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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-6 — NC Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84-6
§ 84-6. Exacting fee for conducting foreclosures prohibited to all except licensed attorneys
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to exact, charge, or receive any attorney's fee for the foreclosure of any mortgage under power of sale, unless the foreclosure is conducted by licensed attorney-at-law of North Carolina, and unless the full amount charged as attorney's fee is actually paid to and received and retained by such attorney, without being directly or indirectly shared with or rebated to anyone else, and it shall be unlawful for any such attorney to make any showing that he has received such a fee unless he has received the same, or to share with or rebate to any other person, firm, or corporation such fee or any part thereof received by him; but such attorney may divide such fee with another licensed attorney-at-law maintaining his own place of business and not an officer or employee of the foreclosing party, if such attorney has assisted in performing the services for which the fee is paid, or resides in a place other than that where the foreclosure proceedings are conducted, and has forwarded the case to the attorney conducting such foreclosure.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-23 — NC Code / Chapter 156 / Section 156-23
§ 156-23. Easement of drainage surrendered
Status: in_force

If any persons, or those claiming through or under them, who have cut any ditch or canal into which any other person has been permitted to drain land under any proceeding authorized in this Subchapter, shall desire to surrender their easement or right in such ditch or canal and be discharged from any judgment rendered and existing under such proceedings, such persons may on motion have such proceeding reinstated for hearing and file a petition therein setting forth such fact or any other grounds for relief thereunder, and upon proof satisfactory to the court that such petitioners have cut another ditch or canal which drains their lands formerly drained by the first ditch or canal, and have abandoned the use of it for any purpose of drainage, the court shall adjudge the easement or right of the petitioners surrendered and determined, and from that time the petitioners and their land shall forever be discharged and released from the judgment heretofore rendered in such former proceedings: Provided, however, that all parties then having an easement or right in such ditch or canal shall be served with notice of such petition 20 days before the hearing thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-232-7 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-232-7
§ 53-232.7. Actions against international banking corporations
Status: in_force

(a) A resident of this State may maintain an action against an international banking corporation doing business in this State for any cause of action. For purposes of this subsection, the term “resident of this State” includes any individual domiciled in this State, or any corporation, partnership, or trust formed under the laws of this State.

(b) An international banking corporation or a nonresident of this State may maintain an action against an international banking corporation doing business in this State in the following cases only:

(1) Where the action is brought to recover damages for the breach of a contract made or to be performed within this State or relating to property situated within this State at the time of the making of the contract;

(2) Where the subject matter of the litigation is situated within this State;

(3) Where the cause of action arose within this State, except where the object of the action is to affect the title of real property situated outside this State; or

(4) Where the action is based on a liability for acts done within this State by an international banking corporation or its international bank agency, international bank branch, or international representative office.

(c) The limitations contained in subsection (b) of this section do not apply to a corporation formed and existing under the laws of the United States and that maintains an office in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-58-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-58-1
§ 58-58-1. Definitions; requisites of contract
Status: in_force

All corporations or associations doing business in this State, under any charter or statute of this or any other state, involving the payment of money or other thing of value to families or representatives of policy and certificate holders or members, conditioned upon the continuance or cessation of human life, or involving an insurance, guaranty, contract, or pledge for the payment of endowments or annuities, or who employ agents to solicit such business, are life insurance companies, in all respects subject to the laws herein made and provided for the government of life insurance companies, and shall not make any such insurance, guaranty, contract, or pledge in this State with any citizen, or resident thereof, which does not distinctly state the amount of benefits payable, the manner of payment, the consideration therefor and such other provisions as the Commissioner may require.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-221 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-221
§ 7A-221. Objections to venue and jurisdiction over person
Status: reserved

By motion prior to filing answer, or in the answer, the defendant may object that the venue is improper, or move for change of venue, or object to the jurisdiction of the court over his person. These motions or objections are heard on notice by the chief district judge or a district judge designated by order or rule of the chief district judge. Assignment to the magistrate is suspended pending determination of the objection, and the clerk gives notice of the suspension by any convenient means to the magistrate to whom the action has been assigned. All these objections are waived if not made prior to the date set for trial. If venue is determined to be improper, or is ordered changed, the action is transferred to the district court of the new venue, and is not thereafter assigned to a magistrate, but proceeds as in the case of civil actions generally.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-315 — NC Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-315
§ 66-315. Use of electronic records and electronic signatures; variation by agreement
Status: in_force

(a) This Article does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.

(b) This Article applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties' conduct.

(c) A party that agrees to conduct a transaction by electronic means may refuse to conduct other transactions by electronic means. The right granted by this subsection may not be waived by agreement.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the effect of any of its provisions may be varied by agreement. The presence in certain provisions of this Article of the words “unless otherwise agreed”, or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement.

