N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126A-5-3: Private personnel service.

(a) An agency may retain a private personnel service to assist in finding candidates for a position, subject to the limitations of this section.

(b) No person, firm, or corporation shall collect, accept, or receive any compensation, consideration, or thing of value for obtaining on behalf of any other person, or aiding or assisting any other person in obtaining, employment with an agency, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(c) Any business that has been licensed for more than one year by the Department of Labor as a private personnel service may collect regular and customary fees for services rendered pursuant to a written contract when the fees are paid by someone other than the agency. Any private personnel service collecting fees under this section shall make a monthly report to the Department of Labor listing the name of the private personnel service collecting fees and the person for whom a job was found, the nature and purpose of the job obtained, and the amount of the fee collected.

(d) A violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. (2026-40, s. 1.)