{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-412.18","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.18","heading":"Sale or purchase of body parts prohibited.","body":"(a)\tExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person, that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a body part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a body part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a Class H felony and upon conviction may be fined up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each offense.\n(b)\tA person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a body part. (2007-538, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 16. Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.","Part 3A. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-412.18.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"8420ee32fe00bd16af2b538f3636fa091ba29a7f0fbb5a99ebd686f5c121d914","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-412.17","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-412.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}