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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-93 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-93
§ 50-93. Qualifications
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to be included on the district court's list of parenting coordinators, a person must meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Hold a masters or doctorate degree in psychology, law, social work, or counseling.

(2) Have at least five years of related professional post-degree experience.

(3) Hold a current North Carolina license in the parenting coordinator's area of practice.

(4) Participate in 24 hours of training in topics related to the developmental stages of children, the dynamics of high-conflict families, the stages and effects of divorce, problem solving techniques, mediation, and legal issues.

(b) In order to remain eligible as a parenting coordinator, the person must also attend parenting coordinator seminars that provide continuing education, group discussion, and peer review and support.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-226-2 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-226-2
§ 163-226.2. Absentee voting in municipal elections
Status: in_force

Absentee voting by qualified voters residing in a municipality shall be in accordance with the authorization specified in G.S. 163-302 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-78 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-78
§ 130A-78. Tax levy for validated bonds
Status: in_force

Sanitary districts are authorized to make appropriations and to levy annually a tax on property having a situs in the district under the rules and according to the procedure prescribed in the Machinery Act for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on bonds validated in G.S. 130A-77 . The tax shall be sufficient for this purpose and shall be in addition to all other taxes which may be levied upon the taxable property in the sanitary district.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-704 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-704
§ 160D-704. Incentives
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of reducing the amount of energy consumption by new development, a local government may adopt ordinances to grant a density bonus, make adjustments to otherwise applicable development requirements, or provide other incentives within its planning and development regulation jurisdiction, if the person receiving the incentives agrees to construct new development or reconstruct existing development in a manner that the local government determines, based on generally recognized standards established for such purposes, makes a significant contribution to the reduction of energy consumption and increased use of sustainable design principles.

(b) In order to encourage construction that uses sustainable design principles and to improve energy efficiency in buildings, a local government may charge reduced building permit fees or provide partial rebates of building permit fees for buildings that are constructed or renovated using design principles that conform to or exceed one or more of the following certifications or ratings:

(1) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification or higher rating under certification standards adopted by the U.S. Green Building Council.

(2) A One Globe or higher rating under the Green Globes program standards adopted by the Green Building Initiative.

(3) A certification or rating by another nationally recognized certification or rating system that is equivalent or greater than those listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-7-502 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-7-502
§ 25-7-502. Rights acquired by due negotiation
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to G.S. 25-7-205 and G.S. 25-7-503 , a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated acquires thereby:

(1) Title to the document;

(2) Title to the goods;

(3) All rights accruing under the law of agency or estoppel, including rights to goods delivered to the bailee after the document was issued; and

(4) The direct obligation of the issuer to hold or deliver the goods according to the terms of the document free of any defense or claim by the issuer except those arising under the terms of the document or under this Article, but in the case of a delivery order, the bailee's obligation accrues only upon the bailee's acceptance of the delivery order, and the obligation acquired by the holder is that the issuer and any indorser will procure the acceptance of the bailee.

(b) Subject to G.S. 25-7-503 , title and rights acquired by due negotiation are not defeated by any stoppage of the goods represented by the document of title or by surrender of the goods by the bailee and are not impaired even if:

(1) The due negotiation or any prior due negotiation constituted a breach of duty;

(2) Any person has been deprived of possession of a negotiable tangible document or control of a negotiable electronic document by misrepresentation, fraud, accident, mistake, duress, loss, theft, or conversion; or

(3) A previous sale or other transfer of the goods or document has been made to a third person.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-16 — NC Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63-16
§ 63-16. Jurisdiction over crimes and torts
Status: in_force

All crimes, torts, and other wrongs committed by or against an airman or passenger while in flight over this State shall be governed by the laws of this State; and the question whether damage occasioned by or to an aircraft while in flight over this State constitutes a tort, crime or other wrong by or against the owner of such aircraft shall be determined by the laws of this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-6-09 — NC Code / Chapter 57D / Section 57D-6-09
§ 57D-6-09. Articles of dissolution
Status: in_force

Upon dissolution of an LLC, the LLC shall deliver articles of dissolution to the Secretary of State for filing. The articles of dissolution must provide the following information:

(1) The name of the LLC.

