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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159G-44 — NC Code / Chapter 159G / Section 159G-44
§ 159G-44. Rules
Status: in_force

The Department may adopt rules to implement this Chapter. Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the adoption of rules by the Department. A rule adopted to administer a loan or grant from the CWSRF or the DWSRF must be consistent with federal law. The Department must give a copy of the rules adopted to implement this Article without charge to a person who requests a copy.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 119-15-2 — NC Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119-15-2
§ 119-15.2. How to apply for a license
Status: in_force

To obtain a license, an applicant must file an application with the Secretary of Revenue on a form provided by the Secretary. An application must include the applicant's name, address, federal employer identification number, and any other information required by the Secretary. An applicant must meet the requirements for obtaining a license set out in G.S. 105-449.69(b) and (c) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-20-2 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-20-2
§ 28A-20-2. Compelling the inventory
Status: in_force

(a) If the inventory specified in G.S. 28A-20-1 is not filed as prescribed, the clerk of superior court must issue an order requiring the personal representative or collector to file it within the time specified in the order, not less than 20 days, or to show cause why the personal representative or collector should not be removed from office. If, after due service of the order, the personal representative or collector does not on or before the return day of the order file such inventory or obtain further time in which to file it, the clerk may remove the personal representative or collector from office or may issue an attachment against the personal representative or collector for a contempt and commit the personal representative or collector until the personal representative or collector files said inventory report.

(b) The personal representative or collector shall be personally liable for the costs of any proceeding incident to the personal representative's or collector's failure to file the inventory required by G.S. 28A-20-1 . Such costs shall be taxed against the personal representative or collector by the clerk of superior court and may be collected by deduction from any commissions which may be found due the personal representative or collector upon final settlement of the estate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-62 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-62
§ 136-62. Right of petition
Status: in_force

The citizens of the State shall have the right to present petitions to the board of county commissioners, and through the board to the Department of Transportation, concerning additions to the system and improvement of roads. The board of county commissioners shall receive such petitions, forwarding them on to the Board of Transportation with their recommendations. Petitions on hand at the time of the periodic preparation of the secondary road plan shall be considered by the representatives of the Department of Transportation in preparation of that plan, with report on action taken by these representatives on such petitions to the board of commissioners at the time of consultation. The citizens of the State shall at all times have opportunities to discuss any aspect of secondary road additions, maintenance, and construction, with representatives of the Department of Transportation in charge of the preparation of the secondary road plan, and if not then satisfied opportunity to discuss any such aspect with the division engineer, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Board of Transportation in turn.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-20 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-20
§ 143B-135.20. License fees for hunting and fishing on government-owned property unaffected
Status: in_force

No wording in G.S. 113-307.1(a) , or any other North Carolina statute or law, or special act, shall be construed to abrogate the vested rights of the State of North Carolina to collect fees for license for hunting and fishing on any government-owned land or in any government-owned stream in North Carolina including the license for county, State or nonresident hunters or fishermen; or upon any lands or in any streams hereafter acquired by the federal government within the boundaries of the State of North Carolina. The lands and streams within the boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to be exempt from this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-164 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-164
§ 143-164. Acceptance of federal loans and grants permitted
Status: in_force

The State of North Carolina, and its several departments, institutions, agencies and commissions, are hereby authorized to accept and receive loans, grants, and other assistance from the United States government, departments and/or agencies thereof, for its use, and to receive like financial and other aid from other agencies in carrying out any undertaking which has been authorized by the Governor of North Carolina, with the approval of the Council of State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1101 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1101
§ 15A-1101. Applicability of superior court procedure
Status: in_force

Trial procedure in the district court is in accordance with the provisions of Subchapter XII, Trial in Superior Court, except for provisions:

(1) Relating to jury trial.

(2) Requiring recordation of proceedings unless they specify their applicability to the district court.