(e) Whether an electronic record or electronic signature has legal consequences is determined by this Article and other applicable law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 68-43 — NC Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-43
§ 68-43. Authority of Secretary of Environmental Quality to remove or confine ponies on Ocracoke Island and Shackleford Banks
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, the Secretary of Environmental Quality shall have authority to remove or cause to be removed from Ocracoke Island and Shackleford Banks all ponies known as banks ponies or marsh ponies if and when he determines that such action is essential to prevent damage to the island. In the event such a determination is made, the Secretary, in lieu of removing all ponies, may require that they be restricted to a certain area or corralled so as to prevent damage to the island. In the event such action is taken, the Secretary is authorized to take such steps and act through his duly designated employees or such other persons as, in his opinion, he deems necessary and he may accept any assistance provided by or through the National Park Service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-20 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-20
§ 131E-20. Boundaries of the authority
Status: in_force

(a) The territorial boundaries of a hospital authority shall include the city or county creating the authority and the area within 10 miles from the territorial boundaries of that city or county. However, a hospital authority may engage in health care activities in a county outside its territorial boundaries pursuant to:

(1) An agreement with a hospital facility if only one hospital currently exists in that county;

(2) An agreement with any hospital if more than one hospital currently exists in that county; or

(3) An agreement with any health care agency if no hospital currently exists in that county.

In no event shall the territorial boundaries of a hospital authority include, in whole or in part, the area of any previously existing hospital authority. All priorities shall be determined on the basis of the time of issuance of the certificates of incorporation by the Secretary of State.

(b) After the creation of an authority, the subsequent existence within its territorial boundaries of more than one city or county shall in no way affect the territorial boundaries of the authority.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127B-15 — NC Code / Chapter 127B / Section 127B-15
§ 127B-15. Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who violates the provisions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Each violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-18-5A — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-18-5A
§ 136-18.5A. Purple Heart Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

Interstate Highway 95 in North Carolina is designated as the “Purple Heart Memorial Highway” to pay tribute to the many North Carolinians who have been awarded the Purple Heart medal after being wounded or killed in action against the enemy.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-56 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-56
§ 54C-56. Prolonged audit, examination, or revaluation; payment of costs
Status: in_force

(a) If, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Banks, an examination conducted under G.S. 54C-55 fails to disclose the complete financial condition of a savings bank, the Commissioner of Banks may in order to ascertain its complete financial condition:

(1) Make an extended audit or examination of the savings bank or cause an audit or examination to be made by an independent auditor; and

(2) Make an extended revaluation of any of the assets or liabilities of the savings bank or cause an independent appraiser to make a revaluation.

(b) The Commissioner of Banks shall collect from the savings bank a reasonable sum for actual or necessary expenses of an audit, examination, or revaluation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-406 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-406
§ 122C-406. Violations made misdemeanor
Status: in_force

A person who violates an ordinance or rule adopted under this Part is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 81A-15 — NC Code / Chapter 81A / Section 81A-15
§ 81A-15. General duties
Status: in_force

The Commissioner shall:

(1) Have and keep general supervision of commercial weighing and measuring devices offered for sale, sold or used in the State.

(2) Upon written request from any person or educational institution in the State test or cause to be tested, or calibrate, weights, measures and weighing and measuring devices used as standards in the State.

(3) Enforce all the provisions of this Chapter.

(4) Conduct investigations to insure compliance with this Chapter.

(5) Inspect and test weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale.

(6) Inspect, and test to ascertain if they are correct, weights and measures commercially used (i) in determining the weight, measure, or count of commodities or things sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight, measure or count or (ii) in computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure or count.

(7) Approve for use, and may mark, such weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices as he finds to be correct, and shall reject and mark as rejected such weights and measures as he finds incorrect. Weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices that have been rejected may be seized if not corrected within 10 days, or if used or disposed of in a manner not specifically authorized. Weights and measures found to be incorrect that are not capable of being made correct shall be condemned and may be seized by the Commissioner without any court order or other legal process.

(8) Weigh, measure, or inspect packaged commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered, or exposed for sale in accordance with this Chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. In carrying out the provisions of this section, recognized sampling procedures shall be used.

(9) Allow reasonable variations from the stated quantity of contents, which shall include those caused by loss or gain of moisture during the course of good distribution practice or by unavoidable deviations in good manufacturing practice only after the commodity has entered intrastate commerce.

(10) Delegate to authorized agents any of these responsibilities for the proper administration of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-164-42D — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-164-42D
§ 105-164.42D. Relationship to North Carolina law
Status: in_force

No provision of the Agreement authorized by this Part invalidates or amends any provision of the law of this State. Adoption of the Agreement by this State does not amend or modify any law of this State. Implementation of a condition of the Agreement in this State must be made pursuant to an act of the General Assembly.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-218 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-218
§ 20-218. Standard qualifications for school bus drivers; speed limit for school buses and school activity buses
Status: in_force

(a) Qualifications.--No person shall drive a school bus over the highways or public vehicular areas of North Carolina while it is occupied by one or more child passengers unless the person furnishes to the superintendent of the schools of the county in which the bus shall be operated a certificate from any representative duly designated by the Commissioner and from the Director of Transportation or a designee of the Director in charge of school buses in the county showing that the person has been examined by them and is fit and competent to drive a school bus over the highways and public vehicular areas of the State. The driver of a school bus must be at least 18 years of age and hold a Class A, B, or C commercial drivers license and a school bus driver's certificate. The driver of a school activity bus must meet the same qualifications as a school bus driver or must have a license appropriate for the class of vehicle being driven.

