§ 14-401.15. Telephone sales recovery services. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑401.15.  Telephone sales recovery services.

(a)        Except as providedin subsection (c) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person or firmto solicit or require payment of money or other consideration in exchange forrecovering or attempting to recover:

(1)        Money or othervaluable consideration previously tendered to a telephonic seller, as definedin G.S. 66‑260; or

(2)        Prizes, awards, orother things of value that the telephonic seller represented would bedelivered.

(b)        A violation of thissection shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any violation involvingactual collection of money or other consideration from a customer shall bepunishable as a Class H felony.

(c)        This section doesnot apply to attorneys licensed to practice law in this State, to personslicensed by the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board, or to anycollection agent properly holding a permit issued by the Department ofInsurance to do business in this State. (1997‑482, s. 2.)