(2) The effective date of the dissolution.

(3) Any other information the LLC elects to provide.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-483 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-483
§ 105-483. Levy and collection of additional taxes
Status: in_force

Any county subject to this Article may levy one-half percent ( 1 / 2 %) local sales and use taxes in addition to any other State and local sales and use taxes levied pursuant to law. Except as provided in this Article, the adoption, levy, collection, distribution, administration, and repeal of these additional taxes shall be in accordance with Article 39 of this Chapter. In applying the provisions of Article 39 of this Chapter to this Article, references to “this Article” mean Article 40 of this Chapter. The exemption for building materials in G.S. 105-468.1 does not apply to taxes levied under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 76A-6 — NC Code / Chapter 76A / Section 76A-6
§ 76A-6. Classes of licenses
Status: in_force

The Commission shall have general authority to issue the following classes of licenses:

(1) Limited.--Limited licenses may be issued to those who pass requirements established by the Commission to entitle such person to a limited license.

(2) Full.--A license to pilot any vessel. Provided there is a vacancy in the number of pilot positions established pursuant to G.S. 76A-14 , a full license shall be issued to the holder of a limited license who has in the opinion of the Commission satisfactorily served at least one year under a limited license. Additionally the Commission may issue a full license to any one who in the Commission's judgment has sufficient credentials as established under G.S. 76A-5(b) to perform the pilotage task associated with a full license.

(3) Apprentice.--A license to engage in a program, approved by the Commission, as apprentice pilot under the terms of G.S. 76A-12 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2-711 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2-711
§ 25-2-711. Buyer's remedies in general; buyer's security interest in rejected goods
Status: in_force

(1) Where the seller fails to make delivery or repudiates or the buyer rightfully rejects or justifiably revokes acceptance then with respect to any goods involved, and with respect to the whole if the breach goes to the whole contract ( G.S. 25-2-612 ), the buyer may cancel and whether or not he has done so may in addition to recovering so much of the price as has been paid

(a) “cover” and have damages under the next section [ G.S. 25-2-712 ] as to all the goods affected whether or not they have been identified to the contract; or

(b) recover damages for nondelivery as provided in this article ( G.S. 25-2-713 ).

(2) Where the seller fails to deliver or repudiates the buyer may also

(a) if the goods have been identified recover them as provided in this article ( G.S. 25-2-502 ); or

(b) in a proper case obtain specific performance or replevy the goods as provided in this article ( G.S. 25-2-716 ).

(3) On rightful rejection or justifiable revocation of acceptance a buyer has a security interest in goods in his possession or control for any payments made on their price and any expenses reasonably incurred in their inspection, receipt, transportation, care and custody and may hold such goods and resell them in like manner as an aggrieved seller ( G.S. 25-2-706 ).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-21-2 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-21-2
§ 58-21-2. Relationship to other insurance laws
Status: in_force

Except as provided in G.S. 58-21-21(c) and (g) , unless surplus lines insurance, surplus lines licensees, nonadmitted domestic surplus lines insurers, or nonadmitted insurers are specifically referenced in a particular section of this Chapter, no sections contained in Articles of this Chapter other than this Article apply to surplus lines insurance, surplus lines licensees, nonadmitted domestic surplus lines insurers, or nonadmitted insurers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-30 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-30
§ 62-30. General powers of Commission
Status: in_force

The Commission shall have and exercise such general power and authority to supervise and control the public utilities of the State as may be necessary to carry out the laws providing for their regulation, and all such other powers and duties as may be necessary or incident to the proper discharge of its duties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-3 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-3
§ 143A-3. Agency defined
Status: in_force

Whenever the term “agency” is used it shall mean and include, as the context may require, an existing department, institution, commission, committee, board, division, bureau, officer or official.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32C-2-219 — NC Code / Chapter 32C / Section 32C-2-219
§ 32C-2-219. Certain acts authorized by the court
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an agent under a power of attorney that does not expressly grant the agent the authority to do an act described in G.S. 32C-2-201(a) may petition the court for authority to do the act described in G.S. 32C-2-201(a) that is reasonable under the circumstances.

