74F-3. Licenses required; violation.
(a) No person shall perform or offer to perform locksmith services in this State unless the person has been licensed under the provisions of this Chapter. Every person providing locksmith services as defined under G.S. 74F-4(5) to buildings containing medical records, pharmaceutical records, educational records, criminal records, voting records, tax records, legal records, or personnel records, including any person providing locksmith services who is employed by or working for a school, college, university, hospital, company, institution, or government facility shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
(b) Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first offense. A second or subsequent offense is a Class I felony. (2001-369, s. 1; 2013-370, ss. 1, 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 74F - Locksmith Licensing Act
§ 74F-3 - Licenses required; violation.
§ 74F-5 - North Carolina Locksmith Licensing Board.
§ 74F-6 - Powers of the Board.
§ 74F-7 - Qualifications for license.
§ 74F-8 - Licensure based on experience; licensure of nonresident; reciprocity.
§ 74F-10 - Issuance, renewal, replacement, and transfer of licenses.
§ 74F-11 - Photo identification.
§ 74F-12 - Posting licenses; advertisements.
§ 74F-13 - Responsibilities of employers.
§ 74F-14 - Customer identification.
§ 74F-15 - Disciplinary procedures.
§ 74F-18 - Criminal history record checks of applicants for licensure or apprentice designation.