Every prepaid entertainment contract shall:

(1) Be in writing, fully completed, dated and signed by all contracting parties. A copy of the contract shall be given to the buyer at the time he signs the contract;

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 66-119

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Have a duration of service that is a precisely measured period of years or any definite part of a year;

(3) Contain a full statement of the buyer’s rights under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-120;

(4) Contain, in immediate proximity to the space reserved for the signature of the buyer, in bold face type of a minimum size of 10 points, a statement of the buyer’s rights under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-121, in substantially the following form:

“You the buyer, may cancel this contract at any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this contract. To cancel, you must notify the seller in writing not later than midnight of

(Date).”

 (1979, c. 833, s. 1.)