North Carolina § 115D-96 - Operating school without license or bond made misdemeanor.

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§ 115D-96. Operating school without license or bond made misdemeanor.

Any person, or each member of any association of persons or each officer of any corporation who opens and conducts a proprietary school without first having obtained the license herein required, and without first having executed the bond, paid the assessments into the Student Protection Fund, or both, as required by law, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and each day the school continues to be open and operated shall constitute a separate offense. History (1955, c. 1372, art. 30, s. 7; 1957, c. 1000; 1961, c. 1175, s. 10; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1987, c. 442, s. 2; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 877, s. 8; 1993, c. 539, s. 894; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2009-562, s. 3; 2011-21, s. 7.) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly G.S. 115C-577. It was recodified by Session Laws 1987, c. 442, s. 2, effective July 1, 1987. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-562, s. 3, effective July 1, 2010, substituted "without first having executed the bond, paid the assessments into the Student Protection Fund, or both, as required by law," for "without first having executed the bond required" and made a minor stylistic change. Session Laws 2011-21, s. 7, effective July 1, 2011, substituted "proprietary school" for "proprietary business school, a proprietary technical school, a proprietary trade school, or a correspondence school."

Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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