66-399. Bond.
Every person, firm, or corporation licensed under this Part shall, at the time of receiving the license, file with the city or county issuing the license a bond payable to such city or county in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), to be executed by the licensee, and by two responsible sureties or a surety company licensed to do such business in this State, to be approved by the city or county, which shall be for the faithful performance of the requirements and obligations pertaining to the business so licensed. The city or county may sue for forfeiture of the bond upon a breach thereof. Any person who obtains a judgment against a pawnbroker and upon which judgment execution is returned unsatisfied may maintain an action in his own name upon the bond, to satisfy the judgment. (1989, c. 638, s. 2; 2012-46, ss. 2, 14.)
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.