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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-559 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-559
§ 106-559. Basis of referendum; eligibility for participation; question submitted; special provisions for North Carolina Cotton Promotion Association
Status: in_force

Any referendum conducted under the provisions of this Article may be held either on an area or statewide basis, as may be determined by the certified agency before such referendum is called; and such referendum, either on an area or statewide basis, may be participated in by all farmers engaged in the production of such agricultural commodity on a commercial basis, including owners of farms on which such commodity is produced, tenants and sharecroppers. In such referendum, such individuals so eligible for participation shall vote upon the question of whether or not there shall be levied an annual assessment for a period of three years in the amount set forth in the call for such referendum on the agricultural product covered by such referendum. Provided, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the North Carolina Cotton Promotion Association, Inc., in 1967 shall hold a referendum, pursuant to law, for the years 1969 and 1970, or for the years 1969 through 1973, in its discretion. Thereafter, the North Carolina Cotton Promotion Association, Inc. shall conduct either triennial or sexennial referendums as provided by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-113 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-113
§ 1-113. Defendants jointly or severally liable
Status: in_force

Where the action is against two or more defendants, and the summons is served on one or more, but not on all of them, the plaintiff may proceed as follows:

(1) If the action is against defendants jointly indebted upon contract, he may proceed against the defendants served, unless the court otherwise directs, and if he recovers judgment it may be entered against all the defendants thus jointly indebted, so far only as that it may be enforced against the joint property of all and the separate property of the defendants served, and if they are subject to arrest, against the persons of the defendants served.

(2) If the action is against defendants severally liable, he may proceed against the defendants served, in the same manner as if they were the only defendants.

(3) If all the defendants have been served, judgment may be taken against any or either of them severally, when the plaintiff would be entitled to judgment against such defendant or defendants if the action has been against them or any of them alone.

(4) If the name of one or more partners has, for any cause, been omitted in an action in which judgment has been rendered against the defendants named in the summons, and the omission was not pleaded in action, the plaintiff, in case the judgment remains unsatisfied, may by action recover of such partner separately, upon proving his joint liability, notwithstanding he was not named in the original action; but the plaintiff may have satisfaction of only one judgment rendered for the same cause of action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2601 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-2601
§ 7B-2601. Request for modification for lack of suitable services
Status: in_force

If the Division finds that any juvenile committed to the Division’s care is not suitable for its program, the Division may make a motion in the cause so that the court may make an alternative disposition that is consistent with G.S. 7B-2508 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-65-69 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-65-69
§ 106-65.69. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, the following words shall have the meaning stated below, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) Boll Weevil.--Anthonomus grandis Boheman, the boll weevil, in any stage of development.

(2) Certificate.--A document issued or authorized by the Commissioner indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with boll weevils.

(3) Commissioner.--The Commissioner of Agriculture of this State or any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or designated cooperator to whom authority to act in his stead has been or hereafter may be delegated.

(4) Cotton.--Any cotton plant or cotton plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle.

(5) Host.--Any plant or plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle.

(6) Infested.--Actually infested with a boll weevil or so exposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an infestation exists.

(7) Permit.--A document issued or authorized by the Commissioner to provide for the movement of regulated articles to restricted destinations for limited handling, utilization, or processing.

(8) Person.--Any individual, corporation, company, society, or association, or other business entity.

(9) Regulated Article.--Any article of any character carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including, but not limited to cotton plants, seed cotton, other hosts, gin trash, and mechanical cotton pickers, as designated by regulations of the Commissioner.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 93A-7 — NC Code / Chapter 93A / Section 93A-7
§ 93A-7. Power of courts to revoke
Status: in_force

Whenever any person, partnership, association or corporation claiming to have been injured or damaged by the gross negligence, incompetency, fraud, dishonesty or misconduct on the part of any licensee following the calling or engaging in the business herein described and shall file suit upon such claim against such licensee in any court of record in this State and shall recover judgment thereon, such court may as part of its judgment or decree in such case, if it deem it a proper case in which so to do, order a written copy of the transcript of record in said case to be forwarded by the clerk of court to the chairman of the said Commission with a recommendation that the licensee's certificate of license be revoked.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 142-2 — NC Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142-2
§ 142-2. Title of act and year of enactment recited in bonds
Status: in_force

