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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-1314 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-1314
§ 160D-1314. Urban homesteading programs
Status: in_force

A local government may establish a program of urban homesteading, in which residential property of little or no value is conveyed to persons who agree to rehabilitate the property and use it, for a minimum number of years, as their principal place of residence. Residential property is considered of little or no value if the cost of bringing the property into compliance with the local government's housing code exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the property's appraised value on the county tax records. In undertaking such a program, a local government may:

(1) Acquire by purchase, gift, or otherwise, but not eminent domain, residential property specifically for the purpose of reconveyance in the urban homesteading program or may transfer to the program residential property acquired for other purposes, including property purchased at a tax foreclosure sale.

(2) Under procedures and standards established by the local government, convey residential property by private sale under G.S. 160A-267 and for nominal monetary consideration to persons who qualify as grantees.

(3) Convey property subject to the following conditions:

a. A requirement that the grantee shall use the property as the grantee's principal place of residence for a minimum number of years.

b. A requirement that the grantee rehabilitate the property so that it meets or exceeds minimum housing code standards.

c. A requirement that the grantee maintain insurance on the property.

d. Any other specific conditions, including, but not limited to, design standards, or actions that the local government may require.

e. A provision for the termination of the grantee's interest in the property and its reversion to the local government upon the grantee's failure to meet any condition so established.

(4) Subordinate the local government's interest in the property to any security interest granted by the grantee to a lender of funds to purchase or rehabilitate the property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-113-73 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-113-73
§ 105-113.73. Misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise expressly provided, violation of a provision of this Article is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-3202 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-3202
§ 7B-3202. Notice of expunction
Status: in_force

Upon expunction of a juvenile's record, the clerk shall send a written notice to the juvenile at the juvenile's last known address informing the juvenile that the record has been expunged and with respect to the matter involved, the juvenile may not be held thereafter under any provision of any laws to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of the juvenile's failure to recite or acknowledge such record or response to any inquiry made of the juvenile for any purpose except that upon testifying in a delinquency proceeding, the juvenile may be required by a court to disclose that the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-403 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-403
§ 7B-403. Receipt of reports; filing of petition
Status: in_force

(a) All reports concerning a juvenile alleged to be abused, neglected, or dependent shall be referred to the director of the department of social services for screening. Thereafter, if it is determined by the director that a report should be filed as a petition, the petition shall be drawn by the director, verified before an official authorized to administer oaths, and filed by the clerk, recording the date of filing.

(b) A decision of the director of social services not to file a report as a petition shall be reviewed by the prosecutor if review is requested pursuant to G.S. 7B-305 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-34 — NC Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121-34
§ 121-34. Short title
Status: in_force

The title of this Article shall be known as the “Conservation and Historic Preservation Agreements Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-94 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-94
§ 115C-94. Publishers to register
Status: in_force

Any publisher who submits books for adoption shall register in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction the names of all agents or other employees authorized to represent that company in the State, and this registration list shall be open to the public for inspection.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-50-280 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-50-280
§ 58-50-280. Contract amendments
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan or insurer shall send any proposed contract amendment to the notice contact of a health care provider pursuant to G.S. 58-50-275 . The proposed amendment shall be dated, labeled “Amendment,” signed by the health benefit plan or insurer, and include an effective date for the proposed amendment.

(b) A health care provider receiving a proposed amendment shall be given at least 60 days from the date of receipt to object to the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment shall be effective upon the health care provider failing to object in writing within 60 days.

(c) If a health care provider objects to a proposed amendment, then the proposed amendment is not effective and the initiating health benefit plan or insurer shall be entitled to terminate the contract upon 60 days written notice to the health care provider.

