Chapter 18B Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages
Article 1 - General Provisions.
- § 18B-100 Purpose of Chapter
This Chapter is intended to establish a uniform system of control over the sale, purchase, transportation, manufacture, consumption, and possession of alcoholic beverages in North...
- § 18B-101 Definitions
As used in this Chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "ABC law" or "ABC laws" means any statute or statutes in this Chapter or...
- § 18B-102 Manufacture, sale, etc., forbidden except as expressly authorized
(a) General Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, transport, import, deliver, furnish, purchase, consume, or possess any alcoholic beverages except...
- § 18B-102.1 Direct shipments from out-of-state prohibited
(a) It is unlawful for any person who is an out‑of‑state retail or wholesale dealer in the business of selling alcoholic beverages to ship or...
- § 18B-103 Exemptions
The following activities shall be permitted: (1) The use of ethyl alcohol for scientific, chemical, pharmaceutical, mechanical, and industrial purposes; (2) The use of ethyl...
- § 18B-104 Administrative penalties
(a) Penalties. For any violation of the ABC laws, the Commission may take any of the following actions against a permittee: (1) Suspend the permittee's...
- § 18B-105 Advertising
(a) General Rule. No person shall advertise alcoholic beverages in this State except in compliance with the rules of the Commission. (b) Rule‑making Authority. The...
- § 18B-106 Alcoholic beverages for use on oceangoing ships
(a) Delivery Permitted. Alcoholic beverages for use outside the United States on oceangoing vessels shall be delivered as follows: (1) Spirituous liquor may be imported...
- § 18B-107 Alcoholic beverages for use in air commerce
(a) Purchase and Storage. The Commission may issue permits authorizing air carriers offering regularly scheduled or chartered flights in foreign, interstate, or intrastate commerce to...
- § 18B-108 Sales on trains
Alcoholic beverages may be sold on railroad trains in this State upon compliance with Article 2C of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes. Malt beverages,...
- § 18B-109 Direct shipment of alcoholic beverages into State
(a) General Prohibition. Except as provided in G.S. 18B‑1001.1, no person shall have any alcoholic beverage mailed or shipped to him from outside this State...
- § 18B-110 Emergency
When the Governor finds that a "state of emergency," as defined in G.S. 14‑288.1, exists anywhere in this State, he may (1) Order the closing...
- § 18B-111 Nontaxpaid alcoholic beverages
No person may possess, transport, or sell nontaxpaid alcoholic beverages except as authorized by the ABC law. (1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1262, s. 4.)
- § 18B-112 through 18B-119 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 1A - Compensation for Injury Caused by Sales to Underage Persons.
- § 18B-120 Definitions
As used in this Article: (1) "Aggrieved party" means a person who sustains an injury as a consequence of the actions of the underage person,...
- § 18B-121 Claim for relief created for sale to underage person
An aggrieved party has a claim for relief for damages against a permittee or local Alcoholic Beverage Control Board if: (1) The permittee or his...
- § 18B-122 Burden of proof and admissibility of evidence
The plaintiff shall have the burden of proving that the sale or furnishing of the alcoholic beverage to the underage person, as defined, was, under...
- § 18B-123 Limitation on damages
The total amount of damages that may be awarded to all aggrieved parties pursuant to any claims for relief under this Article is limited to...
- § 18B-124 Joint and several liability
The liability of the negligent driver or owner of the vehicle that caused the injury and the permittee or ABC board which sold or furnished...
- § 18B-125 Exceptions
This Article does not create a claim for relief against the following: (1) One who holds only a brown bagging permit, a special occasions permit,...
- § 18B-126 Statute of limitations
The statute of limitations is as provided in G.S. 1‑54. (1983, c. 435, s. 37.)
- § 18B-127 Duty of clerk of superior court
When execution on a judgment on a cause of action under G.S. 18B‑121 is returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, the clerk of superior...
- § 18B-128 Common-law rights not abridged
The creation of any claim for relief by this Article may not be interpreted to abrogate or abridge any claims for relief under the common...
- § 18B-129 No liability for refusal to sell or for holding documents
(a) No permittee or his agent or employee may be held liable for damages resulting from the refusal to sell or furnish an alcoholic beverage...
- § 18B-130 through 18B-199 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 2 - State Administration.
