NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-134 (2026)

Regulating and licensing businesses, trades, etc

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(a) A county may by ordinance, subject to the general law of the State, regulate and license occupations, businesses, trades, professions, and forms of amusement or entertainment and prohibit those that may be inimical to the public health, welfare, safety, order, or convenience. In licensing trades, occupations, and professions, the county may, consistent with the general law of the State, require applicants for licenses to be examined and charge a reasonable fee therefor. This section does not authorize a county to examine or license a person holding a license issued by an occupational licensing board of this State as to the profession or trade that he has been licensed to practice or pursue by the State.

(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-237, s. 4, effective October 1, 2015.

(c) Nothing in this section shall authorize a county to regulate and license a TNC service regulated under Article 10A of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes. (1868, c. 20, s. 8; Code, s. 707; Rev., s. 1318; C.S., s. 1297; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 2013-413, s. 12.1(c); 2015-237, s. 4.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1987–2003 · leading case: Williams v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, 581 S.E.2d 415 (N.C. 2003).

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Williams v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, 581 S.E.2d 415 (N.C. 2003). · cites it 3× “§ 153A-123 (“Enforcement of ordinances”), and N.C.G.S. § 153A-134 (“Regulating and licensing businesses, trades, etc.”

Treants Enter., Inc. v. Onslow Cnty., 360 S.E.2d 783 (N.C. 1987). · cites it 3× “-, and (3) the state has indeed delegated to the counties the power to enact ordinances to regulate such businesses as movie mates in the public interest, N.C.G.S. §§ 153A-134, -135 (1983). The question before this Court, however, is not whether Onslow County has the power to…”

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