(a)        Every business opportunity contract shall be in writing and a copy shall be given to the purchaser at the time he signs the contract.

(b)        Every contract for a business opportunity shall include the following:

(1)        The terms and conditions of payment;

(2)        A full and detailed description of the acts or services that the business opportunity seller undertakes to perform for the purchaser;

(3)        The seller’s principal business address and the name and address of its agent in the State of North Carolina authorized to receive service of process in addition to the Secretary of State as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-97(b);

(4)        The approximate delivery date of any product(s), equipment or supplies the business opportunity seller is to deliver to the purchaser. (1977, c. 884, s. 1; 1981, c. 817, s. 4; 1983, c.? 721, s. 4.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 66-99

  • 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
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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
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