- § 18B-200 North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
(a) Creation of Commission; compensation. The North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission is created to consist of a chairman and two associate members. The chairman...
- § 18B-201 Conflict of interest
(a) Financial Interests Restricted. No person shall be appointed to or employed by the Commission, a local board, or the ALE Division if that person...
- § 18B-202 Discharge upon conviction
In addition to imposing any other penalty authorized by law, a judge may remove from office or discharge from employment any Commission or local board...
- § 18B-203 Powers and duties of the Commission
(a) Powers. The Commission shall have authority to: (1) Administer the ABC laws; (2) Provide for enforcement of the ABC laws, in conjunction with the...
- § 18B-204 State warehouse
(a) Contracting for Private Warehouse. The Commission shall provide for the receipt, storage, and distribution of spirituous liquor by one of the following methods: (1)...
- § 18B-205 Accounts and reports required
(a) Accounts and Reports. The Commission may require local boards to submit quarterly mixed beverage reports, quarterly and annual audits, monthly sales records, and any...
- § 18B-206 Standards for alcoholic beverages
(a) Authority to Set Standards. The Commission may set standards and adopt rules for malt beverages, unfortified wine, fortified wine, and spirituous liquor to protect...
- § 18B-207 Rules
The Commission shall have authority to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. Those rules shall become effective when...
- § 18B-208 ABC Commission bonds and funds
(a) Issuance of Bonds. As a means of raising the funds needed from time to time in the design, acquisition, construction, equipping, maintenance and operation...
- § 18B-209 through 18B-299 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 3 - Sale, Possession, and Consumption.
- § 18B-300 Purchase, possession and consumption of malt beverages and unfortified wine
(a) Generally. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the purchase, consumption, and possession of malt beverages and unfortified wine by individuals 21 years old...
- § 18B-301 Possession and consumption of fortified wine and spirituous liquor
(a) Possession at Home. It shall be lawful, without an ABC permit, for any person at least 21 years old to possess for lawful purposes...
- § 18B-302 Sale to or purchase by underage persons
(a) Sale. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Sell malt beverages or unfortified wine to anyone less than 21 years old; or...
- § 18B-302.1 Penalties for certain offenses related to underage persons
(a) A violation of G.S. 18B‑302(a) or (a1) is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 15A‑1340.23, if the court imposes a sentence...
- § 18B-303 Amounts of alcoholic beverages that may be purchased
(a) Purchases Allowed. Without a permit, a person may purchase at one time: (1) Not more than 80 liters of malt beverages, except draft malt...
- § 18B-304 Sale and possession for sale
(a) Offense. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any alcoholic beverage, or possess any alcoholic beverage for sale, without first obtaining the...
- § 18B-305 Other prohibited sales
(a) Sale to Intoxicated Person. It shall be unlawful for a permittee or his employee or for an ABC store employee to knowingly sell or...
- § 18B-306 Making wines and malt beverages for private use
An individual may make, possess, and transport native wines and malt beverages for his own use and for the use of his family and guests....
- § 18B-307 Manufacturing offenses
(a) Offenses. It shall be unlawful for any person, except as authorized by this Chapter, to: (1) Sell or possess equipment or ingredients intended for...
- § 18B-308 Sale and consumption at bingo games
It shall be unlawful to sell or consume, or for the owner or other person in charge of the premises to allow the sale or...
- § 18B-309 Alcoholic beverage sales in Urban Redevelopment Areas
(a) A food business as defined in G.S. 18B‑1000(3), a retail business as defined in G.S. 18B‑1000(7), or an eating establishment as defined in G.S....
- § 18B-310 through 18B-399 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 4 - Transportation.
Article 5 - Law Enforcement.
- § 18B-500 Alcohol law-enforcement agents
(a) Appointment. The Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety shall appoint alcohol law‑enforcement agents and other enforcement personnel. The Secretary of Crime Control and...
- § 18B-501 Local ABC officers
(a) Appointment. Except as provided in subsection (f), each local board shall hire one or more ABC enforcement officers. Local ABC enforcement officers shall be...
- § 18B-502 Inspection of licensed premises
(a) Authority. To procure evidence of violations of the ABC law, alcohol law‑enforcement agents, employees of the Commission, local ABC officers, and officers of local...
