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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-53 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-53
§ 54-53. Corporate powers
Status: in_force

Said land mortgage association shall have power:

(1) To make loans, the conditions of which shall be approved by the Commissioner of Banks if the security taken therefor is to be used as the basis for a bond issue under subdivision (3) hereof, and to accept as security for any such loan a first mortgage upon improved or partially improved agricultural lands within this State. Such loan shall not exceed, however, sixty-five percent (65%) of the value of such real estate so conveyed, according to the appraisal made as herein provided.

(2) To purchase first mortgages, heretofore or hereafter issued against North Carolina agricultural lands, either improved or partially improved, from persons or firms resident of this State or corporations organized under the laws of this State engaged in the colonization or settlement of North Carolina lands and to whom such mortgages were issued, if, after investigation, the plan of settlement or colonization followed by such person, firm or corporation is approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture as beneficial to the settler or colonist, and if the lands against which such mortgages are issued are found by the said Commissioner to be in fact agricultural lands suitable for agricultural purposes and the terms and conditions of the loans made by such person, firm or corporation are just and reasonable, or from banks or trust companies organized under the laws of this State, or of the United States, to do business in this State, to which such mortgages were issued direct by the borrowers. Each such mortgage shall be payable on the amortization plan maturing in not less than 20 years. The request for an investigation leading to such a purchase of mortgages from persons, firms or corporations engaged in the settlement or colonization of North Carolina lands shall be accompanied by a deposit, the amount of such deposit to be determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Upon completion of the investigation the Commissioner of Agriculture shall render a statement of expense accompanied by a remittance of any unused balance of such deposit, but no mortgage shall be purchased until the lands against which the same is issued have been appraised as hereinafter provided for the appraisal of land for a loan by the land mortgage association and such mortgage is approved by all members of the loan committee.

(3) To issue bonds secured by the pledge of the mortgage so taken or purchased.

(4) To pledge the note and mortgages so taken or purchased under the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) hereof as security for the bonds of the land mortgage association referred to in subdivision (3) hereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-517 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-517
§ 1-517. Solvent sureties required
Status: in_force

The Attorney General, before granting leave to a private relator to bring a suit to try the title to an office, may require two sureties to the bond required by law to be filed to indemnify the State against costs and expenses, and require such sureties to justify, and may require such proof and evidence of the solvency of the sureties as is satisfactory to him.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-353 — NC Code / Chapter 50A / Section 50A-353
§ 50A-353. Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

(a) A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility under this Article only if the court has jurisdiction pursuant to Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) under Article 2 of this Chapter. If the court has issued a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility pursuant to Part 3 of this Article, for purposes of the UCCJEA, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment during the deployment.

(b) If a court has issued a permanent order regarding custodial responsibility before notice of deployment and the parents modify that order temporarily by agreement pursuant to Part 2 of this Article, for purposes of the UCCJEA, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment.

(c) If a court in another state has issued a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility as a result of impending or current deployment, for purposes of the UCCJEA, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment.

(d) This section does not prohibit the exercise of temporary emergency jurisdiction by a court under the UCCJEA.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-440-34 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-440-34
§ 1-440.34. Effect of defendant's death after levy
Status: in_force

(a) In case of the death of the defendant, after the issuance of an order of attachment and after a levy is made thereunder but before service of summons is had or before an appearance is entered in the principal action, the levy shall remain in force

(1) If the cause of action set forth by the plaintiff in the principal action is one which survives, and

(2) If service is completed on the personal representative of the defendant within three months from the date of his qualification.

