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NC Gen Stat § 75-121 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 5A - Home Foreclosure Rescue Scams.|§ 75-121 - Foreclosure rescue transactions prohibited; exceptions; violation.

 75-121. Foreclosure rescue transactions prohibited; exceptions; violation.(a) It is unlawful for a person or entity other than the transferor to engage in, promise to engage in, arrange, offer, promote, solicit, assist with, or carry out a foreclosure rescue transaction for financial gain or with the expectation of financial gain, unless prior to or at the time of transfer, the transferee pays the transferor at least fifty percent (50%) of the fair market value of the property as determined by a certified appraiser. An appraisal to determine the fair market value of the property must be performed no more than 120 days prior to the transfer. The appraisal shall be delivered to the transferor no less than seven days prior to the time the transferor becomes obligated to perform the agreement. This section does not apply to exempt transactions.(b) Every contract to effectuate a foreclosure rescue transaction in which the transferee pays at least 50% of the fair market value of the property, shall be in writing, shall be signed and acknowledged by all parties to it, and shall contain all the terms to which the parties have agreed. The contract shall contain at least all of the following:(1) The names and addresses of all parties to the contract.(2) The legal description of the property being transferred.(3) Any financial obligation of the transferor that will be assumed by the transferee.(4) The total amount to be paid by the transferee in connection with the transaction.(5) The fair market value of the property as determined by a certified appraiser.(6) A description of the interest in the property retained by the transferor as provided in G.S. 75-120(3)d.(7) The terms of the transferor's right to any future possessory or ownership interest in the property.  (2010-164, s. 2; 2015-178, s. 5(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 75-122 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 5A - Home Foreclosure Rescue Scams.|§ 75-122 - Remedies.

 75-122. Remedies.A violation of G.S. 75-121 is an unfair trade practice under G.S. 75-1.1. A homeowner may bring an action for the recovery of damages, to void a prohibited foreclosure rescue transaction, as well as for declaratory or equitable relief for a violation of this Article. The provisions of this section shall not be enforceable against a bona fide purchaser for value. The rights and remedies provided herein are cumulative to, and not a limitation of, any other rights and remedies provided by law or equity. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to subject an individual homeowner selling his or her primary residence to liability under G.S. 75-1.1.  (2010-164, s. 2; 2010-97, s. 15(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 75-125 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 6 - Truth in Music Advertising Act.|§ 75-125 - Short title and definitions.

 75-125. Short title and definitions.(a) Short Title. - This Article may be cited as the Truth in Music Advertising Act.(b) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) Performing group. - A vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound recording under that name.(2) Recording group. - A vocal or instrumental group at least one of whose members has previously released a commercial sound recording under that group's name and in which the member or members have a legal right by virtue of use or operation under the group name without having abandoned the name or affiliation with the group.(3) Sound recording. - A work that results from the fixation on a material object of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds regardless of the nature of the material object, such as a disk, tape, or other phono-record, in which the sounds are embodied.  (2009-284, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-126 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 6 - Truth in Music Advertising Act.|§ 75-126 - Production.

 75-126. Production.No person shall advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production in this State through the use of a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation, connection, or association between a performing group and a recording group. This section does not apply if any of the following apply:(1) The performing group is the authorized registrant and owner of a federal service mark for that group registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.(2) At least one member of the performing group was a member of the recording group and has a legal right by virtue of use or operation under the group name without having abandoned the name or affiliation with the group.(3) The live musical performance or production is identified in all advertising and promotion as a salute or tribute, or the vocal or instrumental group performing is not so closely related or similar to that used by the recording group that it would tend to confuse or mislead the public.(4) The advertising does not relate to a live musical performance or production taking place in this State.(5) The performance or production is expressly authorized by the recording group.  (2009-284, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-127 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 6 - Truth in Music Advertising Act.|§ 75-127 - Penalty.

 75-127. Penalty.A person who violates G.S. 75-126 is liable to the State for a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per violation, which civil penalty shall be in addition to any other relief which may be granted under other applicable laws. Each performance or production in violation of G.S. 75-126 shall constitute a separate violation.  (2009-284, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-128 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 6 - Truth in Music Advertising Act.|§ 75-128 - Unfair and deceptive trade practice.

