{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-53-276","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-276","heading":"License required.","body":"No person or other entity may engage in the business of cashing checks, drafts, or money orders for consideration without first obtaining a license under this Article. No person or other entity providing a check-cashing service may avoid the requirements of this Article by providing a check or other currency equivalent instead of currency when cashing payment instruments. (1997-391, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 53. Regulation of Financial Services.","Article 22. Check-Cashing Businesses."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_53/GS_53-276.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:12Z","sha256":"51800c13999b4e5021a81ac65df6d20ad032d6af3161d22eea3d64192c44f688","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-53-275","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-53-277"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}