FILED SENATE
Apr 1, 2021
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 488
SESSION 2021 PRINCIPAL CLERK
S D
SENATE BILL DRS45239-MQ-36
Short Title: Consumer Protection- Invoice Advertisements. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Rabon, Ford, and Alexander (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO ELIMINATE THE USE OF DISCLAIMERS ON SIMULATED CHECKS OR
3 INVOICES.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 75-35 reads as rewritten:
6 "§ 75-35. Simulation of checks and invoices.
7 No person engaged in commerce shall in any manner issue any writing which simulates or
8 resembles: (i) a negotiable instrument; or (ii) an invoice, unless the intended recipient has actually
9 contracted for goods, property, or services for which the issuer seeks proper payment. The
10 inclusion of any disclaimer on the writing shall not be a defense to a violation of this section."
11 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2021.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 75-35
Edition 1: 75-35
Edition 2: 75-35