(b) Speed Limits.--It is unlawful to drive a school bus occupied by one or more child passengers over the highways or public vehicular areas of the State at a greater rate of speed than 45 miles per hour. It is unlawful to drive a school activity bus occupied by one or more child passengers over the highways or public vehicular areas of North Carolina at a greater rate of speed than 55 miles per hour.

(c) Punishment.--A person who violates this section commits a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-567-40 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-567-40
§ 1-567.40. Number of arbitrators
Status: in_force

There shall be one arbitrator unless the parties agree on a greater number of arbitrators.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-95 — NC Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135-95
§ 135-95. Exemption from garnishment, attachment
Status: in_force

Except for the applications of the provisions of G.S. 143-166.30(g1) , G.S. 143-166.50(e2) , G.S. 110-136 , and G.S. 110-136.3 et seq. , and in connection with a court-ordered equitable distribution under G.S. 50-20 , the right of a member in the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan to the benefits provided under this Article is nonforfeitable and exempt from levy, sale, and garnishment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-118-6 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-118-6
§ 90-118.6. Certificate issued to optometrist moving out of State
Status: in_force

Any optometrist duly licensed by the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry, desiring to move from North Carolina to another state, territory or foreign country, if a holder of a certificate of renewal of license from said Board, upon application to said Board and the payment to it of the fee in this Article provided, shall be issued a certificate showing his full name and address, the date of license originally issued to him, the date and number of his renewal of license, and whether any charges have been filed with the Board against him. The Board may provide forms for such certificate, requiring such additional information as it may determine proper.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-107 — NC Code / Chapter 110 / Section 110-107
§ 110-107. Fraudulent misrepresentation
Status: in_force

(a) A person, whether a provider or recipient of child care subsidies or someone claiming to be a provider or recipient of child care subsidies, commits the offense of fraudulent misrepresentation when both of the following occur:

(1) With the intent to deceive, that person makes a false statement or representation regarding a material fact, or fails to disclose a material fact.

(2) As a result of the false statement or representation or the omission, that person obtains, attempts to obtain, or continues to receive a child care subsidy for himself or herself or for another person.

(b) If the child care subsidy is not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the child care subsidy is more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), the person is guilty of a Class I felony.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) “ Child care subsidy ” means the use of public funds to pay for day care services for children.

(2) “ Person ” means an individual, association, consortium, corporation, body politic, partnership, or other group, entity, or organization.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-154-7 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-154-7
§ 131E-154.7. Injunction
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the Department may maintain an action in the name of the State for injunctive relief or other process against any person to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of a nursing pool without a license or to restrain or prevent substantial noncompliance with this Part or the rules adopted pursuant to it.

(b) If any person hinders the proper performance of duty of the Department in carrying out the provisions of this Part, the Department may institute an action in the superior court of the county in which the hindrance occurred for injunctive relief against the continued hindrance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-273 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-273
§ 143B-135.273. Administration of the Conservation Tax Credit program
Status: reserved

All duties and responsibilities related to stewardship and oversight of properties and interests for which tax credits were granted under the Conservation Tax Credit program for tax years beginning before January 1, 2014, and previously given to the Department of Environmental Quality or its predecessors are transferred to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall exercise the duties and responsibilities transferred by this section through the Natural Heritage Program.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-568-13 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-568-13
§ 106-568.13. North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created and established as an agency of the State of North Carolina the North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 39-4 — NC Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-4
§ 39-4. Conveyances by infant trustees
Status: in_force

When an infant is seized or possessed of any estate in trust, whether by way of mortgage or otherwise, for another person who may be entitled in law to have a conveyance of such estate, or may be declared to be seized or possessed, in the course of any proceeding in the superior court, the court may decree that the infant shall convey and assure such estate, in such manner as it may direct, to such other person; and every conveyance and assurance made in pursuance of such decree shall be as effectual in law as if made by a person of full age.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-346 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-346
§ 105-346. Peremptory mandamus to enforce order when no appeal
Status: in_force

(a) If no appeal is taken from an order or decision of the Property Tax Commission within the time prescribed by law and the person to which the order or decision is directed fails to put the same in operation, as therein required, the Commission may apply to the judge regularly assigned to the superior court district which includes Wake County, or to the resident judge of said district at chambers upon 10 days' notice, for a peremptory mandamus upon said person for the putting in force of said order or decision; and if said judge shall find that the order of said Commission was valid and within the scope of its powers, he shall issue such peremptory mandamus.

(b) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeals in behalf of the Commission, or the defendant, from the refusal or the granting of such peremptory mandamus. The remedy prescribed in this section for enforcement of orders of the Commission is in addition to other remedies prescribed by law.