(d) Nothing in this Part prohibits a health care provider and insurer from negotiating contract terms that provide for mutual consent to an amendment, a process for reaching mutual consent, or alternative notice contacts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63A-12 — NC Code / Chapter 63A / Section 63A-12
§ 63A-12. Public hearing requirements
Status: in_force

To the extent federal tax law requires public hearings to be held with respect to the issuance of bonds to finance projects, the hearings may be called for by the executive director and held before one or more members of the Board of the Authority. The hearings may be held at any place within the State pursuant to public notice given in accordance with current federal tax regulations. To the extent federal tax law requires approval following the hearing of the issuance of bonds to finance a project, the approval shall be sought from the Governor following a report to the Governor of the results of the public hearing accompanied by information relating to the purposes for the proposed bond issue.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89G-7 — NC Code / Chapter 89G / Section 89G-7
§ 89G-7. Use of seal; posting license
Status: in_force

(a) Upon licensure by the Board, each irrigation contractor shall obtain a seal of the design authorized by the Board and bearing the name of the licensee, the number of the license, and the legend “N.C. Licensed Irrigation Contractor.” An irrigation contractor may use the seal only while the license is valid.

(b) Every irrigation contractor issued a license under this Chapter shall display the license conspicuously in the contractor's place of business.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-50-275 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-50-275
§ 58-50-275. Notice contact provisions
Status: in_force

(a) All contracts shall contain a “notice contact” provision listing the name or title and address of the person to whom all correspondence, including proposed amendments and other notices, pertaining to the contractual relationship between parties shall be provided. Each party to a contract shall designate its notice contact under such contract.

(b) Means for sending all notices provided under a contract shall be one or more of the following, calculated as (i) five business days following the date the notice is placed, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail; (ii) on the day the notice is hand delivered; (iii) for certified or registered mail, the date on the return receipt; or (iv) for commercial courier service, the date of delivery. Nothing in this section prohibits the use of an electronic medium for a communication other than an amendment if agreed to by the insurer and the provider.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159B-30 — NC Code / Chapter 159B / Section 159B-30
§ 159B-30. Annual reports
Status: in_force

Each joint agency shall, following the closing of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the governing boards of its member municipalities and to the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Each such report shall set forth in a form prescribed by the North Carolina Utilities Commission a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the joint agency during such year. The joint agency shall cause an audit of its books of record and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountant(s) and the cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction of a project or projects, or otherwise as part of the expense of administration of a project covered by such audit.

The municipalities possessing ownership interests in a project shall, following the closing of each fiscal year, submit a consolidated or combined annual report of their activities with respect to such project for the preceding year to the respective governing board of such municipalities and to the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Each such report shall set forth in a form prescribed by the North Carolina Utilities Commission a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the jointly owned project during such year. The municipalities possessing ownership interests in a project shall cause an audit of the books of record and accounts relating to such project to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountant(s) and the cost thereof may be treated as a cost of construction of the project, or otherwise as part of the expenses of the administration of the project covered by such audit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-192 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-192
§ 95-192. Safety data sheets
Status: in_force

(a) Chemical manufacturers and distributors shall provide safety data sheets (SDSs) to manufacturing and nonmanufacturing purchasers of hazardous chemicals in North Carolina for each hazardous chemical purchased.

(b) Employers shall maintain the most current SDS received from manufacturers or distributors for each hazardous chemical purchased. If an SDS has not been provided by the manufacturer or distributor for chemicals on the Hazardous Substance List at the time the chemicals are received at the facility, the employer shall request one in writing from the manufacturer or distributor within 30 days after receipt of the chemical. If the employer does not receive an SDS within 30 days after his written request, he shall notify the Commissioner of Labor of the failure by manufacturer or distributor to provide the SDS.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-36-3 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-36-3
§ 95-36.3. Administration of Article
Status: in_force

(a) The administration of this Article shall be under the general supervision of the Commissioner of Labor of North Carolina.

(b) There is hereby established in the Department of Labor an arbitration service. The Commissioner of Labor may appoint such employees as may be required for the consummation of the work under this Article, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation, subject to existing laws applicable to the appointment and compensation of employees of the State of North Carolina. Any member of or employee in the arbitration service may be removed from office by the Commissioner of Labor, acting in his discretion.

