North Carolina General Statutes 106-610. Grounds for refusal, suspension or revocation of license
The Commissioner may refuse to grant or renew any license, may suspend or may revoke any license upon a showing by substantial and competent evidence of any of the following:
(1) The dealer has suffered a final money judgment to be entered against him and such judgment remains unsatisfied.
(2) The dealer has failed to promptly and properly account and pay for grain.
(3) The dealer has failed to keep and maintain business records of his grain transactions as required by this Article.
(4) The dealer has engaged in fraudulent or deceptive practices in the transaction of his business as a dealer.
(5) The dealer has failed to collect from a producer and remit to the Commissioner of Agriculture such assessments as have been approved by the producers and are required to be collected under the provisions of Article 50 of Chapter 106 of the N.C. Gen. Stat..
(6) The dealer or applicant has been convicted, pled guilty or nolo contendere within three years in any state or federal court of a crime involving moral turpitude.
(7) The dealer has failed either to file the required bond or to keep such bond in force.
(8) The applicant has acted or held himself or herself out as a grain dealer without first having obtained a license under the provisions of this Article.
(9) The dealer has hired a person who has been convicted of a crime involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in any capacity involving the buying or selling of grain, or the handling of payments for grain.
(10) The dealer or applicant has violated any provision of this Article or rules adopted pursuant to this Article. ?(1973, c. 665, s. 10; 1979, c. 589, s. 2; 2013-102, s. 2.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 106-610
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3