NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 53

HOUSE BILL 31

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEES CHARGEABLE BY BONDSMEN IN WAYNE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 5 of Chapter 1076 of the 1965 Session Laws is hereby amended and rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 5. No person, firm, association or corporation, who shall execute or become surety upon any appearance bond in any court in Wayne County, shall charge as a fee therefor, and for all services in connection therewith, an amount in excess of ten per cent (10%) of the amount of the bond, provided that in no case shall the fee be less than ten dollars ($10.00)."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of March, 1971.