18 NCAC 11 .0705             SOLICITATION VIOLATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

(a)  Any person, subject to licensure under G.S. 131F et. seq., who promises to produce an event and fails to do so or has not produced the event within 60 days following the scheduled event shall offer of a full refund to the purchaser.

(b)  Any person, subject to licensure under G.S. 131F et. seq. who offers a publication or item for sale who has not produced the publication or item for sale within 60 days of the promised delivery date shall offer of a full refund to the purchaser.

(c)  Any person subject to licensure under G.S. 131F et. seq. shall avoid all acts in solicitations that would cause any person to suffer actual damages.

(d)  A charitable organization or sponsor shall issue to each unpaid volunteer solicitor or salaried employee a printed authorization or other identification and shall instruct that it be shown in all solicitations by such solicitor or employee.

(e)  When a solicitor or solicitor counsel sells tickets to an event where the seats are specifically identified, the solicitor or solicitor counsel shall not sell duplicate tickets for the same seat.

(f)  When a solicitor or solicitor counsel sells tickets for an event where the seats are not specifically identified, the solicitor counsel shall not sell tickets in excess of 10% of the seating capacity for the event.

(g)  When a solicitor or solicitor counsel has sold tickets an event and the purchaser cannot be seated at a scheduled performance of the event, the solicitor or solicitor counsel shall offer to the purchaser the option of either guaranteed seating at another performance of a full refund.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131F‑18; 131F‑33;

Eff. January 1, 1982;

Amended Eff. November 1, 1989;

Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 1995 for a period of 180 days or until the permanent rule becomes effective, whichever is sooner;

Amended Eff. June 1, 1995;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 23, 2017.