(c) The Commissioner of Labor, with the written approval of the Attorney General as to legality, shall have power to adopt, alter, amend or repeal appropriate rules of procedure for selection of the arbitrator or panel and for conduct of the arbitration proceedings in accordance with this Article: Provided, however, that such rules shall be inapplicable to the extent that they are inconsistent with the arbitration agreement of the parties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 26-11 — NC Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26-11
§ 26-11. Cancellation of judgment as to surety
Status: in_force

Whenever a judgment shall be rendered in any court in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 26-1 and the surety, endorser or other person shown in said judgment to be secondarily liable thereon and having the rights as by this chapter prescribed against the person or persons primarily liable, and the surety, endorser or other person so shown in the judgment to be secondarily liable, shall pay the said judgment or shall be compelled to pay an execution issued thereon and such fact shall appear to the satisfaction of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the said judgment is rendered and docketed, such judgment shall be canceled as to said surety, endorser or other person secondarily liable and shall ceased to be a lien upon his real estate and other property, but such cancellation shall not have the force and effect nor operate as a cancellation and discharge of the judgment as to any other person against whom the said judgment shall be rendered and the person so paying the said judgment shall have all the rights given to a surety who has been compelled to pay a judgment against the principal debtor and co-sureties which are given in this chapter, notwithstanding the cancellation of the said judgment as herein provided for.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 157-29-1 — NC Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157-29-1
§ 157-29.1. Fraudulent misrepresentation
Status: in_force

(a) Any person whether provider or recipient, or person representing himself as such, who willfully and knowingly and with intent to deceive makes a false statement or representation or who willfully and knowingly and with intent to deceive fails to disclose a material fact and as a result of making a false statement or representation or failing to disclose a material fact obtains, for himself or another person, attempts to obtain for himself or another person, or continues to receive housing assistance in the amount or value of not more than four hundred dollars ($400.00) is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(b) Any person whether provider or recipient, or person representing himself as such, who willfully and knowingly and with intent to deceive makes a false statement or representation or who willfully and knowingly and with intent to deceive fails to disclose a material fact and as a result of making a false statement or representation or failing to disclose a material fact obtains, for himself or another person, or continues to receive housing assistance in the amount or value of more than four hundred dollars ($400.00) is guilty of a Class I felony.

(c) As used in this section the word “person” means person, association, consortium, body politic, partnership, or other group, entity, or organization.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 117-43 — NC Code / Chapter 117 / Section 117-43
§ 117-43. Filing and recording of articles of consolidation or merger
Status: in_force

Articles of consolidation or merger shall be filed with the Secretary of State, who shall forthwith prepare one or more certified copies thereof and forward one to the register of deeds of each county in which a portion of the territory of the filing corporation is authorized to furnish service, which registers of deeds shall forthwith file such certified copy in their respective offices and record the same as articles of incorporation are recorded. As soon as the provisions of this section have been complied with, the new consolidated corporation or the surviving merged corporation, described and named in the articles so filed, shall become and constitute a body corporate in accordance with the provisions of such articles.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-373 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-373
§ 53-373. Corporate procedure
Status: in_force

Shareholder action to liquidate a State trust company shall be taken at a meeting of the shareholders duly called by resolution of the board of directors. Notice of the meeting, stating the purpose of the meeting, shall be mailed to each shareholder, addressed to the shareholder's last known residence at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting. If the shareholders, by the required vote, elect to liquidate a trust company, a certified copy of all proceedings of the meeting at which the action was taken, verified by the oath of the president and secretary, shall be transmitted to the Commissioner for approval.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-107 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-107
§ 7A-107. Bonds of clerks, assistant and deputy clerks, and employees of office
Status: in_force

The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall require, or purchase, in such amounts as he deems proper, individual or blanket bonds for any and all clerks of superior court, assistant clerks, deputy clerks, and other persons employed in the offices of the various clerks of superior court, or one blanket bond covering all such clerks and other persons, such bond or bonds to be conditioned upon faithful performance of duty, and made payable to the State. The premiums shall be paid by the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-268 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-268
§ 53-268. Time for initiation of foreclosure
Status: in_force

When a borrower's obligation to repay the reverse mortgage loan is triggered under G.S. 53-267 , in addition to all rights conferred upon owners and borrowers under Chapter 45 of the General Statutes , the lender must give the borrower not less than 90 days' notice of its intent to initiate foreclosure proceedings. If the contract so provides, interest will continue to accrue during the 90-day period.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-71-12 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-71-12
§ 66-71.12. Effect of filing certificate
Status: in_force

(a) An assumed business name certificate filed under this Article is effective upon filing and remains in effect until withdrawn under G.S. 66-71.8 .