(b) This section shall not apply to the authority of an agent to make a gift pursuant to G.S. 32C-2-218 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8-801 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-8-801
§ 36C-8-801. Duty to administer trust
Status: in_force

Upon acceptance of a trusteeship, a trustee shall administer the trust in good faith, in accordance with its terms and purposes and the interests of the beneficiaries, and in accordance with this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21-31 — NC Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-21-31
§ 45-21.31. Disposition of proceeds of sale; payment of surplus to clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds of any sale shall be applied by the person making the sale, in the following order, to the payment of--

(1) Costs and expenses of the sale, including the trustee's commission, if any, and a reasonable auctioneer's fee if such expense has been incurred, and reasonable counsel fees for an attorney serving as a trustee if allowed pursuant to subsection (a1) of this section;

(2) Taxes due and unpaid on the property sold, as provided by G.S. 105-385 , unless the notice of sale provided that the property be sold subject to taxes thereon and the property was so sold;

(3) Special assessments, or any installments thereof, against the property sold, which are due and unpaid, as provided by G.S. 105-385 , unless the notice of sale provided that the property be sold subject to special assessments thereon and the property was so sold;

(4) The obligation secured by the mortgage, deed of trust or conditional sale contract.

(a1) The clerk of the superior court of the county where the sale was had may exercise discretion to allow reasonable counsel fees to an attorney serving as a trustee (in addition to the compensation allowed to the attorney as a trustee) where the attorney, on behalf of the trustee, renders professional services as an attorney that are different from the services normally performed by a trustee and of a type which would reasonably justify the retention of legal counsel by a trustee who is not licensed to practice law. Counsel fees are presumed reasonable if in compliance with G.S. 6-21.2(1) and (2) . Nothing in this section, however, shall preclude the clerk of superior court from deeming a higher fee reasonable.

(b) Any surplus remaining after the application of the proceeds of the sale as set out in subsection (a) shall be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto, if the person who made the sale knows who is entitled thereto. Otherwise, the surplus shall be paid to the clerk of the superior court of the county where the sale was had--

(1) In all cases when the owner of the property sold is dead and there is no qualified and acting personal representative of his estate, and

(2) In all cases when he is unable to locate the persons entitled thereto, and

(3) In all cases when the mortgagee, trustee or vendor is, for any cause, in doubt as to who is entitled to such surplus money, and

(4) In all cases when adverse claims thereto are asserted.

(c) Such payment to the clerk discharges the mortgagee, trustee or vendor from liability to the extent of the amount so paid.

(d) The clerk shall receive such money from the mortgagee, trustee or vendor and shall execute a receipt therefor.

(e) The clerk is liable on his official bond for the safekeeping of money so received until it is paid to the party or parties entitled thereto, or until it is paid out under the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-172 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-172
§ 120-172. Referendum
Status: in_force

Based on information received at the public hearing, the Commission may recommend that any incorporation act passed by the General Assembly shall be submitted to a referendum, except if the petition contained the signatures of fifty percent (50%) of registered voters the Commission shall not recommend a referendum.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159D-50 — NC Code / Chapter 159D / Section 159D-50
§ 159D-50. Investment securities
Status: in_force

All bonds, notes and interest coupons issued under this Article are investment securities within the meaning of and for all the purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in this State, whether or not they are of such form and character as to be investment securities under that Article, subject only to the provisions of the bonds and notes pertaining to registration.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-271 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-271
§ 95-271. Scope of Article; other remedies available
Status: in_force

This Article does not expand, diminish, alter, or modify any duty of any employer to provide a safe workplace for employees and other persons. This Article does not limit the ability of an employer, employee, or victim to pursue any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law. This Article does not apply in circumstances where an employee or representative of employees is engaged in union organizing, union activity, a labor dispute, or any activity or action protected by the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151, et seq. Nothing in this Article is intended to change the National Labor Relations Act's preemptive regulation of legally protected activities, nor to change the right of the State and its courts to regulate activities not protected by the National Labor Relations Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-20 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-20
§ 96-20. Duties of Division; conformance to Wagner-Peyser Act; organization; director; employees
Status: in_force

