{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-257","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-257","heading":"Misdemeanor violations.","body":"(a)\tClass 1 Misdemeanors. - A person who does any of the following commits a Class 1 misdemeanor:\n(1)\tFails to keep a record of new merchandise and fails to produce a record or an affidavit pursuant to G.S. 66-254.\n(2)\tFalsifies a record of new merchandise required by G.S. 66-254.\n(b)\tClass 2 Misdemeanors. - A person who does any of the following commits a Class 2 misdemeanor:\n(1)\tIf the person is an itinerant merchant or a specialty market vendor, fails to display the certificate of registration as required by G.S. 66-252.\n(2)\tIf the person is a specialty market operator, fails to maintain the daily registration list as required by G.S. 66-255.\n(c)\tClass 3 Misdemeanors. - A person who does any of the following commits a Class 3 misdemeanor:\n(1)\tIf the person is a peddler or an itinerant merchant, fails to obtain the permission of the property owner as required by G.S. 66-251.\n(2)\tIf the person is a peddler or a specialty market operator, fails to produce the certificate of registration as required by G.S. 66-252.\n(3)\tFails to provide name, address, or identification upon request as required by G.S. 66-253 or provides false information in response to the request.\n(4)\tKnowingly gives false information when registering pursuant to G.S. 66-255.\n(d)\tDefense. - Whenever satisfactory evidence is presented in any court of the fact that permission to use property was not displayed as required by G.S. 66-251 or that a certificate of registration was not displayed or produced as required by G.S. 66-252, the person charged may not be found guilty of that violation if the person produces in court a valid permission or a valid certificate of registration, respectively, that had been issued prior to the time the person was charged. (1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 24; 1998-121, s. 8.)","path":["Chapter 66. Commerce and Business.","Article 32. Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants, and Specialty Markets."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_66/GS_66-257.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:07:52Z","sha256":"4169dffafa3a2d562e6e5632a733bdcb3795755769bdb8d01aadf67359eb4171","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-256","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-258"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}