(b) If a levy has been made upon real property and the defendant dies before such real property is sold pursuant to the attachment, the lien of the attachment shall continue but the judgment may be enforced only through the defendant's personal representative in the regular course of administration.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-65 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-65
§ 116-65. To be part of University of North Carolina; membership of Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

The North Carolina School of Arts, redesignated effective August 1, 2008, as the “University of North Carolina School of the Arts,” is a part of the University of North Carolina and subject to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 116, of the General Statutes ; provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 116-31 , the Board of Trustees of said school shall consist of 15 persons, 13 of whom are selected in accordance with provisions of G.S. 116-31 , and the conductor of the North Carolina Symphony, or the conductor's designee, and the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources, both serving ex officio and nonvoting.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-3-116-1 — NC Code / Chapter 47C / Section 47C-3-116-1
§ 47C-3-116.1. Validation of certain nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings and sales
Status: in_force

All nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings commenced by an association before October 1, 2013, and all sales and transfers of real property as part of those proceedings pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, Chapter 47A of the General Statutes, or provisions contained in the declaration of the condominium, are declared to be valid unless an action to set aside the foreclosure is commenced on or before October 1, 2013, or within one year after the date of the sale, whichever occurs last.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-66-1 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-66-1
§ 7A-66.1. Office of solicitor may be denominated as office of district attorney; “solicitor” and “district attorney” made interchangeable; interchangeable use authorized in proceedings, documents, and quotations
Status: reserved

(a) The constitutional office of solicitor may be denominated as the office of “district attorney” for all purposes, and the terms “solicitor” and “district attorney” shall be identical in meaning and interchangeable in use. All terms derived from or related to the term “solicitor” may embody this denomination.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1975, c. 956, § 5.

(c) The interchangeable use authorized in this section includes use in all forms of oral, written, visual, and other communication including:

(1) Oaths of office;

(2) Other oaths or orations required or permitted in court or official proceedings;

(3) Ballots;

(4) Statutes;

(5) Regulations;

(6) Ordinances;

(7) Judgments and other court orders and records;

(8) Opinions in cases;

(9) Contracts;

(10) Bylaws;

(11) Charters;

(12) Official commissions, orders of appointment, proclamations, executive orders, and other official papers or pronouncements of the Governor or any executive, legislative, or judicial official of the State or any of its subdivisions;

(13) Official and unofficial letterheads;

(14) Campaign advertisements;

(15) Official and unofficial public notices; and

(16) In all other contexts not enumerated.

The interchangeability authorized in this section extends to the privilege of substituting terminology in matter quoted in oral, written, and other modes of communication without making indication of such change, except where such change may result in a substantive misunderstanding. Reprints or certifications of the text of the Constitution of North Carolina made by the Secretary of State, however, must retain the original terminology and indicate in brackets beside the original terminology the appropriate alternative words.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-112 — NC Code / Chapter 50A / Section 50A-112
§ 50A-112. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(1) Hold an evidentiary hearing;

(2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

(3) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

(4) Forward to the court of this State a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

(5) Order a party to a child-custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

(b) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this State may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a).

(c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this State.

(d) A court of this State shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child-custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-89-213 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-89-213
§ 136-89.213. Administration of tolls and requirements for open road tolls
Status: in_force

(a) Administration.--The Authority is responsible for collecting tolls on Turnpike projects. In exercising its authority under G.S. 136-89.183 to perform or procure services required by the Authority, the Authority may contract with one or more providers to perform part or all of the collection functions and may enter into agreements to exchange information, including confidential information under subsection (a1) of this section, that identifies motor vehicles and their owners with one or more of the following entities: the Division of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation, another state, another toll operator, a toll collection-related organization, or a private entity that has entered into a partnership agreement with the Authority pursuant to G.S. 136-89.183(a)(17) . Further, the Authority may assign its authority to fix, revise, charge, retain, enforce, and collect tolls and fees under this Article to a private entity that has entered into a partnership agreement with the Authority pursuant to G.S. 136-89.183(a)(17) .

(a1) Identifying information obtained by the Authority through an agreement is not a public record and is subject to the disclosure limitations in 18 U.S.C. § 2721 , the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act. The Authority shall maintain the confidentiality of all information required to be kept confidential under 18 U.S.C. § 2721(a) , as well as any financial information, transaction history, and information related to the collection of a toll or user fee from a person, including, but not limited to, photographs or other recorded images or automatic vehicle identification or driver account information generated by radio-frequency identification or other electronic means. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section:

(1) The account holder may examine his own account information, and the Authority may use the account information only for purposes of collecting and enforcing tolls.

