ 14-417.1 - Regulation of ownership or use of large constricting snakes.

 14-417.1. Regulation of ownership or use of large constricting snakes.(a) As used in this Article, large constricting snakes shall mean: Reticulated Python, Python reticulatus; Burmese Python, Python molurus; African Rock Python, Python sebae; Amethystine Python, Morelia amethistina; and Green Anaconda, Eunectes murinus; or any of their subspecies or hybrids.(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess, use, transport, or traffic in any of the large constricting snakes that are not housed in a sturdy and secure enclosure. Enclosures shall be designed to be escape-proof and shall have an operable lock.(c) Each enclosure shall be labeled clearly and visibly with the scientific name, common name, number of specimens, and owner's identifying information. A written safety protocol and escape recovery plan shall be within sight of permanent housing, and a copy shall accompany the transport of any of the large constricting snakes. The safety protocol shall include emergency contact information, identification of the local animal control office, and first aid procedures.(d) In the event of an escape of a large constricting snake, the owner or possessor shall immediately notify local law enforcement.  (2009-344, s. 1; 2019-204, s. 10(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-417.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 55 - Regulation of Certain Reptiles.|§ 14-417.2 - Regulation of ownership or use of crocodilians.

 14-417.2. Regulation of ownership or use of crocodilians.(a) All crocodilians, excluding the American alligator, shall be regulated under this Article. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess, use, transport, or traffic in any crocodilian that is not housed in a sturdy and secure enclosure. Permanent enclosures shall be designed to be escape-proof and have a fence of sufficient strength to prevent contact between an observer and the crocodilian and shall have an operable lock. Transport containers shall be designed to be escape-proof and shall be locked.(b) A written safety protocol and escape recovery plan shall be within sight of permanent housing, and a copy must accompany the transport of any crocodilian.(c) In the event of the escape of a crocodilian, the owner or possessor shall immediately notify local law enforcement.  (2009-344, s. 1; 2019-204, s. 10(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-418 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 55 - Regulation of Certain Reptiles.|§ 14-418 - Prohibited handling of reptiles or suggesting or inducing others to handle.

 14-418. Prohibited handling of reptiles or suggesting or inducing others to handle.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to handle any reptile regulated under this Article in a manner that intentionally or negligently exposes another person to unsafe contact with the reptile.(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally or negligently suggest, entice, invite, challenge, intimidate, exhort or otherwise induce or aid any person to handle or expose himself in an unsafe manner to any reptile regulated under this Article.(c) Safe and responsible handling of reptiles for purposes of animal husbandry, exhibition, training, transport, and education is permitted under this section.  (1949, c. 1084, s. 3; 2009-344, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-421 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 55 - Regulation of Certain Reptiles.|§ 14-421 - Exemptions from provisions of Article.

 14-421. Exemptions from provisions of Article.This Article shall not apply to the possession, exhibition, or handling of reptiles by employees or agents of duly constituted veterinarians, zoos, serpentariums, museums, laboratories, educational or scientific institutions, public and private, in the course of their educational or scientific work, or Wildlife Damage Control Agents in the course of the work for which they are approved by the Wildlife Resources Commission.  (1949, c. 1084, s. 6; 2009-344, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-422 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 55 - Regulation of Certain Reptiles.|§ 14-422 - Criminal penalties and civil remedies for violation.

 14-422. Criminal penalties and civil remedies for violation.(a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.(b) If any person, other than the owner of a venomous reptile, large constricting snake, or crocodilian, the owner's agent, employee, or a member of the owner's immediate family, suffers a life threatening injury or is killed as the result of a violation of this Article, the owner of the reptile shall be guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor. This subsection shall not apply to violations that result from incidents that could not have been prevented or avoided by the owner's exercise of due care or foresight, such as natural disasters or other acts of God, or in the case of thefts of the reptile from the owner.(c) Any person intentionally releasing into the wild a nonnative venomous reptile, a large constricting snake, or a crocodilian shall be guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.(d) Violations of this Article as set forth in subsections (b) or (c) of this section shall constitute wanton conduct within the meaning of G.S. 1D-5(7) and subject the violator to punitive damages in any civil action that may be filed as a result of the violator's actions.  (1949, c. 1084, s. 7; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 289; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2009-344, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-423 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 56 - Debt Adjusting.|§ 14-423 - Definitions.

