{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-265","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-265","heading":"Offers of gifts or prizes.","body":"(a)\tIt shall be unlawful for any telephonic seller to make a telephone solicitation or attempted telephone solicitation involving any gift or prize when the solicitation or attempted solicitation:\n(1)\tRequests or directs the consumer to further the transaction by calling a 900 number or a pay-per-call number.\n(2)\tRequests or directs the consumer to send any payment or make a donation in order to collect the gift or prize.\n(3)\tDoes not comply fully with G.S. 75-30, 75-32, 75-33, or 75-34.\n(b)\tNotwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a telephonic seller may offer a gift or prize in connection with the bona fide sale of a product or service. (1997-482, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 66. Commerce and Business.","Article 33. Telephonic Seller Registration and Bond Requirement."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_66/GS_66-265.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:07:52Z","sha256":"b3d709572f9dc3b1e75cac0eba908da6ee00dc314b600877bec2a8fac713a0b2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-264","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-266"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}