66-393. Pawnbroker fees; interest rates.
No pawnbroker shall demand or receive an effective rate of interest greater than two percent (2%) per month, and no other charge of any description or for any purpose shall be made by the pawnbroker, except that the pawnbroker may charge, contract for, and recover an additional monthly fee for the following services, including but not limited to:
(1) Title investigation;
(2) Handling, appraisal, and storage;
(3) Insuring a security;
(4) Application fee;
(5) Making daily reports to local law enforcement officers; and
(6) For other expenses, including losses of every nature, and all other services.
In no event may the total of the above listed monthly fees on a pawn transaction exceed twenty percent (20%) of the principal up to a maximum of the following:
In addition, pawnbrokers may charge fees for returned checks as allowed by G.S. 25-3-506. (1989, c. 638, s. 2; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 742, s. 37; 2012-46, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 66 - Commerce and Business
Article 45 - Pawnbrokers, Metal Dealers, and Scrap Dealers.
§ 66-388 - Pawnbroker authority.
§ 66-390 - Requirements for licensure.
§ 66-391 - Record-keeping requirements for pawnbrokers.
§ 66-392 - Record-keeping requirements for currency converters and e-buyers.
§ 66-393 - Pawnbroker fees; interest rates.
§ 66-394 - Pawnbroker transactions.
§ 66-397 - Municipal or county authority.
§ 66-405 - Legislative finding.
§ 66-408 - Perjury; punishment.
§ 66-409 - Bond or trust account required.
§ 66-410 - Records to be kept.
§ 66-411 - Items not to be modified.
§ 66-412 - Purchasing from juvenile.
§ 66-414 - Portable smelters prohibited.
§ 66-421 - Required records and receipts for regulated metals transactions.
§ 66-422 - Inspection of regulated metals property and records.
§ 66-423 - Hold notices for nonferrous metals; retention of nonferrous metals.
§ 66-424 - Prohibited activities and transactions.
§ 66-425 - Permissible payment methods for nonferrous metals purchasers.
§ 66-426 - Issuance of nonferrous metals purchase permits by Sheriff; form; fees; recordkeeping.
§ 66-431 - Forfeiture of vehicles used to transport unlawfully obtained regulated metals property.