{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131d-10.7","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131D-10.7","heading":"Penalties.","body":"Any person who establishes or provides foster care for children or who receives and places children in residential child-care facilities, family foster homes or adoptive homes without a license shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall only be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent offense. Each day of a continuing violation after conviction shall be considered a separate offense. (1983, c. 637, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 955; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 131D. Inspection and Licensing of Facilities.","Article 1A. Control over Child Placing and Child Care.","Part 1. In General."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_131D/GS_131D-10.7.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:07Z","sha256":"17da36fd4f34eef42b230b278d17a9561f663067d5cc16a799d31e71424cdb3b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131d-10.6c","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131d-10.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}