 75-128. Unfair and deceptive trade practice.A violation of this Article shall be an unfair and deceptive trade practice under G.S. 75-1.1.  (2009-284, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-133 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 7 - Credit Monitoring Services Act.|§ 75-133 - Title.

 75-133. Title.This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Credit Monitoring Services Act."  (2009-355, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-134 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 7 - Credit Monitoring Services Act.|§ 75-134 - Definitions.

 75-134. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) Consumer. - An individual.(2) Consumer report. - As defined in G.S. 75-61(3).(3) Credit monitoring service. - Any person who offers, for a fee or compensation, to obtain, provide, or monitor a credit report on behalf of a consumer, or to assist a consumer in obtaining or monitoring the consumer's credit report, and provides or purports to provide the foregoing services. The term also includes any person who offers, for a fee or compensation, to obtain or provide a fraud alert on behalf of a consumer or to assist a consumer in obtaining such fraud alert. The term does not include the following activities of a consumer reporting agency, as defined in section 603(f) [15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, provided that, while the excluded activities themselves do not fall within the definition of the term "credit monitoring service" none of these excluded activities exempts a consumer reporting agency from the duty to provide the notice required under G.S. 75-135 where the sale of a credit monitoring service occurs as a result of an offer for the credit monitoring service made at a time during communications involving such activities:a. Providing a credit report to another party that monitors a credit report on behalf of a consumer;b. Providing a disclosure to a consumer of the information in the consumer's file pursuant to section 609(a) [15 U.S.C. 1681g(a)] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and also imposing a charge permitted under section 612(f) [15 U.S.C. 1681j(f)] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act;c. Providing the disclosure of a score pursuant to section 609(f) [15 U.S.C. 1681g(f)] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and also imposing a charge permitted under section 609(f)(8) [15 U.S.C. 1681g(f)(8)] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act;d. Providing a notice required by G.S. 75-63(m); ore. Providing a monitoring service to individuals who receive a notice provided by a person who experienced a security breach and where the monitoring service was paid for by the person who experienced the security breach.(4) Fraud alert. - As defined in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681c-1.(5) Person. - Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, business establishment, or any other legal or commercial entity.  (2009-355, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-135 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 7 - Credit Monitoring Services Act.|§ 75-135 - Required disclosure.

 75-135. Required disclosure.(a) Prior to charging or collecting any fee or compensation from a consumer for obtaining, providing, or monitoring the consumer's credit report on behalf of the consumer, a credit monitoring service shall provide a clear and conspicuous written description of a consumer's right to one free credit report per year pursuant to section 612(a) [15 U.S.C. 1681j(a)] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, and how to obtain those credit reports from each of the nationwide consumer reporting agencies, as defined in section 603(p) [15 U.S.C. 1681a(p)] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681, et seq.(b) If the credit monitoring service is offered and fees are collected during a telephone call, the notice required by subsection (a) of this section will be offered in the same manner.(c) A violation of this section is a violation of G.S. 75-1.1, except that compliance with the requirement that the notice required by this section be clear and conspicuous shall be enforced exclusively by the Attorney General under G.S. 75-15.  (2009-355, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-140 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 8 - Abusive Patent Assertions.|§ 75-140 - Title.

 75-140. Title.This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Abusive Patent Assertions Act."  (2014-110, s. 2.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-142 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 8 - Abusive Patent Assertions.|§ 75-142 - Definitions.

