Whenever this chapter requires the Tax Collector to give a written statement or notice to an applicant or a licensee, he or she may do so in any one of three ways:
(A) By personally delivering the statement or notice to the applicant or licensee;
(B) By mailing the statement or notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address specified for that purpose in the license application; or
(C) By causing the statement or notice to be served on the applicant or licensee in accordance with the procedures for service of process under Rule 4 of the state’s Rules of Civil Procedure, being G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4.
(Prior Code, § 110.46)