North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 75-4 - Contracts to be in writing.

75-4. Contracts to be in writing.
No contract or agreement hereafter made, limiting the rights of any person to do business anywhere in the State of North Carolina shall be enforceable unless such agreement is in writing duly signed by the party who agrees not to enter into any such business within such territory: Provided, nothing herein shall be construed to legalize any contract or agreement not to enter into business in the State of North Carolina, or at any point in the State of North Carolina, which contract is now illegal, or which contract is made illegal by any other section of this Chapter. (1913, c. 41, s. 4; C.S., s. 2562.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 75 - Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection

Article 1 - General Provisions.

§ 75-1 - Combinations in restraint of trade illegal.

§ 75-1.1 - Methods of competition, acts and practices regulated; legislative policy.

§ 75-2 - Any restraint in violation of common law included.

§ 75-2.1 - Monopolizing and attempting to monopolize prohibited.

§ 75-4 - Contracts to be in writing.

§ 75-8 - Continuous violations separate offenses.

§ 75-9 - Duty of Attorney General to investigate.

§ 75-10 - Power to compel examination.

§ 75-11 - Person examined exempt from prosecution.

§ 75-12 - Refusal to furnish information; false swearing.

§ 75-13 - Criminal prosecution; district attorneys to assist; expenses.

§ 75-14 - Action to obtain mandatory order.

§ 75-15 - Actions prosecuted by Attorney General.

§ 75-15.1 - Restoration of property and cancellation of contract.

§ 75-15.2 - Civil penalty.

§ 75-16 - Civil action by person injured; treble damages.

§ 75-16.1 - Attorney fee.

§ 75-16.2 - Limitation of actions.

§ 75-17 - Lender may not require borrower to deal with particular insurer.

§ 75-18 - Lender may require nondiscriminatory approval of insurer.

§ 75-19 - Violators subject to fine and injunction.

§ 75-20 - Unsolicited checks to secure loans.

§ 75-27 - Unsolicited merchandise.

§ 75-28 - Unauthorized disclosure of tax information; violation a Class 1 misdemeanor.

§ 75-29 - Unfair and deceptive trade names; use of term "wholesale" in advertising, etc.

§ 75-31 - Work-at-home solicitations.

§ 75-32 - Representation of winning a prize.

§ 75-33 - Representation of eligibility to win a prize.

§ 75-34 - Representation of being specially selected.

§ 75-35 - Simulation of checks and invoices.

§ 75-36 - Certain contracts relating to toner or inkjet cartridges void and unenforceable as a matter of public policy.

§ 75-37 - Declaration of State public policy.

§ 75-38 - Prohibit excessive pricing during states of disaster, states of emergency, or abnormal market disruptions.

§ 75-39 - Conditioning services on electric service prohibited.

§ 75-40 - Deadline for mailing consumer rebates.

§ 75-41 - Contracts with automatic renewal clauses.

§ 75-42 - Deceptive representation of geographical location in telephone directory, print advertisement, or on the Internet.

§ 75-43 - Solicitation of a fee for copy of recorded documents.