In every bond or certificate of debt issued by the State, and in the body thereof, shall be set forth the title of the act, with the year of its enactment, under the authority of which the same may be issued; or reference shall be made thereto by the number of the Chapter, and the year of the legislative session.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-26-20 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-26-20
§ 58-26-20. Statutory premium reserve
Status: in_force

Every domestic title insurance company shall, in addition to other reserves, establish and maintain a reserve to be known as the “ statutory premium reserve ” for title insurance, which shall at all times and for all purposes be considered and constitute a reserve liability of the title insurance company in determining its financial condition.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-42-40 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-42-40
§ 58-42-40. Voluntary risk sharing plans
Status: in_force

Insurers doing business within this State or reinsurers approved by the Commissioner may prepare voluntary plans that will provide any specific amount or kind of insurance or component thereof for all or any part of this State in which that insurance is not readily available in the voluntary market and in which the public interest requires the availability of the coverage. These plans shall be submitted to the Commissioner and, if approved by him, may be put into operation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-11 — NC Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52-11
§ 52-11. Antenuptial contracts and torts
Status: in_force

The liability of a married person for any debts owing, or contracts made or damages incurred before marriage shall not be impaired or altered by such marriage. No person shall by marriage incur any liability for any debts owing, or contracts made, or for wrongs done by his or her spouse before the marriage.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-507-1 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-507-1
§ 160A-507.1. Creation of a joint county-city redevelopment commission
Status: in_force

A county and one or more cities within the county are hereby authorized to create a separate and distinct body corporate and politic to be known as the joint redevelopment commission by the passage of a resolution by the board of county commissioners and the governing body of one or more cities within the county creating such a commission to function within the territorial limits of such participating units of government; provided, however, that notice of the intent to consider passage of such a resolution or ordinance shall be published at least 10 days prior to the meeting of the affected governing boards for such purposes, and further provided that a joint redevelopment commission created hereunder shall have authority to operate in an area where there presently exists a redevelopment commission upon the approval of the municipality or county concerned. The governing body of each participating local government shall appoint one or more commissioners as such governing bodies shall determine; such persons may be appointed at or after the time of adoption of the resolution creating the joint redevelopment commission. The appointing authority shall have the authority to appoint successors or to remove persons for misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance who are appointed by them. Each commissioner shall serve for a term designated by the governing bodies of not less than one nor more than five years. The appointed members as commissioners shall constitute the joint redevelopment commission and certification of appointment shall be filed with the Secretary of State as part of the application for charter.

All provisions of the “Urban Redevelopment Law” as defined in Article 22 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall apply to the creation and operation of a joint redevelopment commission and where reference is made to municipality, it shall be interpreted to apply to the units of government creating a joint redevelopment commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-6-08 — NC Code / Chapter 57D / Section 57D-6-08
§ 57D-6-08. Marshaling of assets
Status: in_force

During the winding up of an LLC, the LLC's assets are to be applied as follows:

(1) First to creditors, including interest owners, managers, and other company officials who are creditors in satisfaction, whether by payment or making provision for payment of all liabilities of the LLC.

(2) The balance to the interest owners as distributions made in the manner provided in G.S. 57D-4-03 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-15 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-15
§ 1-15. Statute runs from accrual of action
Status: reserved

(a) Civil actions can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this Chapter, after the cause of action has accrued, except where in special cases a different limitation is prescribed by statute.

(b) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 654, § 3.

