North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 58. Insurance § 58-33A-5. Definitions

(1) Business entity.--A corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity.

(2) Catastrophic incident.--As defined in the National Response Framework, any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, and/or government functions. A catastrophic incident shall be declared by the President of the United States or the Governor of the state or district in which the disaster occurred. If state and local resources are insufficient, the Governor may ask the President of the United States to make such a declaration.

(3) Fingerprints.--An impression of the lines on the finger taken for purpose of identification. The impression may be electronic or in ink converted to electronic format.

(4) Home state.--The District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which the public adjuster's principal place of residence or principal place of business is located. If neither the state in which the public adjuster maintains the principal place of residence nor the state in which the public adjuster maintains the principal place of business has a substantially similar law governing public adjusters, the public adjuster may declare another state in which it becomes licensed and acts as a public adjuster to be the home state.

(5) Individual.--A natural person.

(6) Person.--An individual or a business entity.

(7) Public adjuster.--Any person who, for compensation or any other thing of value on behalf of the insured, does any of the following:

(8) Uniform business entity application.--The current version of the NAIC Uniform Business Entity Application for resident and nonresident business entities.

(9) Uniform individual application.--The current version of the NAIC Uniform Individual Application for resident and nonresident individuals.