North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 74C Private Protective Services

Article 1 - Private Protective Services Board.

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-1.   Title
  This Chapter may be cited as the Private Protective Services Act. The purpose of this act is to increase the level of integrity, competency,...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-2.   Licenses required
  (a) No private person, firm, association, or corporation shall engage in, perform any services as, or in any way represent or hold itself out...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-3.   Private protective services profession defined
  (a) As used in this Chapter, the term "private protective services profession" means and includes the following: (1) Armored car profession. - Any person,...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-4.   Private Protective Services Board established; members; terms; vacancies; compensation; meetings
  (a) The Private Protective Services Board is hereby established in the Department of Justice to administer the licensing and set educational and training requirements...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-5.   Powers of the Board
  In addition to the powers conferred upon the Board elsewhere in this Chapter, the Board shall have the power to do all of the...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-6.   Position of Director created
  The position of Director of the Private Protective Services Board is hereby created within the Department of Justice. The Attorney General shall appoint a...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-7.   Investigative powers of the Attorney General
  The Attorney General for the State of North Carolina shall have the power to investigate or cause to be investigated any complaints, allegations, or...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-8.   License requirements
  (a) License Required. - Any person, firm, association, or corporation desiring to carry on or engage in the private protective services profession in this...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-8.1.   Criminal background checks
  (a) Authorization. - Upon receipt of an application for a license, registration, certification, or permit, the Board shall conduct a background investigation to determine...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-9.   Form of license; term; renewal; posting; branch offices; not assignable; late renewal fee
  (a) The license when issued shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board and shall state: (1) The name of...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-10.   Certificate of liability insurance required; form and approval; suspension for noncompliance
  (a) through (d) Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 673, s. 4. (e) No security guard and patrol, armored car, or special limited guard...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-11.   Probationary employees and registration of regular employees; unarmed security guard required to have registration card
  (a) All licensees may employ unarmed security guards as probationary employees for 20 consecutive calendar days. Upon completion of the probationary period and the...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-12.   Denial, suspension, or revocation of license, registration, or permit; duty to report criminal arrests
  (a) The Board may, after compliance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, deny, suspend or revoke a license, registration, or permit issued under...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-13.   Armed licensee or registered employee required to have firearm registration permit; firearms training
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person performing private protective services duties to carry a firearm in the performance of those duties without...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-14.   Repealed by Session Laws 2009-328, s. 11, effective October 1, 2009
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-15.   Pocket identification cards issued to licensees and trainees
  (a) Upon the issuance of a license or trainee permit, a pocket identification card of design, size, and content approved by the Board shall...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-16.   Prohibited acts
  (a), (b) Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 759, s. 13. (c) It shall be unlawful for anyone not licensed or registered as required...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-17.   Enforcement
  (a) The Board is authorized to apply in its own name to any judge of the superior court of the General Court of Justice...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-18.   Reciprocity; temporary permit
  (a) To the extent that other states which provide for licensing of any private protective services profession provide for similar action for citizens of...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-19.   Severability
  If any provision of this Chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is for any reason held invalid, such invalidity shall...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-20.   Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 673, s. 9, effective July 1, 1983
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-21.   Law enforcement officer provisions
  (a) No law enforcement officer of the United States, this State, any other state, or any political subdivision of a state shall be licensed...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-22.   Continuing education
  The Board may require individuals holding a license, registration, certificate, or permit to complete continuing education courses approved by the Board before renewal. The...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-23.   Acquisition or change of ownership or control of licensed firm, association, or corporation
  In the event a company, firm, or corporation licensed under this Chapter transfers ownership, control, or a majority of assets to another person, firm,...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-24.   Reserved for future codification purposes
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-25.   Reserved for future codification purposes
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-26.   Reserved for future codification purposes
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-27.   Reserved for future codification purposes
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-28.   Reserved for future codification purposes
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-29.   Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 2 - Private Protective Services Education Fund.

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-30.   Private Protective Services Education Fund created; payments to Fund; management; use of funds
  (a) There is hereby created and established a special fund to be known as the "Private Protective Services Education Fund" (hereinafter Fund) which shall...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-31.   Repealed by Session Laws 2009-328, s. 14, effective October 1, 2009
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-32.   Repealed by Session Laws 2009-328, s. 14, effective October 1, 2009
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74C-33.   Repealed by Session Laws 2009-328, s. 14, effective October 1, 2009

Last modified: March 23, 2014