 14-423. Definitions.As used in this Article, the following definitions apply:(1) "Debt adjuster" means a person who engages in, attempts to engage in, or offers to engage in the practice or business of debt adjusting.(2) "Debt adjusting" means entering into or making a contract, express or implied, with a particular debtor whereby the debtor agrees to pay a certain amount of money periodically to the person engaged in the debt adjusting business and that person, for consideration, agrees to distribute, or distributes the same among certain specified creditors in accordance with a plan agreed upon. Debt adjusting includes the business or practice of any person who holds himself out as acting or offering or attempting to act for consideration as an intermediary between a debtor and his creditors for the purpose of settling, compounding, or in any way altering the terms of payment of any debt of a debtor, and to that end receives money or other property from the debtor, or on behalf of the debtor, for the payment to, or distribution among, the creditors of the debtor. Debt adjusting also includes the business or practice of debt settlement or foreclosure assistance whereby any person holds himself or herself out as acting for consideration as an intermediary between a debtor and the debtor's creditors for the purpose of reducing, settling, or altering the terms of the payment of any debt of the debtor, whether or not the person distributes the debtor's funds or property among the creditors, and receives a fee or other consideration for reducing, settling, or altering the terms of the payment of the debt in advance of the debt settlement having been completed or in advance of all the services agreed to having been rendered in full.(3) "Debtor" means an individual who resides in North Carolina, and includes two or more individuals who are jointly and severally, or jointly or severally, indebted to a creditor or creditors.(3a) "Nominal consideration" means a fee or a contribution to cover the cost of administering a debt management plan not to exceed forty dollars ($40.00) for origination or setup of the debt management plan and ten percent (10%) of the monthly payment disbursed under the debt management plan, not to exceed forty dollars ($40.00) per month.(4) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, or association. (1963, c. 394, s. 1; 2005-408, s. 2; 2007-79, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-424 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 56 - Debt Adjusting.|§ 14-424 - Engaging, etc., in business of debt adjusting a misdemeanor.

 14-424. Engaging, etc., in business of debt adjusting a misdemeanor.If any person shall engage in, or offer to or attempt to, engage in the business or practice of debt adjusting, or if any person shall hereafter act, offer to act, or attempt to act as a debt adjuster, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1963, c. 394, s. 2; 1969, c. 1224, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 290; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-425 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 56 - Debt Adjusting.|§ 14-425 - Enjoining practice of debt adjusting; appointment of receiver for money and property employed.

 14-425. Enjoining practice of debt adjusting; appointment of receiver for money and property employed.The superior court shall have jurisdiction, in an action brought in the name of the State by the Attorney General or the district attorney of the prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60, to enjoin, as an unfair or deceptive trade practice, the continuation of any debt adjusting business or the offering of any debt adjusting services. The Attorney General or the district attorney who brings an action under this section may appoint a receiver for the property and money employed in the transaction of business by such person as a debt adjuster, to ensure, so far as may be possible, the return to debtors of so much of their money and property as has been received by the debt adjuster, and has not been paid to the creditors of the debtors. The court may also assess civil penalties under G.S. 75-15.2 and award attorneys' fees to the State under G.S. 75-16.1. (1963, c. 394, s. 3; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1998), c. 1037, s. 49; 2005-408, s. 3; 2007-79, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-426 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 56 - Debt Adjusting.|§ 14-426 - Certain persons and transactions not deemed debt adjusters or debt adjustment.