 75-142. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) Affiliate. - A business establishment, business, or other legal entity that wholly or substantially owns, is wholly or substantially owned by, or is under common ownership with another entity.(2) Demand. - A letter, e-mail, or other communication asserting or claiming that a target has engaged in patent infringement or should obtain a license to a patent.(3) Institution of higher education. - Defined in 20 U.S.C. 1001(a).(4) Interested party. - A person, other than the party alleging infringement, that (i) is an assignee of the patent or patents at issue; (ii) has a right, including a contingent right, to enforce or sublicense the patent or patents at issue; or (iii) has a direct financial interest in the patent or patents at issue, including the right to any part of an award of damages or any part of licensing revenue. A "direct financial interest" does not include either of the following:a. An attorney or law firm providing legal representation in the civil action alleging patent infringement if the sole basis for the financial interest of the attorney or law firm in the patent or patents at issue arises from the attorney or law firm's receipt of compensation reasonably related to the provision of the legal representation.b. A person whose sole financial interest in the patent or patents at issue is ownership of an equity interest in the party alleging infringement, unless such person also has the right or ability to influence, direct, or control the party alleging infringement.(5) Operating entity. - A person primarily engaged in, when evaluated with its affiliates over the preceding 24-month period and when disregarding the selling and licensing of patents, one or more of the following activities:a. Research and technical or experimental work to create, test, qualify, modify, or validate technologies or processes for commercialization of goods or services;b. Manufacturing; orc. The provision of goods or commercial services.(6) Target. - A North Carolina person that meets one or more of the following:a. The person has received a demand or is the subject of an assertion or allegation of patent infringement.b. The person has been threatened with litigation or is the defendant of a filed lawsuit alleging patent infringement.c. The person has customers who have received a demand asserting that the person's product, service, or technology has infringed a patent.  (2014-110, s. 2.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-144 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 8 - Abusive Patent Assertions.|§ 75-144 - Bond.

 75-144. Bond.(a) Upon motion by a target and a finding by the court that a target has established a reasonable likelihood that a person has made a bad-faith assertion of patent infringement in violation of this Chapter, the court shall require the person to post a bond in an amount equal to a good-faith estimate of the target's fees and costs to litigate the claim and amounts reasonably likely to be recovered under G.S. 75-145, conditioned upon payment of any amounts finally determined to be due to the target. A hearing shall be held if either party so requests. A bond ordered pursuant to this section shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).(b) The court may waive the bond requirement of subsection (a) of this section if it finds the person has available assets equal to the amount of the proposed bond or for other good cause shown.(c) If the person asserting patent infringement fails within 30 days to pay any fee or cost ordered by a court in a matter related to the asserted patent infringement, the amount not paid shall be paid out of the bond posted under subsection (a) of this section without affecting the obligation of the person asserting patent infringement to pay any remainder of those fees or costs not paid out of the bond.  (2014-110, s. 2.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75-145 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection|Article 8 - Abusive Patent Assertions.|§ 75-145 - Enforcement; remedies; damages.

 75-145. Enforcement; remedies; damages.(a) The Attorney General shall have the same authority under this Article to make rules, conduct civil investigations, bring civil actions, and enter into assurances of discontinuance as provided under this Chapter. In an action brought by the Attorney General pursuant to this section, the court may award or impose any relief available under this Chapter.(b) A target or a person aggrieved by a violation of this Article or by a violation of rules adopted under this Article may bring an action in superior court against a person who has made a bad-faith assertion of patent infringement. A court may award to a plaintiff who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this subsection one or more of the following remedies:(1) Equitable relief.(2) Damages.(3) Costs and fees, including reasonable attorneys' fees.(4) Exemplary damages in an amount equal to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or three times the total of damages, costs, and fees, whichever is greater.(c) A court may award to a defendant who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section costs and fees, including reasonable attorneys' fees, if the court finds the action was not well-grounded in fact and warranted by existing law or was interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.(d) Joinder of Interested Parties. - In an action arising under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the court shall grant a motion by the Attorney General or a target to join an interested party if the moving party shows that the party alleging infringement has no substantial interest in the patent or patents at issue other than making demands or asserting such patent claim in litigation.(e) In an action arising under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, any person who has delivered or sent, or caused another to deliver or send, a demand to a target in North Carolina has purposefully availed himself or herself of the privileges of conducting business in this State and shall be subject to suit in this State, whether or not the person is transacting or has transacted any other business in this State. This Article shall be construed as a special jurisdiction statute in accordance with G.S. 1-75.4(2).(f) If a party is unable to pay an amount awarded by the court pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the court may find any interested party joined pursuant to subsection (d) of this section jointly and severally liable for the abusive patent assertion and make the award recoverable against any or all of the joined interested parties.(g) This Article shall not be construed to limit rights and remedies available to the State of North Carolina or to any person under any other law and shall not alter or restrict the Attorney General's authority under this Article with regard to conduct involving assertions of patent infringement.  (2014-110, s. 2.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75A - Boating and Water Safety|Article 1 - Boating Safety Act.|§ 75A-1 - Declaration of policy.