(3) That specify their applicability to superior court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-80 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-80
§ 143B-135.80. Expenditures authorized
Status: in_force

The Department is authorized to spend any federal, State, local or private funds available for this purpose to the Department for acquisition and development of the Appalachian Trail System.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-354 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-354
§ 105-354. Collections for districts and other units of local government
Status: in_force

Whenever a taxing unit collects taxes for some district or other unit of local government, those taxes, for collection and foreclosure purposes, shall be treated as taxes of the taxing unit making the collection.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-48 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-48
§ 47-48. Clerks' and registers of deeds' certificate failing to pass on all prior certificates
Status: in_force

When it appears that the clerk of the superior court, register of deeds, or other officer having the power to probate or certify deeds, in passing upon deeds or other instruments, and related certificates, consisting of more than one certificate of the same or a different date by other officer or officers taking acknowledgment or probating the certificates, has in his or her certificate or order mentioned only one or more of the preceding or foregoing certificates or orders, but not all of them, but has admitted the same deed or other instrument to probate or recordation, it is conclusively presumed that all the certificates of the deed or instrument necessary for probate or recordation have been passed upon, and the certificate of the clerk, register of deeds, or other probating or certifying officer is deemed sufficient and the probate, certification, and recordation of the deed or instrument is valid for all intents and purposes. This section applies to all instruments recorded in any county of this State prior to April 1, 2021.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-46 — NC Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41-46
§ 41-46. Ownership on death of owner
Status: in_force

On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive the death of all owners. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple beneficiaries surviving the death of all owners hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of all multiple owners.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-70 — NC Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97-70
§ 97-70. Report of committee to Industrial Commission
Status: in_force

The advisory medical committee, shall, as soon as practicable after it has completed its consideration of a case, report to the Industrial Commission its opinion regarding all medical questions involved in the case. The advisory medical committee shall include in its report a statement of what, if any, physician or physicians were present at the examination on behalf of the claimant or employer and what, if any, medical reports and X rays were produced by or on behalf of the claimant or employer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-15-9 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-15-9
§ 108A-15.9. Dissolution of a regional social services department
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the board of commissioners of each county constituting a regional social services department determines that the department is not operating in the best interests of the respective counties, they may direct that the regional social services department be dissolved.

(b) Whenever a board of commissioners of a county which is a member of a regional social services department determines that the department is not operating in the best interests of that county, it may withdraw from the regional social services department.

(c) Dissolution of a regional social services department or withdrawal from the regional social services department by a county shall be effective only at the end of the fiscal year in which the action of dissolution or withdrawal transpired.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of the section, no regional social services department shall be dissolved without prior written notification to the Department.

(e) Any budgetary surplus available to a regional social services department at the time of its dissolution shall be distributed to those counties comprising the region on the same pro rata basis that the counties appropriated and contributed funds to the regional social services department budget during the current fiscal year. Distribution to the counties shall be determined on the basis of an audit of the financial record of the regional social services department. The regional board of social services shall select a certified public accountant or an accountant who is subsequently certified by the Local Government Commission to conduct the audit. The audit shall be performed in accordance with G.S. 159-34 . The same method of distribution of funds described above shall apply when one or more counties of a regional social services department withdraw from a region.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-11-2 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-11-2
§ 50-11.2. Judgment provisions pertaining to care, custody, tuition and maintenance of minor children
Status: in_force

Where the court has the requisite jurisdiction and upon proper pleadings and proper and due notice to all interested parties the judgment in a divorce action may contain such provisions respecting care, custody, tuition and maintenance of the minor children of the marriage as the court may adjudge; and from time to time such provisions may be modified upon due notice and hearing and a showing of a substantial change in condition; and if there be no minor children, the judgment may so state. The jurisdictional requirements of G.S. 50A-201 , 50A-203 , or 50A-204 shall apply in regard to a custody decree.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-187 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-187
§ 106-187. Board of Agriculture to investigate marketing of farm products
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Board of Agriculture to investigate the subject of marketing farm products, to diffuse useful information relating thereto, and to furnish advice and assistance to the public in order to promote efficient and economical methods of marketing farm products, and authority is hereby given to gather and diffuse timely information concerning the supply, demand, prevailing prices, and commercial movement of farm products, including quantities in common and cold storage, and may interchange such information with the United States Department of Agriculture.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-770 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-770
§ 58-10-770. Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner may adopt such rules and issue such orders as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-51 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-51
§ 7A-51. Age and service requirements for retirement of judges of the superior court and of the Administrative Officer of the Courts
Status: reserved