(2) A party, by authority of a proper court order, may inspect and examine confidential account information.

(b) Open Road Tolls.--If a Turnpike project uses an open road tolling system, the Authority must operate a facility that is in the immediate vicinity of the Turnpike project or provide an alternate means to accept cash payment of the toll and must place signs on the Turnpike project that give drivers the following information:

(1) Notice that the driver is approaching a highway for which a toll is required. Signs providing this information must be placed before the toll is incurred.

(2) The methods by which the toll may be paid.

(3) If applicable, directions to the nearby facility that accepts cash payment of the toll.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162B-11 — NC Code / Chapter 162B / Section 162B-11
§ 162B-11. Period in which authority may be exercised
Status: in_force

Emergency interim successors, authorized to act pursuant to this Article, are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the State of North Carolina, as defined herein, has occurred. The local governing body, by a duly adopted resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of said emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office as herein provided.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-364 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-364
§ 90-364. Fees
Status: in_force

The Board shall establish fees in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes for the following purposes:

(1) For an initial application, a fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(2) For examination or reexamination, a fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00).

(3) For issuance of a license, a fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00).

(4) For the renewal of a license, a fee not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00).

(5) For the late renewal of a license, an additional late fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(6) For a provisional license, a fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(7) For copies of Board rules and licensure standards, charges not exceeding the actual cost of printing and mailing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-24 — NC Code / Chapter 150B / Section 150B-24
§ 150B-24. Venue of hearing
Status: in_force

(a) The hearing of a contested case shall be conducted:

(1) In the county in this State in which any person whose property or rights are the subject matter of the hearing maintains his residence;

(2) In the county where the agency maintains its principal office if the property or rights that are the subject matter of the hearing do not affect any person or if the subject matter of the hearing is the property or rights of residents of more than one county; or

(3) In any county determined by the administrative law judge in his discretion to promote the ends of justice or better serve the convenience of witnesses.

(b) Any person whose property or rights are the subject matter of the hearing waives his objection to venue by proceeding in the hearing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-8 — NC Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63-8
§ 63-8. Appropriations
Status: in_force

The governing body or bodies of a city, town and/or county to which this Article is applicable, having power to appropriate, individually or jointly, money therein, are hereby authorized to annually appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation in such city, town and/or county or to use from the net proceeds derived from the operation, by such city, town or county, of any public utility a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this Article in such proportion and upon such pro-rata basis as may be determined upon by a joint board to be appointed by and from the governing body or bodies of the city, town and/or the county or individually as the case may be. Provided, nothing herein shall be construed to permit the governing bodies of any county, city or town to issue bonds under the provisions of this Article without a vote of the people.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-5 — NC Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97-5
§ 97-5. Presumption as to contract of service
Status: in_force

Every contract of service between any employer and employee covered by this Article, written or implied, now in operation or made or implied prior to July 1, 1929, shall, after that date, be presumed to continue, subject to the provisions of this Article; and every such contract made subsequent to that date shall be presumed to have been made subject to the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99E-14 — NC Code / Chapter 99E / Section 99E-14
§ 99E-14. Defense to suit
Status: in_force

Assumption of risk pursuant to G.S. 99E-13 is a complete defense to a suit against an operator by a roller skater or a spectator for injuries resulting from any obvious and necessary inherent risks, unless the operator has violated the operator's duties under G.S. 99E-11 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-601 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-601
§ 106-601. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) “Cash buyer” means any grain dealer who pays the producer, or his representative at the time of obtaining title, possession or control of grain, the full agreed price of such grain in coin or currency, lawful money of the United States, certified checks, cashier's checks or drafts issued by a bank.

(b) “Commissioner” means the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.

(c) “Department” means the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(d) “Grain” as used herein shall be construed to include, but not by way of limitation, corn, wheat, rye, oats, sorghum, barley, mixed grain and soybeans.

