{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-15","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-15","heading":"Shipping containers regulated.","body":"All match boxes or packages shall be packed in strong shipping containers or cases; maximum number of match boxes or packages contained in any one shipping container or case shall not exceed the following number:\nNominal Number\nNumber of Boxes\tof Matches per Box\nl/2 gross\t700\n1 gross\t500\n2 gross\t400\n3 gross\t300\n5 gross\t200\n12 gross\t100\n20 gross over 50 and under\t100\n25 gross under\t50\nNo shipping container or case constructed of fiber board, corrugated fiber board, or wood, nailed or wirebound, shall exceed a weight, including its contents, of 75 pounds; and no lock-cornered wooden case containing matches shall have a weight, including its contents, exceeding 85 pounds; nor shall any other article or commodity be packed with matches in any such container or case; and all such containers and cases in which matches are packed shall have plainly marked on the outside of the container or case the words \"Strike-Anywhere Matches\" or \"Strike-on-the-Box Matches.\" (1915, c. 109, s. 12, III; C.S., s. 5116.)","path":["Chapter 66. Commerce and Business.","Article 2. Manufacture and Sale of Matches and Lighters."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_66/GS_66-15.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:07:52Z","sha256":"ef41a05db2f1e4caacf2a5ae170bb56e683c333eedd7fb326d94407d83756495","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-14","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}