 75A-1. Declaration of policy.It is the policy of this State to promote safety for persons and property in and connected with the use, operation, and equipment of vessels, and to promote uniformity of laws relating thereto. (1959, c. 1064, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75A-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75A - Boating and Water Safety|Article 1 - Boating Safety Act.|§ 75A-2 - Definitions.

 75A-2. Definitions.As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:(1) "Abandoned vessel" means a vessel that has been relinquished, left, or given up by the lawful owner without the intention to later resume any right or interest in the vessel. The term does not include a vessel that is left by an owner or agent of the owner with any person or business for the purpose of storage, maintenance, or repair and that is not subsequently reclaimed.(1a) "Certificate of number" means the document and permanent identification number issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission for the purpose of registering a vessel in this State.(1b) "Commission" means the Wildlife Resources Commission.(1c) "Director" means the Executive Director of the Wildlife Resources Commission.(1d) "Electric generating facility" means any plant facilities and equipment used for the purposes of producing, generating, transmitting, delivering, or furnishing electricity for the production of power.(1e) "Motorboat" means any vessel equipped with propulsion machinery of any type, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion: Provided, that "propulsion machinery" as used in this section shall not include an electric motor when used as the only means of mechanical propulsion of any vessel.(1f) "No-wake speed" means idle speed or slow speed creating no appreciable wake.(2) "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use or occupy any motorboat or vessel that is afloat.(3) "Owner" means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a vessel subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.(4) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity.(4a) "Underway" means a vessel that is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground.(5) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft or structure, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation or habitation on the water.(6) "Waters of this State" means any waters within the territorial limits of this State, and the marginal sea adjacent to this State and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to or from the shore of this State, but does not include private ponds as defined in G.S. 113-129.(7) Redesignated as subdivision (1d). (1959, c. 1064, s. 2; 1965, c. 634, s. 1; 1969, c. 87; 1975, c. 340, s. 1; 1983, c. 446, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 753, s. 2; 2006-185, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 75A-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 75A - Boating and Water Safety|Article 1 - Boating Safety Act.|§ 75A-3 - Wildlife Resources Commission to administer Chapter; Boating Safety Committee; funds for administration.

 75A-3. Wildlife Resources Commission to administer Chapter; Boating Safety Committee; funds for administration.(a) The Commission shall enforce and administer the provisions of this Chapter.(b) The chair of the Commission shall designate from among the members of the Commission three members who shall serve as the Boating Safety Committee of the Commission, and who shall, in their activities with the Commission, place special emphasis on the administration and enforcement of this Chapter.(c) The Boating Account is established within the Wildlife Resources Fund created under G.S. 143-250. Interest and other investment income earned by the Account accrues to the Account. All moneys collected pursuant to the numbering and titling provisions of this Chapter shall be credited to this Account. Motor fuel excise tax revenue is credited to the Account under G.S. 105-449.126. The Commission shall use revenue in the Account, subject to the Executive Budget Act and the Personnel Act, for the administration and enforcement of this Chapter; for activities relating to boating and water safety including education and waterway marking and improvement; and for boating access area acquisition, development, and maintenance. The Commission shall use at least three dollars ($3.00) of each one-year certificate of number fee and at least nine dollars ($9.00) of each three-year certificate of number fee collected under the numbering provisions of G.S. 75A-5 for boating access area acquisition, development, and maintenance. The Commission shall transfer on a quarterly basis fifty percent (50%) of each one-year certificate of number fee and fifty percent (50%) of each three-year certificate of number fee collected under the numbering provisions of G.S. 75A-5 to the Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Aquatic Weed Fund established by G.S. 143-215.73F.  (1959, c. 1064, s. 3; 1961, c. 644; 1963, c. 1003; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1182, s. 2; 1993, c. 422, s. 1; 1995, c. 390, s. 13; 1999-392, s. 5; 2006-185, s. 1; 2007-485, s. 4.1; 2013-360, s. 14.22(a); 2013-380, s. 3; 2014-100, s. 14.19(b); 2016-94, s. 14.12(b).)