10B-146. Wrongful manufacture, distribution, or possession of software or hardware.
(a) Any person who knowingly creates, manufactures, or distributes software for the purpose of allowing a person to act as an electronic notary without being commissioned and registered in accordance with this act shall be guilty of a Class G felony.
(b) Any person who wrongfully obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, file, or hardware enabling an electronic notary to affix an official electronic signature is guilty of a Class I felony. (2005-391, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.
§ 10B-101 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Definitions.
§ 10B-102 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Scope of this Article.
§ 10B-105 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Qualifications.
§ 10B-106 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Registration with the Secretary of State.
§ 10B-107 - Course of instruction.
§ 10B-108 - Fees for registration.
§ 10B-115 - Types of electronic notarial acts.
§ 10B-117 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Notarial components of electronic document.
§ 10B-125 - Electronic signature, electronic seal.
§ 10B-126 - Security measures.
§ 10B-127 - Maintenance of electronic device.
§ 10B-128 - Disposition of records.
§ 10B-134.1 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Definitions.
§ 10B-134.3 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Types of remote electronic notarial acts; prohibitions.
§ 10B-134.5 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Use of communication technology.
§ 10B-134.7 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Authority to perform remote electronic notarial acts.
§ 10B-134.13 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Electronic notarization and remote electronic notarization.
§ 10B-134.15 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Electronic journal of remote electronic notarial acts.
§ 10B-134.17 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Security measures by notary; surrender of journal; etc.
§ 10B-134.19 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Platform licensure by Secretary.
§ 10B-134.21 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Rules.
§ 10B-134.25 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Real estate transactions.
§ 10B-135 - Validity of notarial certificates.
§ 10B-136 - Form of evidence of authority of electronic notarial act.
§ 10B-137 - Certificate of authority for electronic notarial act.
§ 10B-145 - Restriction or revocation of registration.
§ 10B-146 - Wrongful manufacture, distribution, or possession of software or hardware.