- § 18B-503 Disposition of seized alcoholic beverages
(a) Storage. A law‑enforcement officer who seizes alcoholic beverages as evidence of an ABC law violation shall provide for the storage of those alcoholic beverages...
- § 18B-504 Forfeiture
(a) Property Subject to Forfeiture. The following kinds of property shall be subject to forfeiture: (1) Motor vehicles, boats, airplanes, and all other conveyances used...
- § 18B-505 Restitution
When a person is convicted of a violation of the ABC laws, the court may order him to make restitution to any law‑enforcement agency for...
- § 18B-506 through 18B-599 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 6 - Elections.
- § 18B-600 Places eligible to hold alcoholic beverage elections
(a) Kinds of Elections. The following kinds of alcoholic beverage elections shall be permitted: (1) Malt beverage; (2) Unfortified wine; (3) ABC store; and (4)...
- § 18B-601 Election procedure
(a) Generally. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an alcoholic beverage election shall be conducted in the same manner and under the same rules...
- § 18B-602 Form of ballots
(a) Malt Beverage Elections. Any one or more of the propositions listed below may be placed on the ballot for a malt beverage election. Each...
- § 18B-603 Effect of alcoholic beverage elections on issuance of permits
(a) Malt Beverage Elections. If a malt beverage election is held under G.S. 18B‑602(a) and the sale of malt beverages is approved, the Commission may...
- § 18B-604 Timing and effect of subsequent elections
(a) Time Limits. No county alcoholic beverage election may be held within three years of the certification of the results of a previous election on...
- § 18B-605 Local act elections
If a jurisdiction has lawfully voted in favor of ABC stores or in favor of the sale of some kind of alcoholic beverage, and the...
- § 18B-606 through 18B-699 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 7 - Local ABC Boards.
Article 8 - Operation of ABC Stores.
- § 18B-800 Sale of alcoholic beverages in ABC stores
(a) Spirituous Liquor. Except as provided in Article 10 of this Chapter, spirituous liquor may be sold only in ABC stores operated by local boards....
- § 18B-801 Location, opening, and closing of stores
(a) Number of Stores. Each local board shall have the authority and duty to operate one ABC store. Additional stores may be operated with the...
- § 18B-802 When stores operate
(a) Time. No ABC store shall be open, and no ABC store employee shall sell alcoholic beverages, between 9:00 P.M. and 9:00 A.M. The local...
- § 18B-803 Store management
(a) Manager. A local board shall provide for the management of each store operated by it. The board shall employ at least one manager for...
- § 18B-804 Alcoholic beverage pricing
(a) Uniform Price of Spirituous Liquor. The retail price of spirituous liquor sold in ABC stores shall be uniform throughout the State, unless otherwise provided...
- § 18B-805 Distribution of revenue
(a) Gross Receipts. As used in this section, "gross receipts" means all revenue of a local board, including proceeds from the sale of alcoholic beverages,...
- § 18B-806 Damaged alcoholic beverages
(a) Owned by Local Board. All damaged alcoholic beverages owned by a local board shall be destroyed, given to a public or private hospital for...
- § 18B-807 Rules
The Commission may adopt rules concerning the organization and operation of self‑service ABC stores, the size of ABC store signs, the display of alcoholic beverages,...
- § 18B-808 Warning signs regarding dangers of alcohol consumption during pregnancy required; posting
(a) Each ABC store shall display or cause to be displayed warning signs that meet the requirements of this section on the store's premises to...
- § 18B-809 through 18B-899 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 9 - Issuance of Permits.
- § 18B-900 Qualifications for permit
(a) Requirements. To be eligible to receive and to hold an ABC permit, a person shall: (1) Be at least 21 years old, unless the...
- § 18B-901 Issuance of permits
(a) Who Issues. All ABC permits shall be issued by the Commission. Purchase‑transportation permits shall be issued by local boards under G.S. 18B‑403. (b) Notice...
- § 18B-902 Application for permit; fees
(a) Form. An application for an ABC permit shall be on a form prescribed by the Commission and shall be notarized. Each person required to...
- § 18B-903 Duration of permit; renewal and transfer
(a) Duration. Once issued, ABC permits shall be valid for the following periods, unless earlier surrendered, suspended or revoked: (1) On‑premises and off‑premises malt beverage,...
