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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-45 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-45
§ 20-45. Seizure of documents and plates
Status: in_force

(a) The Division is authorized to take possession of any certificate of title, registration card, permit, license, or registration plate issued by it upon expiration, revocation, cancellation, or suspension thereof, or which is fictitious, or which has been unlawfully or erroneously issued, or which has been unlawfully used.

(b) The Division may give notice to the owner, licensee or lessee of its authority to take possession of any certificate of title, registration card, permit, license, or registration plate issued by it and require that person to surrender it to the Commissioner or the Commissioner's officers or agents. Any person who fails to surrender the certificate of title, registration card, permit, license, or registration plate or any duplicate thereof, upon personal service of notice or within 10 days after receipt of notice by mail as provided in G.S. 20-48 , shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

(c) Any sworn law enforcement officer with jurisdiction, including a member of the State Highway Patrol, is authorized to seize the certificate of title, registration card, permit, license, or registration plate, if the officer has electronic or other notification from the Division that the item has been revoked or cancelled, or otherwise has probable cause to believe that the item has been revoked or cancelled under any law or statute, including G.S. 20-311 . If a criminal proceeding relating to a certificate of title, registration card, permit, or license is pending, the law enforcement officer in possession of that item shall retain the item pending the entry of a final judgment by a court with jurisdiction. If there is no criminal proceeding pending, the law enforcement officer shall deliver the item to the Division.

(d) Any law enforcement officer who seizes a registration plate pursuant to this section shall report the seizure to the Division within 48 hours of the seizure and shall return the registration plate, but not a fictitious registration plate, to the Division within 10 business days of the seizure.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-98 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-98
§ 95-98. Contracts between units of government and labor unions, trade unions or labor organizations concerning public employees declared to be illegal
Status: in_force

Any agreement, or contract, between the governing authority of any city, town, county, or other municipality, or between any agency, unit, or instrumentality thereof, or between any agency, instrumentality, or institution of the State of North Carolina, and any labor union, trade union, or labor organization, as bargaining agent for any public employees of such city, town, county or other municipality, or agency or instrumentality of government, is hereby declared to be against the public policy of the State, illegal, unlawful, void and of no effect.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-73-25 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-73-25
§ 58-73-25. Failure to pay judgment is forfeiture
Status: in_force

If a surety company against which a judgment is recovered fails to discharge the same within 60 days from the time such final judgment is rendered, it shall forfeit its right to do business in this State, and the Insurance Commissioner shall cancel its license.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-47-14 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-47-14
§ 95-47.14. Notification requirement
Status: in_force

Any temporary help service as described in G.S. 95-47.1(16) c. that operates in North Carolina shall notify the Department of Labor in writing that the temporary help service:

(1) Operates only as a temporary help service;

(2) Establishes an employer-employee relationship with its temporaries;

(3) Does not operate as a private personnel service or an employer fee paid personnel consulting service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-548 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-548
§ 115C-548. Attendance; health and safety regulations
Status: in_force

Each private church school or school of religious charter shall make, and maintain annual attendance and disease immunization records for each pupil enrolled and regularly attending classes. Attendance by a child at any school to which this Part relates and which complies with this Part shall satisfy the requirements of compulsory school attendance so long as the school operates on a regular schedule, excluding reasonable holidays and vacations, during at least nine calendar months of the year. Each school shall be subject to reasonable fire, health and safety inspections by State, county and municipal authorities as required by law.

The Division of Nonpublic Education, Department of Administration, shall ensure that materials are provided to these schools so that they can provide parents and guardians with information about meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines at the beginning of every school year. This information may be provided electronically or on the Division's Web page. This information shall include the causes, symptoms, and how meningococcal meningitis and influenza are spread and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children.

The Division of Nonpublic Education, Department of Administration, shall also ensure that materials are provided to these schools so that they can provide parents and guardians with information about cervical cancer, cervical dysplasia, human papillomavirus, and the vaccines available to prevent these diseases. This information may be provided electronically or on the Division's Web page. This information shall include the causes and symptoms of these diseases, how they are transmitted, how they may be prevented by vaccination, including the benefits and possible side effects of vaccination, and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children.

The Division of Nonpublic Education, Department of Administration, shall also ensure that information is available to these schools so that they can provide information annually on the preventable risks for preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies, including induced abortion, smoking, alcohol consumption, the use of illicit drugs, and inadequate prenatal care.

The Division of Nonpublic Education, Department of Administration, shall also ensure that information is available to these schools so that they can provide information on the manner in which a parent may lawfully abandon a newborn baby with a responsible person, in accordance with G.S. 7B-500 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-3-201 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3-201
§ 25-3-201. Negotiation
Status: in_force

(a) “Negotiation” means a transfer of possession, whether voluntary or involuntary, of an instrument by a person other than the issuer to a person who thereby becomes its holder.

