2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes Article 44 - Regulation of Sales.

Article 44.

Regulation of Sales.

§ 14‑342.  Selling or offering to sell meat of diseased animals.

If any person shall knowingly and willfully slaughter any diseased animal and sell or offer for sale any of the meat of such diseased animal for human consumption, or if any person knows that the meat offered for sale or sold for human consumption by him is that of a diseased animal, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1905, c. 303; Rev., s. 3442; C.S., s. 4465; 1993, c. 539, s. 230; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

 

§ 14‑343.  Unauthorized dealing in railroad tickets.

If any person shall sell or deal in tickets issued by any railroad company, unless he is a duly authorized agent of the railroad company, or shall refuse upon demand to exhibit his authority to sell or deal in such tickets, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1895, c. 83, s. 1; Rev., s. 3764; C.S., s. 4466; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 231; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

 

§ 14‑344.  Sale of admission tickets in excess of printed price.

Any person, firm, or corporation shall be allowed to add a reasonable service fee to the face value of the tickets sold, and the person, firm, or corporation which sells or resells such tickets shall not be permitted to recoup funds greater than the combined face value of the ticket, tax, and the authorized service fee.  This service fee may not exceed three dollars ($3.00) for each ticket except that a promoter or operator of the property where the event is to be held and a ticket sales agency may agree in writing on a reasonable service fee greater than three dollars ($3.00) for the first sale of tickets by the ticket sales agent.  This service fee may be a pre‑established amount per ticket or a percentage of each ticket.  The existence of the service fee shall be made known to the public by printing or writing the amount of the fee on the tickets which are printed for the event.  Any person, firm or corporation which sells or offers to sell a ticket for a price greater than the price permitted by this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1941, c. 180; 1969, c. 1224, s. 8; 1977, c. 9; 1979, c. 909; 1981, c. 36; 1985, c. 434; 1991, c. 165; 1993, c. 539, s. 232; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

 

§ 14‑345:  Repealed by Session Laws 1994, Extra Session, c. 14, s. 72(16).

 

§ 14‑346.  Sale of convict‑made goods prohibited.

(a)       It shall be unlawful to sell or to offer for sale anywhere within the State of North Carolina any articles or commodities manufactured or produced, wholly or in part, in this State or elsewhere by convicts or prisoners, except

(1)       Articles or commodities manufactured or produced by convicts on probation or parole or prisoners released part time for regular employment in the free community, and

(2)       Products of agricultural or forestry enterprises or quarrying or mining operations in which inmates of any penal or correctional institution of this State are employed, and

(3)       Articles and commodities manufactured or produced in any penal or correctional institution of this State for sale to departments, institutions, and agencies supported in whole or in part by the State, or to any political subdivision of this State, for the use of these departments, institutions, agencies, and political subdivisions of the State and not for resale, and

(4)       Articles of handicraft made by the inmates of any penal or correctional institution of this State during their leisure hours and with their own materials.

(b)       Any person, firm or corporation selling, undertaking to sell, or offering for sale any prison‑made or convict‑made goods, wares or merchandise, anywhere within the State, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.  Each sale or offer to sell, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall constitute a separate offense. (1933, c. 146, ss. 1‑4; 1959, c. 170, s. 1; 1969, c. 1224, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 233; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

 

§§ 14‑346.1 through 14‑346.2:  Repealed by Session Laws 1994, Ex.  Sess., c. 14, s. 72(17), (18).