163-278.14. No contributions in names of others; no anonymous contributions; contributions in excess of fifty dollars; no contribution without specific designation of contributor.
(a) No individual, political committee, or other entity shall make any contribution anonymously or in the name of another. No candidate, political committee, referendum committee, political party, affiliated party committee, or treasurer shall knowingly accept any contribution made by any individual or person in the name of another individual or person or made anonymously. If a candidate, political committee, referendum committee, political party, affiliated party committee, or treasurer receives anonymous contributions or contributions determined to have been made in the name of another, he shall pay the money over to the Board, by check, and all such moneys received by the Board shall be deposited in the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund of the State of North Carolina. This subsection shall not apply to any contribution by an individual with the lawful authority to act on behalf of another individual, whether through power of attorney, trustee, or other lawful authority.
(b) No entity shall make, and no candidate, committee or treasurer shall accept, any monetary contribution in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00) unless such contribution is in the form of a check, draft, money order, credit card charge, debit, or other noncash method that can be subject to written verification. No contribution in the form of check, draft, money order, credit card charge, debits, or other noncash method may be made or accepted unless it contains a specific designation of the intended contributee chosen by the contributor. The State Board may prescribe guidelines as to the reporting and verification of any method of contribution payment allowed under this Article. For contributions by money order, the State Board of Elections shall prescribe methods to ensure an audit trail for every contribution so that the identity of the contributor can be determined. For a contribution made by credit card, the credit card account number of a contributor is not a public record.
(c) No political committee or referendum committee shall make any contribution unless in doing so it reports to the recipient the contributor's name as required in G.S. 163-278.7(b)(1). (1973, c. 1272, s. 1; 1979, c. 1073, s. 19; 1987, c. 113, s. 2; 1999-453, s. 4(a); 2001-319, s. 10(a); 2002-159, s. 55(k); 2004-125, s. 5(b); 2005-430, s. 1; 2006-195, ss. 1, 5.2; 2007-484, s. 23; 2010-169, s. 6(b); 2015-258, s. 3(j); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws
Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns.
§ 163-278.5 - Scope of Article; severability.
§ 163-278.7 - Appointment of political treasurers.
§ 163-278.7A - Gifts from federal political committees.
§ 163-278.8 - Detailed accounts to be kept by political treasurers.
§ 163-278.8A - Campaign sales by political party executive committees.
§ 163-278.8B - Affiliated party committees.
§ 163-278.8C - Council of State affiliated party committees.
§ 163-278.9 - Statements filed with Board.
§ 163-278.9A - Statements filed by referendum committees.
§ 163-278.10 - Procedure for inactive candidate or committee.
§ 163-278.10A - Threshold of $1,000 for financial reports for certain candidates.
§ 163-278.11 - Contents of treasurer's statement of receipts and expenditures.
§ 163-278.12 - Special reporting of contributions and independent expenditures.
§ 163-278.12C - Special reporting of electioneering communications.
§ 163-278.13 - Limitation on contributions.
§ 163-278.13B - Limitation on fund-raising during legislative session.
§ 163-278.13C - Campaign contributions prohibition.
§ 163-278.16 - Regulations regarding timing of contributions and expenditures.
§ 163-278.16B - Use of contributions for certain purposes.
§ 163-278.17 - Statements of media outlets regarding political advertising.
§ 163-278.18 - Normal commercial charges for political advertising.
§ 163-278.19A - Contributions allowed.
§ 163-278.19B - Political party headquarters building funds.
§ 163-278.21 - Promulgation of policy and administration through State Board of Elections.
§ 163-278.22 - Duties of State Board.
§ 163-278.23 - Duties of Executive Director of State Board.
§ 163-278.24 - Statements examined within four months.
§ 163-278.25 - Issuance of declaration of nomination or certificate of election.
§ 163-278.26 - Appeals from State Board of Elections; early docketing.
§ 163-278.27 - Criminal penalties; duty to report and prosecute.
§ 163-278.28 - Issuance of injunctions; special prosecutors named.
§ 163-278.30 - Candidates for federal offices to file information reports.
§ 163-278.32 - Statements under oath.
§ 163-278.33 - Applicability of Article 22.
§ 163-278.34 - Civil penalties.
§ 163-278.35 - Preservation of records.
§ 163-278.37 - County boards of elections to preserve reports.
§ 163-278.38 - Effect of failure to comply.
§ 163-278.39 - Basic disclosure requirements for all political advertisements.
§ 163-278.39C - Scope of disclosure requirements.
§ 163-278.40A - Organizational report.
§ 163-278.40B - Campaign report; partisan election.
§ 163-278.40C - Campaign report; nonpartisan election and runoff.
§ 163-278.40D - Campaign report; nonpartisan primary and elections.
§ 163-278.40E - Campaign report; nonpartisan plurality.
§ 163-278.40F - Form of report.
§ 163-278.40H - Notice of reports due.
§ 163-278.40I - Part 1 to apply.
§ 163-278.40J - Other committees report by municipal schedule.