- § 18B-904 Miscellaneous provisions concerning permits
(a) Who Receives Permit. An ABC permit shall authorize the permitted activity only on the premises of the establishment named in the permit. An ABC...
- § 18B-905 Temporary permits
When an application has been received in proper form, with the required application fee, the Commission may issue a temporary permit for any of the...
- § 18B-906 Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act
(a) Act Applies. An ABC permit is a "license" within the meaning of G.S. 150B‑2, and, except for revocation pursuant to G.S. 18B‑904(e)(3), a Commission...
- § 18B-907 through 18B-999 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 10 - Retail Activity.
- § 18B-1000 Definitions concerning establishments
The following requirements and definitions shall apply to this Chapter: (1) Community theatre. An establishment owned and operated by a bona fide nonprofit organization that...
- § 18B-1001 Kinds of ABC permits; places eligible
When the issuance of the permit is lawful in the jurisdiction in which the premises are located, the Commission may issue the following kinds of...
- § 18B-1001.1 Authorization of wine shipper permit
(a) A winery holding a federal basic wine manufacturing permit located within or outside of the State may apply to the Commission for issuance of...
- § 18B-1001.2 Additional wine shipping requirements
(a) A wine shipper permittee shall: (1) Compile and submit to the Commission quarterly a summary indicating all wine products shipped, including brand and price...
- § 18B-1001.3 Authorization of wine shipper packager permit
The holder of a wine shipper packager permit may provide services for the warehousing, packaging, and shipment of wine on behalf of a winery holding...
- § 18B-1002 Special one-time permits
(a) Kinds of Permits. In addition to the other permits authorized by this Chapter, the Commission may issue permits for the following activities: (1) A...
- § 18B-1003 Responsibilities of permittee
(a) Premises. For purposes of this Chapter, a permittee shall be responsible for the entire premises for which the permit is issued. The permittee shall...
- § 18B-1004 Hours for sale and consumption
(a) Hours. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful to sell malt beverages, unfortified wine, fortified wine, or mixed beverages between...
- § 18B-1005 Conduct on licensed premises
(a) Certain Conduct. It shall be unlawful for a permittee or his agent or employee to knowingly allow any of the following kinds of conduct...
- § 18B-1005.1 Sexually explicit conduct on licensed premises
(a) It shall be unlawful for a permittee or his agent or employee to knowingly allow or engage in any of the following kinds of...
- § 18B-1006 Miscellaneous provisions on permits
(a) School and College Campuses. No permit for the sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, or fortified wine shall be issued to a business on...
- § 18B-1006.1 Additional requirement for certain permittees to recycle beverage containers
Holders of on‑premises malt beverage permits, on‑premises unfortified wine permits, on‑premises fortified wine permits, and mixed beverages permits shall separate, store, and provide for the...
- § 18B-1007 Additional requirements for mixed beverages permittees
(a) Purchases. A mixed beverages permittee may purchase spirituous liquor for resale as mixed beverages and a guest room cabinet permittee may purchase spirituous liquor...
- § 18B-1008 Rules concerning retail permits
The Commission is authorized to use broad discretion in further defining the kinds of places eligible for permits under this Article. The rules may state...
- § 18B-1009 In-stand sales
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit a retail permittee from selling for consumption, malt beverages in the seating areas of stadiums, ballparks,...
- § 18B-1010 through 18B-1099 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 11 - Commercial Activity.
- § 18B-1100 Commercial permits
The Commission may issue the following commercial permits: (1) Unfortified winery (2) Fortified winery (3) Limited winery (4) Brewery (5) Distillery (6) Fuel alcohol (7)...
- § 18B-1101 Authorization of unfortified winery permit
The holder of an unfortified winery permit may: (1) Manufacture unfortified wine; (2) Sell, deliver and ship unfortified wine in closed containers to wholesalers licensed...
- § 18B-1102 Authorization of fortified winery permit
The holder of a fortified winery permit may: (1) Manufacture, purchase, import and transport brandy and other ingredients and equipment used in the manufacture of...
- § 18B-1103 Authorization of limited winery permit
(a) Special Qualifications. Any winery which holds an unfortified winery permit and which produces its wine principally from honey, grapes or other fruit or grain...