(c) Except where otherwise provided by statute, a cause of action for malpractice arising out of the performance of or failure to perform professional services shall be deemed to accrue at the time of the occurrence of the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action: Provided that whenever there is bodily injury to the person, economic or monetary loss, or a defect in or damage to property which originates under circumstances making the injury, loss, defect or damage not readily apparent to the claimant at the time of its origin, and the injury, loss, defect or damage is discovered or should reasonably be discovered by the claimant two or more years after the occurrence of the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action, suit must be commenced within one year from the date discovery is made: Provided nothing herein shall be construed to reduce the statute of limitation in any such case below three years. Provided further, that in no event shall an action be commenced more than four years from the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action: Provided further, that where damages are sought by reason of a foreign object, which has no therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect, having been left in the body, a person seeking damages for malpractice may commence an action therefor within one year after discovery thereof as hereinabove provided, but in no event may the action be commenced more than 10 years from the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36F-12 — NC Code / Chapter 36F / Section 36F-12
§ 36F-12. Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user, or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received, or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian all of the following:

(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form.

(2) A verified copy of the trust instrument, or a certification of the trust under G.S. 36C-10-1013 , that includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee.

(3) A certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust.

(4) If requested by the custodian, any of the following:

a. A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account.

b. Evidence linking the account to the trust.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-108 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-108
§ 25-9-108. Sufficiency of description
Status: in_force

(a) Sufficiency of description. -- Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section, a description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.

(b) Examples of reasonable identification. -- Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a description of collateral reasonably identifies the collateral if it identifies the collateral by:

(1) Specific listing;

(2) Category;

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, a type of collateral defined in this Chapter;

(4) Quantity;

(5) Computational or allocational formula or procedure; or

(6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, any other method, if the identity of the collateral is objectively determinable.

(c) Supergeneric description not sufficient. -- A description of collateral as “all the debtor's assets” or “all the debtor's personal property” or using words of similar import does not reasonably identify the collateral.

(d) Investment property. -- Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, a description of a security entitlement, securities account, or commodity account is sufficient if it describes:

(1) The collateral by those terms or as investment property; or

(2) The underlying financial asset or commodity contract.

(e) When description by type insufficient. -- A description only by type of collateral defined in this Chapter is an insufficient description of:

(1) A commercial tort claim; or

(2) In a consumer transaction, consumer goods, a security entitlement, a securities account, or a commodity account.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-327 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9-327
§ 25-9-327. Priority of security interests in deposit account
Status: in_force

The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same deposit account:

(1) A security interest held by a secured party having control of the deposit account under G.S. 25-9-104 has priority over a conflicting security interest held by a secured party that does not have control.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (3) and (4) of this section, security interests perfected by control under G.S. 25-9-314 rank according to priority in time of obtaining control.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (4) of this section, a security interest held by the bank with which the deposit account is maintained has priority over a conflicting security interest held by another secured party.

(4) A security interest perfected by control under G.S. 25-9-104(a)(3) has priority over a security interest held by the bank with which the deposit account is maintained.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-569-11 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-569-11
§ 1-569.11. Appointment of arbitrator; service as a neutral arbitrator
Status: in_force

(a) If the parties to an agreement to arbitrate agree on a method for appointing an arbitrator, that method shall be followed, unless the method fails. If the parties have not agreed on a method, the agreed method fails, or an arbitrator appointed fails or is unable to act and a successor has not been appointed, the court, on motion of a party to the arbitration proceeding, shall appoint the arbitrator. An arbitrator so appointed has all the powers of an arbitrator designated in the agreement to arbitrate or appointed pursuant to the agreed method.

(b) An individual who has a known, direct, and material interest in the outcome of the arbitration proceeding or a known, existing, and substantial relationship with a party shall not serve as an arbitrator required by an agreement to be neutral.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 71A-8 — NC Code / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-8
§ 71A-8. Authorization for federally recognized Indian tribes to conduct games
Status: in_force

In recognition of the governmental relationship between the State, federally recognized Indian tribes and the United States, a federally recognized Indian tribe may conduct games consistent with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Public Law 100-497 , that are in accordance with a valid Tribal-State compact executed by the Governor pursuant to G.S. 147-12(14) and approved by the U.S. Department of Interior under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and such games shall not be unlawful or against the public policy of the State if the State permits such gaming for any purpose by any person, organization, or entity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-18 — NC Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75-18
§ 75-18. Lender may require nondiscriminatory approval of insurer
Status: in_force

Although the lender and other persons enumerated in G.S. 75-17 may not specify or designate as a condition precedent a particular insurance company or agent, those persons, firms, or corporations engaged in lending money may approve the insurer selected by the borrower on a reasonable, nondiscriminatory basis, related to the solvency of the company and the type and provisions of policy coverage.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-703 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3-703
§ 48-3-703. Content of relinquishment; mandatory provisions
Status: reserved

(a) A relinquishment executed by a parent or guardian under G.S. 48-3-701 must be in writing and state the following:

(1) The date and place of the execution of the relinquishment.