(a) Any judge of the superior court, or Administrative Officer of the Courts, who has attained the age of sixty-five years, and who has served for a total of fifteen years, whether consecutive or not, as a judge of the superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, or as judge of the superior court and as Administrative Officer of the Courts combined, may retire and receive for life compensation equal to two thirds of the total annual compensation, including longevity and additional payment for service as senior resident superior court judge, but excluding any payments in the nature of reimbursement for expenses or subsistence allowances, from time to time received by the occupant of the office from which he retired.

(b) Any judge of the superior court, or Administrative Officer of the Courts, who has served for twelve years, whether consecutive or not, as a judge of the superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, or as judge of the superior court and as Administrative Officer of the Courts combined may, at age sixty-eight, retire and receive for life compensation equal to two thirds of the total annual compensation, including longevity and additional payment for service as senior resident superior court judge, but excluding any payments in the nature of reimbursement for expenses or subsistence allowances, from time to time received by the occupant of the office from which he retired.

(c) Any person who has served for a total of twenty-four years, whether continuously or not, as a judge of the superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, or as judge of the superior court and as Administrative Officer of the Courts combined, may retire, regardless of age, and receive for life compensation equal to two thirds of the total annual compensation, including longevity and additional payment for service as senior resident superior court judge, but excluding any payments in the nature of reimbursement for expenses or subsistence allowances, from time to time received by the occupant of the office from which he retired. In determining whether a person meets the requirements of this subsection, time served as district attorney of the superior court prior to January 1, 1971, may be included, so long as the person has served at least eight years as a judge of the superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, or as judge of the superior court and Administrative Officer of the Courts combined.

(d) Repealed by Laws 1971, c. 508, § 3.

(e) For purposes of this section, the “occupant or occupants of the office from which” the retired judge retired will be deemed to be a superior court judge holding the same office and with the same service as the retired judge had immediately prior to retirement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-630-5 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-630-5
§ 90-630.5. Renewal of license to practice and license to operate massage and bodywork therapy establishment; continuing education
Status: in_force

(a) The license to practice and the license to operate a massage and bodywork therapy establishment under this Article shall be renewed every two years.

(b) The continuing education requirement for the renewal of an initial license to practice is as follows:

(1) If the licensure period is two years or more, each licensee shall submit to the Board evidence of the successful completion of at least 24 hours of study, as approved by the Board, since the initial licensure application date in the practice of massage and bodywork therapy.

(2) If the licensure period is less than two years, but more than one year, each licensee shall submit to the Board evidence of the successful completion of at least 12 hours of study, as approved by the Board, since the initial licensure application date in the practice of massage and bodywork therapy.

(c) For subsequent renewals of a license to practice, each licensee shall submit to the Board evidence of the successful completion of at least 24 hours of study, as approved by the Board, since the previous licensure renewal submission date in the practice of massage and bodywork therapy.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-151-53 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-151-53
§ 143-151.53. Notification to applicant following evaluation of application
Status: in_force

If the Board finds that the applicant has not met fully the requirements for licensing, the Board shall refuse to issue the license and shall notify in writing the applicant of the denial, stating the grounds of the denial. The application may also be denied for any reason for which a license may be suspended or revoked or not renewed under G.S. 143-151.56 . Within 30 days after service of the notification, the applicant may make a written demand upon the Board for a review to determine the reasonableness of the Board's action. The review shall be completed without undue delay, and the applicant shall be notified promptly in writing as to the outcome of the review. Within 30 days after service of the notification as to the outcome, the applicant may make a written demand upon the Board for a hearing under Article 3A of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes if the applicant disagrees with the outcome.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-82 — NC Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-82
§ 45-82. Priority of equity line security instrument
Status: in_force

