§ 48A-11. Applicability. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 2.

Certain Contracts ofMinors.

§ 48A‑11. Applicability.

This Article applies to any ofthe following contracts entered into between an unemancipated minor and anythird party or parties:

(1)        A contract pursuantto which a person is employed or agrees to render artistic or creativeservices, either directly or through a third party, including, but not limitedto, a personal services corporation or loan‑out company. As used in thisArticle, the term "artistic or creative services" includes, but is notlimited to, services as an actor, actress, dancer, musician, comedian, singer,stunt person, voice‑over artist, or other performer or entertainer, or asa songwriter, musical producer or arranger, writer, director, producer,production executive, choreographer, composer, conductor, or designer.

(2)        A contract pursuantto which a person agrees to purchase, or otherwise secure, sell, lease,license, or otherwise dispose of literary, musical, or dramatic properties, oruse of a person's likeness, voice recording, performance, or story of orincidents in his or her life, either tangible or intangible, or any rightstherein for use in motion pictures, television, the production of soundrecordings in any format now known or hereafter devised, the legitimate orliving stage, or otherwise in the entertainment field.

(3)        A contract pursuantto which a person is employed or agrees to render services as a participant orplayer in a sport.

(4)        Where a minorrenders services as an extra, background performer, or in a similar capacity,through an agency or service that provides one or more performers for a fee,such as a casting agency, the agency or service shall be considered the minor'semployer for the purposes of this Article. (2003‑207, s. 2.)