Business Licensing & Operations in Moore County, NC (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Moore County, North Carolina.
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Adult Entertainment
Moore County's massage therapy ordinance bars any licensed massagist or licensed massage establishment from massaging, or allowing anyone to massage, a client's private parts, and separately bars massage calculated to sexually stimulate or arouse a client. Intentional touching of private parts is treated as evidence of that intent.
Sexual Massage Ban in Moore County
Heavy RestrictionsMoore County Code §§ 9-43, 9-44, 9-55
(a)No person licensed as a massagist under section 9-46 hereof shall massage or offer to massage the private parts of another person upon the licensed premises. ... No person licensed under section 9-46 hereof shall massage any individual in a manner which is reasonably calculated to sexually stimulate or arouse the person being massaged. Intentional touching of the private parts of a person be...
Massage Establishments
Anyone operating a massage therapy establishment in unincorporated Moore County needs a privilege license under Section 9-47, cleared through the sheriff, planning department and fire marshal, and issued by the county manager on payment of a $100.00 fee.
Massage Establishment License, Moore County
Significant RestrictionsMoore County Code § 9-47
(a)No person, partnership, corporation, or association shall operate a massage therapy establishment as herein defined unless such person, partnership, corporation or association shall have first applied for and received the privilege license provided by this section. ... Upon approval of the application by the county manager and upon the tax department's receipt of a $100.00 application fee as...
Pawnbrokers
Moore County taxes every pawnbroker in the unincorporated county under an annual $275.00 privilege license, set alongside loan agencies and check-cashing shops in Sec. 9-62's fee schedule. The county tax collector issues licenses running July 1 to June 30, and unpaid tax draws escalating penalties under Sec. 9-64.
Pawnbroker License in Moore County
Some RestrictionsMoore County Code §§ 9-62, 9-64(j)(2)
(a)Levy of tax. An annual privilege license tax is hereby levied on each business conducted within this county according to the following list. ... General Statute 105-88 ... Pawnbrokers (no change) .....275.00 ... Any person who commences or continues to conduct a business taxed under G.S. 105-88, without payment of the tax is liable for an additional tax of five percent every 30 days as impos...
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