The Employment Security Section of the Division of Employment Security, Department of Commerce, shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this Chapter, and for the purpose of performing such duties as are within the purview of the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system and for other purposes,” approved June 6, 1933, (48 Stat., 113; U.S.C., Title 29, section 49(c) , as amended). The said Division shall be administered by a full-time salaried director. The Division shall be charged with the duty to cooperate with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the provisions of the said act of Congress, as amended, and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this State the benefits of the said act of Congress, as amended, in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. The provisions of the said act of Congress, as amended, are hereby accepted by this State, in conformity with section 4 of said act, and this State will observe and comply with the requirements thereof. The Division is hereby designated and constituted the agency of this State for the purpose of said act. The Secretary is directed to appoint the head, other officers, and employees of the Employment Security Section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31C-7 — NC Code / Chapter 31C / Section 31C-7
§ 31C-7. Purchaser for value or lender
Status: reserved

(a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this Chapter applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent.

(b) If a personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent has apparent title to property to which this Chapter applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the surviving spouse.

(c) A purchaser for value or a lender need not inquire whether a vendor or borrower acted properly.

(d) The proceeds of a sale or creation of a security interest shall be treated in the same manner as the property transferred to the purchaser for value or a lender.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-377 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-377
§ 20-377. General powers of Department of Public Safety
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety shall have and exercise such general power and authority to supervise and control the motor carriers of the State as may be necessary to carry out the laws providing for their regulation, and all such other powers and duties as may be necessary or incident to the proper discharge of its duties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-4-111 — NC Code / Chapter 47C / Section 47C-4-111
§ 47C-4-111. Release of liens or encumbrances
Status: in_force

(a) In the case of a sale of a unit where delivery of a public offering statement is required pursuant to G.S. 47C-4-102(c) , a seller shall, at or before conveying a unit, record or furnish to the purchaser, releases of all liens or encumbrances affecting that unit and its common element interest which the purchaser does not expressly agree to take subject to or assume, or shall provide a surety bond or substitute collateral for or insurance against the lien or encumbrance as provided for liens or encumbrances on real estate in G.S. 44A-16(5) and (6) or insurance against the lien or encumbrance acceptable to the purchaser. This subsection does not apply to any real estate which a declarant has the right to withdraw.

(b) Before conveying real estate to the association the declarant shall have that real estate released from: (1) all liens or encumbrances the foreclosure of which would deprive unit owners of any right of access to or easement of support of their units, and (2) all other liens or encumbrances on that real estate unless the public offering statement describes certain real estate which may be conveyed subject to liens or encumbrances in specified amounts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131D-2-6 — NC Code / Chapter 131D / Section 131D-2-6
§ 131D-2.6. Legal action by Department
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the Department may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the State for injunction or other process against any person to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of an adult care home without a license. Such action shall be instituted in the superior court of the county in which any unlicensed activity has occurred or is occurring.

(b) Any individual or corporation that establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a facility subject to licensure under this section without a license is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punishable only by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent offense. Each day of a continuing violation after conviction shall be considered a separate offense.

(c) If any person shall hinder the proper performance of duty of the Secretary or the Secretary's representative in carrying out this section, the Secretary may institute an action in the superior court of the county in which the hindrance has occurred for injunctive relief against the continued hindrance, irrespective of all other remedies at law.

(d) Actions under this section shall be in accordance with Article 37 of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes and Rule 65 of the Rules of Civil Procedure .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-302 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-302
§ 1-302. Judgment enforced by execution
Status: in_force

Where a judgment requires the payment of money or the delivery of real or personal property it may be enforced in those respects by execution, as provided in this Article. Where it requires the performance of any other act a certified copy of the judgment may be served upon the party against whom it is given, or upon the person or officer who is required thereby or by law to obey the same, and his obedience thereto enforced. If he refuses, he may be punished by the court as for contempt.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 64-4 — NC Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64-4
§ 64-4. Escheats
Status: in_force

If a decedent owning personal property located within North Carolina shall leave no heirs, heirs at law or devisees other than persons disqualified from inheritance under G.S. 64-3 , then such personal property shall escheat.