{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-113.56","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-113.56","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a)\tIf a retailer willfully and knowingly violates the provisions of G.S. 90-113.52, 90-113.52A, 90-113.53, or 90-113.54, the retailer shall be guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class I felony for a second or subsequent offense. A retailer convicted of a third offense occurring on the premises of a single establishment shall be prohibited from making pseudoephedrine products available for sale at that establishment.\n(b)\tAny purchaser or employee who willfully and knowingly violates G.S. 90-113.52A, G.S. 90-113.52(c) or G.S. 90-113.53 shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first offense, a Class A1 misdemeanor for a second offense, and a Class I felony for a third or subsequent offense. This subsection shall not be construed to apply to bona fide innocent purchasers.\n(c)\tA retailer who fails to train employees in accordance with G.S. 90-113.55, adequately supervise employees in transactions involving pseudoephedrine products, or reasonably discipline employees for violations of this Article shall be fined up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first violation, up to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for the second violation, and up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a third or subsequent violation of this section. (2005-434, s. 1; 2011-240, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 5D. Control of Methamphetamine Precursors."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-113.56.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"76ffa2a073a46695988d95374dc84f33524be334235a21b4062aba7d015e1e81","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-113.55","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-113.57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}