- § 18B-1104 Authorization of brewery permit
The holder of a brewery permit may: (1) Manufacture malt beverages; (2) Purchase malt, hops and other ingredients used in the manufacture of malt beverages;...
- § 18B-1105 Authorization of distillery permit
(a) Authorized Acts. The holder of a distillery permit may: (1) Manufacture, purchase, import, possess and transport ingredients and equipment used in the distillation of...
- § 18B-1105.1 Authorization of liquor importer/bottler permit
The holder of a liquor importer/bottler permit may: (1) Receive spirituous liquor in closed containers into foreign trade zones at the State Port facilities in...
- § 18B-1106 Authorization of wine importer permit
(a) Authorization. The holder of a wine importer permit may: (1) Import fortified and unfortified wines from outside the United States in closed containers; (2)...
- § 18B-1107 Authorization of wine wholesaler permit
(a) Authorization. The holder of a wine wholesaler permit may: (1) Receive, possess and transport shipments of fortified and unfortified wine. The wine must be...
- § 18B-1108 Authorization of malt beverages importer permit
The holder of a malt beverages importer permit may: (1) Import malt beverages from outside the United States in closed containers; (2) Store those malt...
- § 18B-1109 Authorization of malt beverages wholesaler permit
(a) Authorization. The holder of a malt beverages wholesaler permit may: (1) Receive, possess and transport shipments of malt beverages; (2) Sell, deliver and ship,...
- § 18B-1110 Authorization of bottler permit
(a) Authorization. The holder of a bottler permit may: (1) Receive, possess and transport shipments of malt beverages, unfortified wine and fortified wine; (2) Bottle,...
- § 18B-1111 Authorization of salesman permit
(a) Authorized Acts. The holder of a salesman permit may sell and transport malt beverages for a malt beverage wholesaler or sell and transport unfortified...
- § 18B-1112 Authorization of vendor representative permit
(a) Authorized Acts. The holder of a vendor representative permit may represent an unfortified winery, fortified winery, limited winery, brewery, bottler, importer, nonresident malt beverage...
- § 18B-1113 Authorization of nonresident malt beverage vendor permit
The holder of a nonresident malt beverage vendor permit may sell, deliver, and ship malt beverages in this State only to wholesalers, importers, and bottlers...
- § 18B-1114 Authorization of nonresident wine vendor permit
The holder of a nonresident wine vendor permit may sell, deliver, and ship unfortified and fortified wine in this State only to wholesalers, importers, and...
- § 18B-1114.1 Authorization of winery special event permit
(a) Authorization. The holder of an unfortified winery permit, a limited winery permit, a viticulture/enology course authorization, or a wine producer permit may obtain a...
- § 18B-1114.2 Effect of cider and vinegar manufacturer permit
The holder of a cider and vinegar manufacturer permit may purchase and transport unlimited quantities of out‑of‑date unfortified or fortified wines from wine wholesalers for...
- § 18B-1114.3 Authorization of wine producer permit
(a) Authorization. The holder of a wine producer permit may: (1) Ship crops grown on land owned by it in North Carolina to a winery,...
- § 18B-1114.4 Viticulture/Enology course authorization
(a) Authorization. The holder of a viticulture/enology course authorization may: (1) Manufacture wine from grapes grown on the school's campus or the school's contracted or...
- § 18B-1115 Commercial transportation
(a) Permit Required. Unless a person holds a permit which otherwise allows him to transport more than 80 liters of malt beverages other than draft...
- § 18B-1116 Exclusive outlets prohibited
(a) Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler of any alcoholic beverages, or for any officer, director, or affiliate thereof, either...
- § 18B-1117 Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 142, s. 3
- § 18B-1118 Purchase restrictions
The holder of a malt beverage wholesaler, wine wholesaler, malt beverage importer, wine importer, or bottler permit may not purchase malt beverages or wine for...
- § 18B-1119 Supplier's financial interest in wholesaler
(a) A supplier or an officer, director, employee or affiliate of a supplier may financially assist a proposed purchaser in acquiring ownership of a wholesaler's...
- § 18B-1120 through 18B-1199 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 12 - Wine Distribution Agreements.
