{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-500","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-500","heading":"Short title; definitions.","body":"(a)\tThis Article shall be known as the Pornography Age Verification Enforcement Act or the PAVE Act.\n(b)\tThe following definitions shall apply to this Article:\n(1)\tCommercial entity. - Corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, sole proprietorships, or other legally recognized entities.\n(2)\tDistribute. - To issue, sell, give, provide, deliver, transfer, transmute, circulate, or disseminate by any means.\n(3)\tHarmful to minors. - As defined in G.S. 14-190.13.\n(4)\tInternet. - The international computer network of both federal and non-federal interoperable packet switched data networks.\n(5)\tMaterial. - As defined in G.S. 14-190.13.\n(6)\tNews-gathering organization. - Any of the following:\na.\tAn employee of a newspaper, news publication, or news source, printed or on an online or mobile platform, of current news and public interest, while operating as an employee as provided in this sub-subdivision, who can provide documentation of such employment with the newspaper, news publication, or news source.\nb.\tA radio broadcast station, television broadcast station, cable television operator, or wire service, or an employee of a radio broadcast station, television broadcast station, cable television operator, or wire service.\n(7)\tPublish. - To communicate or make information available to another person or entity on a publicly available website.\n(8)\tSubstantial portion. - More than thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of total material on a website, which meets the definition of material harmful to minors as defined in this subsection. (2023-132, s. 3.20(a); 2025-25, s. 29(5).)","path":["Chapter 66. Commerce and Business.","Article 51. Commercial Publication and Distribution of Material Harmful to Minors."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_66/GS_66-500.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:07:52Z","sha256":"33dfa7ae3d3cdad2fd1f8092037e15c02d858de7fe30cdf4b29199e4b5aa3dcb","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-495","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}