(b) Compliance with this Article does not confer any exclusive rights to the use of an assumed business name in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-533 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-533
§ 143-533. Creation, appointment of members; members ex officio
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to consist of three representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, (or a person designated by the Speaker) three senators to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, three citizens to be appointed by the Governor, and three citizens to be appointed by the Governor-elect upon certification of his election. Of the three citizens appointed to the Committee by the Governor, only two may be of the same political party. The Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, (or a person designated by the President of the Senate), the Governor, and, upon certification of their election, all members-elect of the Council of State, shall be ex officio members of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-344 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-344
§ 20-344. Operation of vehicle with intent to defraud
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person with the intent to defraud to operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of such vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-162 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-162
§ 54-162. Articles of merger or consolidation
Status: in_force

(a) Upon such approval, articles of merger or articles of consolidation shall be executed by each association and filed as provided in G.S. 55A-4 , except that a copy thereof certified by the Secretary of State shall also be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county wherein the constituent associations have their principal places of business or their registered offices.

(b) The articles of merger or consolidation shall set forth:

(1) The plan of merger or the plan of consolidation; and

(2) A statement setting forth the date of the meeting of the members of each association at which the plan was adopted, that a quorum was present at such meeting, and that such plan received at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by members present at each such meeting where a quorum was present.

(c) The time when the merger or consolidation is effected is determined by the provisions of G.S. 55A-4 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36F-3 — NC Code / Chapter 36F / Section 36F-3
§ 36F-3. Applicability
Status: in_force

(a) This Chapter applies to all of the following:

(1) A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after June 30, 2016.

(2) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after June 30, 2016.

(3) A guardian appointed before, on, or after June 30, 2016.

(4) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after June 30, 2016.

(b) This Chapter applies to a custodian if the user resides in this State or resided in this State at the time of the user's death.

(c) This Chapter does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer's business.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-248 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-248
§ 54B-248. Right to enter and to conduct investigations
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Commerce or any examiner appointed by him shall have access to and may compel the production of all books, papers, securities, moneys, and other property of a mutual deposit guaranty association under examination by him. He may administer oaths to and examine the officers and agents of such association as to its affairs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449-122 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-449-122
§ 105-449.122. Equipment requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Metered Pumps.--All motor fuel dispensed at retail must be dispensed from metered pumps that indicate the total amount of fuel measured through the pumps. Each pump must be marked to indicate the type of motor fuel dispensed.

(b) Truck Equipment.--A highway vehicle that transports diesel fuel in a tank that is separate from the fuel supply tank of the vehicle may not have a connection from the transporting tank to the motor or to the supply tank of the vehicle.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1233 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1233
§ 35A-1233. Clerk's authority to reduce penalty of bond
Status: in_force

When a guardian has disbursed either income or income and principal of the estate according to law, for the purchase of real estate or the support and maintenance of the ward or the ward and his dependents or any lawful cause, and when the personal assets and income of the estate from all sources in the hands of the guardian have been diminished, the penalty of the guardian's bond may be reduced in the discretion of the clerk to an amount not less than the amount that would be required if the guardian were first qualifying to administer the personal assets and income.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-24 — NC Code / Chapter 104 / Section 104-24
§ 104-24. Concurrent jurisdiction over waterway
Status: in_force

The State of North Carolina retains concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over any lands acquired and held in pursuance of the provisions of this Chapter, so far as that all civil and criminal process issued under authority of any law of this State may be executed in any part of the premises so acquired for such inland waterway, or for the buildings or constructions thereon erected for the purposes of such inland waterway.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 111-45 — NC Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111-45
§ 111-45. Duty of State agency to inform the Department of Health and Human Services
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State agencies to inform the Department of Health and Human Services of existing and prospective locations for vending facilities and coin-operated vending machines and to adopt rules, upon request of the Department, to promote the successful operation of the vending facilities of the blind.