North Carolina General Statutes 89D-12. License required; use of seal; posting license
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no person shall engage in the practice of landscape construction or contracting, use the designation “landscape contractor,” or advertise using any title or description that implies licensure as a landscape contractor unless the person is licensed as a landscape contractor as provided by this Chapter. All landscape construction or contracting performed by a partnership, association, corporation, firm, or other group shall be performed under an individual who is readily available to exercise supervision over the landscape construction and contracting work and who is licensed by the Board under this Chapter.
(b) Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to authorize a landscape contractor to engage in any of the following:
(1) The practice of landscape architecture, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89A-1
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 89D-12
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- seal: shall be construed to include an impression of such official seal, made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression made by means of a wafer or of wax affixed thereto. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) The practice of engineering, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-3
(3) Practice as a well contractor certified under Article 7A of Chapter 87 of the N.C. Gen. Stat..
(4) The practice of irrigation contracting, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89G-1
(5) The practice of architecture, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 83A-1
(6) The practice of plumbing, heating group number one, heating group number two, heating group number three, fire sprinkler, or fuel piping contracting, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-21, provided the landscaping contractor may install piping, fittings, valves, and associated components for the purpose of landscape contracting that is downstream of a potable water source, groundwater source, or grey water source, and downstream of a backflow prevention assembly.
(7) The practice of electrical contracting, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-43
(c) A landscape contractor licensed under this Chapter is not required to be licensed as a general contractor under Article 1 of Chapter 87 of the N.C. Gen. Stat. if the licensed landscape contractor is performing landscape construction or contracting work valued at an amount greater than forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
(d) Upon licensure by the Board, each landscape contractor shall obtain a seal of the design authorized by the Board and bearing the name of the licensee, the number of the license, and the legend “N.C. Licensed Landscape Contractor.” A landscape contractor may use the seal only while the license is valid.
(e) Every landscape contractor issued a license under this Chapter shall display the license conspicuously in the landscape contractor’s place of business. Every landscape contractor shall display the license number issued to the contractor by the Board on all business cards, contracts, and vehicles used by the contractor in the landscape contracting business. (2014-103, s. 3(b); 2023-108, s. 2(i).)