(2) The name, date of birth, and permanent address, if any, and if none, the current mailing address, of the individual executing the relinquishment.

(3) The date of birth or the expected delivery date, the sex, and the name of the minor, if known. A relinquishment of a newborn minor may give the minor's name as “Baby [Last Name of Biological Mother]” or similar designation.

(4) The name and address of the agency to which the minor is being relinquished.

(5) That the individual voluntarily consents to the permanent transfer of legal and physical custody of the minor to the agency for the purposes of adoption, and

a. The placement of the minor for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent selected by the agency; or

b. The placement of the minor for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent selected by the agency and agreed upon by the individual executing the relinquishment.

(6) That the individual executing the relinquishment understands that after the relinquishment is signed and acknowledged in the manner provided in G.S. 48-3-702 , it may be revoked in accord with G.S. 48-3-706 but that it is otherwise final and irrevocable except under the circumstances set forth in G.S. 48-3-707 .

(7) That the relinquishment shall be valid and binding and shall not be affected by any oral or separate written agreement between the individual executing the consent and the agency.

(8) That the individual executing the relinquishment understands that when the adoption is final, all rights and duties of the individual executing the relinquishment with respect to the minor will be extinguished and all other aspects of the legal relationship between the minor child and the parent will be terminated.

(9) That the individual executing the relinquishment has not received or been promised any money or anything of value for the relinquishment of the minor, and has not received or been promised any money or anything of value in relation to the relinquishment or the adoption of the minor except for lawful payments that are itemized on a schedule attached to the relinquishment.

(10) That the individual executing the relinquishment waives notice of any proceeding for adoption.

(11) That the individual executing the relinquishment has provided the agency with the written document required by G.S. 48-3-205 , or that the individual has provided the agency with signed releases that will permit the agency to compile the information required by G.S. 48-3-205 .

(12) That the individual executing the relinquishment has:

a. Repealed by S.L. 2013-236, § 11, eff. July 3, 2013 .

b. Been advised that counseling services are available through the agency to which the relinquishment is given; and

c. Been advised of the right to seek the advice of legal counsel.

(b) Reserved.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-257 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-257
§ 15A-257. Return of the executed warrant
Status: in_force

An officer who has executed a search warrant must, without unnecessary delay, return to the clerk of the issuing court the warrant together with a written inventory of items seized. The inventory, if any, and return must be signed and sworn to by the officer who executed the warrant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-15-07 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-15-07
§ 55-15-07. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation
Status: in_force

Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State must maintain a registered office and registered agent as required by Article 4 of Chapter 55D of the General Statutes and is subject to service on the Secretary of State under that Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-479-15 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-479-15
§ 160A-479.15. Removal and relocation of utility structures
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may require any public utility, railroad, or other public service corporation owning or operating any installations, structures, equipment, apparatus, appliances or facilities in, upon, under, over, across or along any land or facility where an authority has the right to own, construct, operate or maintain its facilities to remove or relocate such installation, structures, equipment, apparatus, appliances or facilities from their location.

(b) If the owner or operator thereof fails or refuses to remove or relocate them, an authority may proceed to do so.

(c) An authority may provide the necessary new locations or an authority may also acquire the necessary new locations by purchase or otherwise, but not by eminent domain.

(d) An authority shall reimburse the public utility, railroad or other public service corporation, for the cost of relocations which shall be the entire amount paid or incurred by the utility properly attributable thereto after deducting the cost of any increase in the service capacity of the new installations, structures, equipment, apparatus, appliances or facilities and any salvage value derived from the old installations, structures, equipment, apparatus or appliances.