{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-10b-146","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 10B-146","heading":"Wrongful manufacture, distribution, or possession of software or hardware.","body":"(a)\tAny person who knowingly creates, manufactures, or distributes software for the purpose of allowing a person to act as an electronic notary without being commissioned and registered in accordance with this act shall be guilty of a Class G felony.\n(b)\tAny person who wrongfully obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, file, or hardware enabling an electronic notary to affix an official electronic signature is guilty of a Class I felony. (2005-391, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 10B. Notaries.","Article 2. Electronic Notary Act.","Part 6. Enforcement."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_10B/GS_10B-146.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:12Z","sha256":"bbb21a49f99a50356d87736633db688c62034e17979a5788e483f8d2e9a523ac","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-10b-145","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-10b-200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}