(e) “Grain dealer” means any person owning, controlling or operating an elevator, mill, warehouse or other similar structure or truck or tractor-trailer unit or both who buys, solicits for sale or resale, processes for sale or resale, contracts for storage or exchange, or transfers grain of a North Carolina producer. The term “grain dealer” shall exclude producers or groups of producers buying grain for consumption on their farms.

(f) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, syndicate or other legal entity.

(g) “Producer” means the owner, tenant or operator of land in this State who has an interest in and receives all or any part of the proceeds from the sale of the grain produced thereon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-225 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-225
§ 95-225. Adoption of standards and interpretations
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided, all established federal standards are adopted and shall be enforced by the Department of Labor of North Carolina.

(b) The Commissioner shall provide for publication in the North Carolina Register any modification by the federal government of the established federal standards within 30 days of their adoption.

(c) For the protection of the public health, the Commission for Public Health shall adopt and the Department of Environmental Quality shall enforce rules that establish water quality and water sanitation standards for migrant housing under this Article.

(d) The requirements for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage, as provided in Article 11 of Chapter 130A, and the rules adopted pursuant to that Article shall apply to migrant housing.

(e) Whenever the outside temperature falls below 50 degrees Fahrenheit and the migrant housing is occupied, heating equipment shall be provided and operable. Regardless of outside temperature, this equipment must be capable of maintaining living areas of 65 degrees Fahrenheit. If housing is to be occupied from May 15 until September 1 only, no heating equipment shall be required at the time of preoccupancy inspection.

(f) All migrant housing shall comply with the standards regarding fire safety for migrant housing as adopted by the Commission for Public Health and in effect on January 1, 1989.

(g) For purposes of this Article, the established federal standard provided in 29 C.F.R. 1910.142(i) does not apply. The following standards shall apply to migrant housing:

(1) Food preparation facilities and eating areas shall be provided and maintained in a clean and sanitary manner;

(2) A kitchen facility shall be provided with an operable stove with at least one burner per five people, and in no event with less than two burners; an operable refrigerator with .75 cubic feet per person minimum; a table; and a sink with running hot and cold water;

(3) Surfaces with which food or drink come in contact shall be easily accessible for cleaning, and shall be nontoxic, resistant to corrosion, nonabsorbent, and free of open crevices;

(4) Acceptable storage facilities shall be provided and shall be kept clean and free of vermin; and

(5) All food service facilities, other than those where migrants procure and prepare food for their own or their family's consumption, shall comply with the standards regarding kitchen and dining room facilities for migrant housing, as adopted by the Commission for Public Health and in effect on January 1, 1989.

(h) Each migrant shall be provided with a bed that shall include a mattress in good repair with a clean cover. The Department of Labor of North Carolina inspector shall determine the condition of the mattress and cover during the preoccupancy inspection. If the mattress or cover is damaged beyond normal wear and tear during the migrant's occupancy of the housing, the operator may charge the migrant the reasonable cost of replacing the mattress or cover.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-81 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-81
§ 146-81. Title to lands sold for taxes
Status: in_force

The title to all land acquired by the State by virtue of being sold for taxes is hereby vested in the State of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-37-20 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-37-20
§ 20-37.20. Notification of traffic convictions
Status: in_force

(a) Out-of-state Resident.--Within 10 days after receiving a report of the conviction of any nonresident holder of a commercial driver license for any violation of State law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, committed in a commercial vehicle, the Division shall notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state of the conviction.

(b) Foreign Diplomat.--The Division must notify the United States Department of State within 15 days after it receives one or more of the following reports for a holder of a drivers license issued by the United States Department of State:

(1) A report of a conviction for a violation of State law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations.

(2) A report of a civil revocation order.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-120 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-120
§ 159-120. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires another meaning, the words “ unit ” or “ issuing unit ” mean “ unit of local government ” as defined in G.S. 159-44 or G.S. 159-102 , “municipality” as defined in G.S. 159-81 , and the State of North Carolina, and the words “ governing body ,” when used with respect to the State of North Carolina, mean the Council of State.