 14-426. Certain persons and transactions not deemed debt adjusters or debt adjustment.The following individuals or transactions shall not be deemed debt adjusters or as being engaged in the business or practice of debt adjusting:(1) Any person or individual who is a regular full-time employee of a debtor, and who acts as an adjuster of his employer's debts.(2) Any person or individual acting pursuant to any order or judgment of a court, or pursuant to authority conferred by any law of this State or of the United States.(3) Any person who is a creditor of the debtor, or an agent of one or more creditors of the debtor, and whose services in adjusting the debtor's debts are rendered without cost to the debtor.(4) Any person who at the request of a debtor, arranges for or makes a loan to the debtor, and who, at the authorization of the debtor, acts as an adjuster of the debtor's debts in the disbursement of the proceeds of the loan, without compensation for the services rendered in adjusting such debts.(5) An intermittent or casual adjustment of a debtor's debts, for compensation, by an individual or person who is not a debt adjuster or who is not engaged in the business or practice of debt adjusting, and who does not hold himself out as being regularly engaged in debt adjusting.(6) An attorney-at-law licensed to practice in this State who is not employed by a debt adjuster.(7) An organization that provides credit counseling, education, and debt management services to debtors if the organization also does all of the following:a. Provides individualized credit counseling and budgeting assistance to the debtor without charge prior to the debtor's enrollment in a debt management plan provided by the organization.b. Determines that the debtor has the financial ability to make payments to complete the debt management plan and that the plan is suitable for the debtor.c. Disburses the debtor's funds to creditors pursuant to a debt management plan that the debtor has paid for with no more than nominal consideration and has agreed to in writing.d. Provides to the debtor, periodically and on no less than a quarterly basis, an individualized accounting for the most recent period of all of the debtor's payments and disbursements under the debt management plan and all charges paid by the debtor.e. Does not directly or indirectly require the debtor to purchase other services or materials as a condition to participating in the debt management plan.f. Does not receive a payment, commission, or other benefit for referring the debtor to a provider of services.g. Is accredited by an accrediting organization that the Commissioner of Banks approves as being independent and nationally recognized for providing accreditation to organizations that provide credit counseling and debt management services. (1963, c. 394, s. 4; 2005-408, s. 1; 2007-79, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-432 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 58 - Records, Tapes and Other Recorded Devices.|§ 14-432 - Definitions.

 14-432. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) "Article" means the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored, including any original phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images, or both, can be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction which duplicates, in whole or in part, the original.(2) "Fixed" means that the work has been recorded in a tangible medium of expression, by or under the authority of the author, and its embodiment is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration. A work consisting of sounds or images, or both, that are being transmitted is "fixed" for the purposes of this section if a fixation of the work is being made simultaneously with its transmission.(3) "Owner" means the person who owns the sounds fixed in any master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film, or other device used for reproducing recorded sounds on phonograph records, discs, tapes, films, or other articles on which sound is or can be recorded and from which the transferred sounds are directly or indirectly derived, or the person who owns the rights to record or authorize the recording of a live performance. (1973, c. 1279, s. 1; 1989, c. 589, s. 1; 2003-159, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-433 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 58 - Records, Tapes and Other Recorded Devices.|§ 14-433 - Recording of live performances or recorded sounds and distribution, etc., of such recordings unlawful in certain circumstances.

 14-433. Recording of live performances or recorded sounds and distribution, etc., of such recordings unlawful in certain circumstances.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to:(1) Knowingly transfer or cause to be transferred, directly or indirectly by any means, any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film or other article on which sounds are recorded, with the intent to sell or cause to be sold, or to use or cause to be used for profit through public performance, such article on which sounds are so transferred, without consent of the, owner.(2) Manufacture, distribute, wholesale or transport any article for profit, or possess for these purposes with the knowledge that the sounds recorded on the article were transferred in violation of subdivision (a)(1) of this section.(3) Recodified as G.S. 14-433(a1)(1) by Session Laws 2003-159, s. 2.(4) Recodified as G.S. 14-433(a1)(2) by Session Laws 2003-159, s. 2.(a1) It shall be unlawful for any person to:(1) Knowingly transfer or cause to be transferred, directly or indirectly by any means, any sounds at a live performance, with the intent to sell or cause to be sold, or to use or cause to be used for profit through public performance, the article on which sounds are so transferred, without consent of the owner.(2) Manufacture, distribute, transport or wholesale any article for profit, or possess for those purposes with the knowledge that the sounds recorded on the article were transferred in violation of subdivision (a1)(1) of this section.(b) Subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section shall apply only to sound recordings that were initially fixed prior to February 15, 1972. Federal copyright law, 17 U.S.C. 101 et seq., preempts State prosecution of the acts described in subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) with respect to sound recordings initially fixed on or after February 15, 1972.(c) This section shall not apply to any person engaged in webcasting or radio or television broadcasting who transfers, or causes to be transferred, any such sounds other than from the sound track of a motion picture intended for, or in connection with webcast, broadcast or telecast transmission or related uses, or for archival purposes. An Internet service provider who is solely providing a conduit for access to the Internet, shall not be deemed to be using, or causing to be used, recordings that may be transferred over the Internet by third parties in violation of this Article. (1973, c. 1279, s. 1; 1989, c. 589, s. 1; 2003-159, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-434 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 58 - Records, Tapes and Other Recorded Devices.|§ 14-434 - Retailing, etc., of certain recorded devices unlawful.

