Whenever this subchapter requires the tax collector to give a written statement or notice to an applicant or a licensee, the tax collector may do so in one of three ways:
(2003 Code, § 15-212)
(A) By personally delivering the statement or notice to the applicant or licensee;
(2003 Code, § 15-212.1)
(B) By mailing that statement or notice by registered or certified mail and returning the receipt requested to the address specified for that purpose in the license application; or
(2003 Code, § 15-212.2)
(C) By causing that statement or notice to be served on the applicant or licensee in accordance with the procedures for service of process under Rule 4, North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
(2003 Code, § 15-212.3)