- § 18B-1200 Construction; findings and purpose; exceptions
(a) This Article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. (b) The underlying purposes and policies of the Article...
- § 18B-1201 Definitions
As used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Agreement" means a commercial relationship between a wine wholesaler and a winery. The agreement...
- § 18B-1202 No inducement, coercion, or discrimination
No winery may: (1) Induce, coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce any wine wholesaler to accept delivery of any alcoholic beverage or any other...
- § 18B-1203 Primary area of responsibility
(a) Each agreement shall designate a sales territory of the wholesaler. No winery may enter into more than one agreement for each brand of wine...
- § 18B-1204 Cancellation
Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of any agreement, no winery may amend, cancel, terminate, or refuse to continue to renew any agreement, or cause...
- § 18B-1205 Notice of intent to terminate
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a winery shall provide a wholesaler at least 90 days prior written notice of any intention to amend,...
- § 18B-1206 Transfer of business
(a) No winery may unreasonably withhold or delay consent to any transfer of the wholesaler's business or transfer of the stock or other interest in...
- § 18B-1207 Judicial remedies
(a) If a winery violates any provision of this Article, a wholesaler may maintain a suit against the winery. The court may grant injunctive and...
- § 18B-1208 Price of product
No winery, whether by means of a term or condition of an agreement or otherwise, may directly or indirectly fix or maintain the prices at...
- § 18B-1209 Retaliatory action prohibited
No winery may take retaliatory action against a wholesaler who files or manifests an intention to file a complaint alleging that the winery violated a...
- § 18B-1210 Management
No winery may require or prohibit any change in management or personnel of any wholesaler unless the current or potential management or personnel fails to...
- § 18B-1211 No discrimination
No winery may discriminate among its wholesalers in any business dealings, including the price of wine sold to the wholesaler, unless the classification among its...
- § 18B-1212 No waiver
No winery may require any wholesaler to waive compliance with any provision of this Chapter. Nothing in this Chapter, however, may be construed to limit...
- § 18B-1213 Obligations of purchaser
The purchaser of a winery is obligated to all the terms and conditions of an agreement in effect on the date of the purchase, except...
- § 18B-1214 Prohibited practices enumerated
It is a violation of this Article for any winery, directly or indirectly, to engage in any of the following practices: (1) To restrict the...
- § 18B-1215 Intent of nondiscrimination
It is the intent of this Article that there shall be no unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, or national origin in...
- § 18B-1216 Relation of Article to other laws
Nothing in this Article relieves a winery or wholesaler of any obligation, duty, or prohibition imposed by any other provision of this Chapter or by...
- § 18B-1217 through 18B-1299 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 13 - Beer Franchise Law.
- § 18B-1300 Purpose
Pursuant to the authority of the State under the Twenty‑First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the General Assembly finds that regulation of the business...
- § 18B-1301 Definitions
(1) "Supplier" means a brewer, bottler, or importer of malt beverages, including anyone who holds a brewery, malt beverages importer or nonresident malt beverages vendor...
- § 18B-1302 Franchise agreement
(a) Nature of Agreement. A franchise agreement is a commercial relationship between a wholesaler and supplier of a definite or indefinite duration, whether written or...
- § 18B-1303 Filing of distribution agreement; no discrimination
(a) Filing. It is unlawful for a supplier to provide malt beverages to a wholesaler unless the Commission has received notification from the supplier designating...
- § 18B-1304 Prohibitions
It is unlawful for a supplier, or an officer, agent or representative of a supplier, to: (1) Coerce or attempt to coerce or persuade a...
- § 18B-1305 Cause for termination of franchise agreement
(a) Meaning of Good Cause. Good cause for altering or terminating a franchise agreement, or failing to renew or causing a wholesaler to resign from...
- § 18B-1306 Remedies for wrongful termination
(a) Injunctive Relief. A wholesaler whose franchise agreement is altered, terminated or not renewed in violation of this Article may bring an action to enjoin...
- § 18B-1307 Transfer of wholesaler's business
(a) Right of Transfer to Designated Family Member upon Death. Upon the death of a wholesaler, that individual's interest in the wholesaler business, including the...
- § 18B-1308 Article part of all franchise agreements
The provisions of this Article shall be part of all franchise agreements as defined in G.S. 18B‑1302 and may not be altered by the parties....