 14-434. Retailing, etc., of certain recorded devices unlawful.It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly retail, advertise or offer for sale or resale, sell or resell or cause the sale or resale, rent or cause to rent, or possess for any of these purposes any article that has been produced, manufactured, distributed, or acquired at wholesale in violation of any provision of this Chapter. (1973, c. 1279, s. 1; 1989, c. 589, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-435 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 58 - Records, Tapes and Other Recorded Devices.|§ 14-435 - Recorded devices to show true name and address of manufacturer.

 14-435. Recorded devices to show true name and address of manufacturer.(a) A person is guilty of failure to disclose the origin of an article when, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, the person knowingly advertises or offers for sale or resale, or sells or resells, or causes the rental, sale, or resale, or rents, or manufactures, or possesses for these purposes, any article, the packaging, cover, box, jacket, or label of which does not clearly and conspicuously disclose the actual true name and address of the manufacturer of the article and the name of the actual author, artist, performer, producer, programmer, or group.(b) This section does not require the original manufacturer or authorized licensees of software producers to disclose the contributing authors or programmers. As used in this section, the term "manufacturer" shall not include the manufacturer of the article's packaging, cover, box, jacket, or label itself. (1973, c. 1279, s. 1; 1989, c. 589, s. 1; 2003-159, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-436 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 58 - Records, Tapes and Other Recorded Devices.|§ 14-436 - Recorded devices; civil action for damages.

 14-436. Recorded devices; civil action for damages.Any owner of an article as defined in this Article whose work is allegedly the subject of a violation of G.S. 14-433 or G.S. 14-434, shall have a cause of action in the courts of this State for all damages resulting from the violation, including actual, compensatory and incidental damages. (1973, c. 1279, s. 1; 1989, c. 589, s. 1; 2003-159, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-437 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 58 - Records, Tapes and Other Recorded Devices.|§ 14-437 - Violation of Article; penalties.

 14-437. Violation of Article; penalties.(a) Every individual act in contravention of the provisions of this Article shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class I felony with a maximum fine of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) if (i) the offense involves at least 100 unauthorized articles during any 180-day period, or (ii) is a third or subsequent conviction for an offense that involves at least 26 unauthorized articles during any 180-day period.(b) If a person is convicted of any violation under this Article, the court, in its judgment of conviction, shall order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of:(1) All infringing articles; and(2) All implements, devices and equipment used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the infringing articles. (1973, c. 1279, s. 1; 1989, c. 589, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, ss. 291, 1246; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2003-159, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-443 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 59 - Public Intoxication.|§ 14-443 - Definitions.

 14-443. Definitions.As used in this Article:(1) "Alcoholism" is the state of a person who habitually lacks self-control as to the use of alcoholic beverages, or uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that his health is substantially impaired or endangered or his social or economic function is substantially disrupted; and(2) "Intoxicated" is the condition of a person whose mental or physical functioning is presently substantially impaired as a result of the use of alcohol; and(3) A "public place" is a place which is open to the public, whether it is publicly or privately owned. (1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1134, s. 1; 1981, c. 412, s. 4; c. 747, s. 66.)