An equity line security instrument shall, from the time and date of its registration, have the same priority to the extent of all advances secured by it as if the advances had been made at the time of the registration of the equity line security instrument, notwithstanding the fact that from time to time during the term of the equity line of credit no balance is outstanding. Interest that accrues on the equity line of credit and all payments made, sums advanced, and expenses incurred by the lender (i) for insurance, taxes, and assessments, (ii) to protect the lender's interest under the equity line security instrument, or (iii) to preserve and protect the value or condition of the property encumbered by the equity line security instrument shall be secured by the equity line security instrument and shall have the same priority as if they had been accrued, paid, advanced, and incurred at the time the equity line security instrument was registered. The accrued interest, payments, advances, and expenses shall not be considered in computing the principal amount that is secured by the equity line security instrument at any one time.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-39 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-39
§ 147-39. Custodian of statutes, records, deeds, etc.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State is charged with the custody of all statutes and joint resolutions of the legislature, all documents which pass under the great seal, and of all the books, records, deeds, parchments, maps, and papers now deposited in his office or which may hereafter be there deposited pursuant to law, and he shall from time to time make all necessary provisions for their arrangement and preservation. Every deed, conveyance, or other instrument whereby the State or any State agency or institution has acquired title to any real property and which is deposited with the Secretary of State shall be filed by him, and indexed according to the county or counties wherein the real property is situated and the name or names of the grantor or grantors and of the grantee; and the real property shall be briefly described in the index.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-442 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-442
§ 66-442. Guaranteed asset protection waivers not subject to insurance laws
Status: in_force

Guaranteed asset protection waivers are not insurance and are exempt from the provisions of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes , as are persons administering, marketing, selling, or offering to sell guaranteed asset protection waivers to borrowers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-59 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-59
§ 54C-59. Relationship of savings banks with the Savings Institutions Division
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, a savings bank or any director, officer, employee, or representative thereof shall not grant or give to any employee of the Savings Institutions Division or to their spouses, any loan or gratuity, directly or indirectly.

(b) No employee of the Savings Institutions Division shall:

(1) Hold an office or position in any State savings bank or exercise any right to vote on any State savings bank matter by reason of being a member of the savings bank;

(2) Be interested, directly or indirectly, in any savings bank organized under the laws of this State; or

(3) Undertake any indebtedness as a borrower, directly or indirectly, or act as endorser, surety, or guarantor, or sell or otherwise dispose of any loan or investment to any savings bank organized under the laws of this State.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, any employee of the Savings Institutions Division may be a deposit account holder and receive earnings on a deposit account.

(d) Any employee of the Savings Institutions Division shall dispose of any right or interest in a savings bank, held either directly or indirectly, that is prohibited under subsection (b) of this section, within 60 days after the date of the employee's appointment or employment. If any employee of the Division is indebted as borrower, directly or indirectly, or is an endorser, surety, or guarantor on a note, at the time of appointment or employment, the employee may continue in that capacity until the loan is paid off.

(e) If any employee of the Savings Institutions Division has a loan or other note acquired by a State savings bank through the secondary market, the employee may continue with the debt until the loan or note is paid off.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-1101 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-1101
§ 160D-1101. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, the following terms shall have their ordinary meaning and shall also be read to include the following:

(1) Building or buildings .--Includes other structures.

(2) Governing board or board of commissioners .--Includes the Tribal Council of a federally recognized Indian tribe.

(3) Local government .--Includes a federally recognized Indian tribe, and, as to such tribe, includes lands held in trust for the tribe.

(4) Public officer .--Includes the officer or officers who are authorized by regulations adopted hereunder to exercise the powers prescribed by the regulations and by this Article.