{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-18b-1200","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-1200","heading":"Construction; findings and purpose; exceptions.","body":"(a)\tThis Article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.\n(b)\tThe underlying purposes and policies of the Article are:\n(1)\tTo promote the compelling interest of the public in fair business relations between wine wholesalers and wineries, and in the continuation of wine wholesalerships on a fair basis;\n(2)\tTo protect wine wholesalers against unfair treatment by wineries;\n(3)\tTo provide wine wholesalers with rights and remedies in addition to those existing by contract or common law; and\n(4)\tTo govern all wine wholesalerships, including any renewals or amendments, to the full extent consistent with the Constitution of this State and the United States.\n(c)\tThe effect of this Article may not be waived or varied by contract or agreement. Any contract or agreement purporting to do so is void and unenforceable to the extent of that waiver or variance.\n(d)\tA North Carolina winery holding a valid wine wholesaler permit issued pursuant to G.S. 18B-1101(7) and G.S. 18B-1107, when acting as its own master wholesaler, shall not be subject to the provisions of G.S. 18B-1204, 18B-1205, and 18B-1207. (1983, c. 85, s. 2; 2005-340, s. 1; 2005-350, s. 4; 2006-264, s. 98; 2007-484, s. 37.)","path":["Chapter 18B. Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages.","Article 12. Wine Distribution Agreements."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_18B/GS_18B-1200.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:57:47Z","sha256":"07371a76440735a1b30b7ea5970acc035c517c0d0f7d4ad3cd58b608592b91c9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-18b-1122","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-18b-1201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}