§ 87-14. Regulations as to issue of building permits.
§87‑14. Regulations as to issue of building permits.
Any person, firm orcorporation, upon making application to the building inspector or such otherauthority of any incorporated city, town or county in North Carolina chargedwith the duty of issuing building or other permits for the construction of anybuilding, highway, sewer, grading or any improvement or structure where thecost thereof is to be thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or more, shall, beforehe be entitled to the issuance of such permit, furnish satisfactory proof tosuch inspector or authority that he or another person contracting tosuperintend or manage the construction is duly licensed under the terms of thisArticle to carry out or superintend the same, and that he has paid the license taxrequired by the Revenue Act of the State of North Carolina then in force so asto be qualified to bid upon or contract for the work for which the permit hasbeen applied, and that he has in effect Workers' Compensation insurance asrequired by Chapter 97 of the General Statutes; and it shall be unlawful forsuch building inspector or other authority to issue or allow the issuance ofsuch building permit unless and until the applicant has furnished evidence thathe is either exempt from the provisions of this Article or is duly licensedunder this Article to carry out or superintend the work for which permit hasbeen applied; and further, that the applicant has paid the license tax requiredby the State Revenue Act then in force so as to be qualified to bid upon orcontract for the work covered by the permit; and further, that the applicanthas in effect Workers' Compensation insurance as required by Chapter 97 of theGeneral Statutes. Any building inspector or other such authority who issubject to and violates the terms of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3misdemeanor and subject only to a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00).(1925, c. 318, s. 13; 1931, c. 62, s. 4; 1937, c. 429, s. 7; 1949, c.934; 1953, c. 809; 1969, c. 1063, s. 6; 1971, c. 246, s. 4; 1981, c. 783, s. 2;1989, c. 109, s. 2; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 840, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s.603; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)