NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 895
SENATE BILL 213

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT WEAPONS PERMITS BE OBTAINED FROM THE COUNTY OF RESIDENCE OF THE PURCHASER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The first paragraph of G.S. 14-402 is rewritten to read:
"It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation in this State to sell, give away, or transfer, or to purchase or receive, at any place within this State from any other place within or without the State any pistol unless a license or permit therefor has first been obtained by the purchaser or receiver from the sheriff of the county in which that purchaser or receiver resides."
Sec. 2.  The second paragraph of G.S. 14-402 is rewritten to read:
"It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to receive from any postmaster, postal clerk, employee in the parcel post department, rural mail carrier, express agent or employee, railroad agent or employee within the State of North Carolina any pistol without having in his or their possession and without exhibiting at the time of the delivery of the same and to the person delivering the same the permit from the sheriff as provided in G.S. 14-403. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or imprisoned not less than 30 days nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court."
Sec. 3.  The first paragraph of G.S. 14-409.1 is rewritten to read:
"It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation in this State to sell, give away, or transfer, or to purchase or receive, at any place within this State from any other place within or without the State any pistol unless a license or permit therefor has first been obtained by the purchaser or receiver from the clerk of superior court of the county in which that purchaser or receiver resides."
Sec. 4.  The second paragraph of G.S. 14-409.1 is rewritten as follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to receive from any postmaster, postal clerk, employee in the parcel post department, rural mail carrier, express agent or employee, railroad agent or employee within the State of North Carolina any pistol without having in his or their possession and without exhibiting at the time of the delivery of the same and to the person delivering the same, the permit from the clerk of superior court as provided in G.S. 14‑409.2. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollar ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or imprisoned not less than 30 days nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court."
Sec. 5.  The provisions of any local act which are in conflict with this act are repealed.
Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1979
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.