(b) Except for negotiation by a remitter, if an instrument is payable to an identified person, negotiation requires transfer of possession of the instrument and its indorsement by the holder. If an instrument is payable to bearer, it may be negotiated by transfer of possession alone.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-291-12 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-291-12
§ 113-291.12. Unlawful to remove live feral swine from traps
Status: in_force

It is unlawful to remove feral swine from a trap while the swine is still alive or to transport the live swine after that removal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-70 — NC Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41-70
§ 41-70. Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions apply:

(1) Conveyance.--A transfer of title to real or personal property by deed, devise, assignment, or other means of transferring title.

(2) Termination.--A severance of the right of survivorship resulting in the creation of a tenancy in common as provided in this Article. The term is used in the context of an estate with a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-164 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-164
§ 160A-164. Personnel rules
Status: in_force

The council may adopt or provide for rules and regulations or ordinances concerning but not limited to annual leave, sick leave, special leave with full pay or with partial pay supplementing workers' compensation payments for employees injured in accidents arising out of and in the course of employment, hours of employment, holidays, working conditions, service award and incentive award programs, other personnel policies, and any other measures that promote the hiring and retention of capable, diligent, and honest career employees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-210-87 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-210-87
§ 90-210.87. Unclaimed funds of defunct burial association
Status: in_force

All unclaimed funds of any burial association that is no longer in operation shall be disposed of in accordance with Chapter 116B.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 93B-6 — NC Code / Chapter 93B / Section 93B-6
§ 93B-6. Use of funds for lobbying prohibited
Status: in_force

Occupational licensing boards shall not use any funds to promote or oppose in any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any legislation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-144 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-144
§ 106-144. Exemptions
Status: in_force

Meats and meat products subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260), as amended and extended ( 21 U.S.C. 71 et seq. ), and poultry and poultry products subject to the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq. ) are exempted from the provisions of this Article so long as such meat, meat products, poultry, and poultry products remain in the possession of the processor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8B-7 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-8B-7
§ 36C-8B-7. Notice; exercise of decanting power
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, an authorized fiduciary may exercise the decanting power without the consent of any person and without court approval.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an authorized fiduciary shall give written notice of the intended exercise of the decanting power at least 60 days prior to the effective date of the exercise of the decanting power to all of the following:

(1) Any settlor as to whom the second trust would be a grantor trust.

(2) Each qualified beneficiary of the first trust.

(3) Each person that currently has the right to remove or replace the authorized fiduciary.

(4) Each other fiduciary of the first trust.

(c) The notice required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Specify the manner in which the authorized fiduciary intends to exercise the decanting power.

(2) Specify the proposed effective date for exercise of the power.

(3) Include a copy of the first trust.

(4) Include a copy of all second trusts.

(d) The decanting power may be exercised before expiration of the notice period under subsection (b) of this section if all persons entitled to receive notice waive the period in a signed written instrument.

(e) The receipt of notice, waiver of the notice period, or expiration of the notice period shall not affect the right of a person to file an application pursuant to G.S. 36C-8B-9 asserting any of the following:

(1) An attempted exercise of the decanting power is ineffective because it did not comply with this Article or was an abuse of discretion or breach of fiduciary duty.

(2) The provisions of G.S. 36C-8B-22 apply to the exercise of the decanting power.

(f) An exercise of the decanting power shall not be ineffective because of the failure to give notice to one or more persons pursuant to subsection (b) of this section if the authorized fiduciary acted with reasonable care to comply with subsection (b) of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-208-1 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-208-1
§ 160A-208.1. Disclosure of certain information prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) Disclosure Prohibited.--Notwithstanding Chapter 132 of the General Statutes or any other law regarding access to public records, local tax records that contain information about a taxpayer's income or receipts are not public records. A current or former officer, employee, or agent of a city who in the course of service to or employment by the city has access to information about the amount of a taxpayer's income or receipts may not disclose the information to any other person unless the disclosure is made for one of the following purposes:

(1) To comply with a court order or a law.

(2) Review by the Attorney General or a representative of the Attorney General.

(3) To sort, process, or deliver tax information on behalf of the city, as necessary to administer a tax.

(4) To include on a property tax receipt the amount of property taxes due and the amount of property taxes deferred on a residence classified under G.S. 105-277.1B , the property tax homestead circuit breaker.

(5) To disclose to the authorized finance officer of the county in which the municipality is located tax information in the possession of the municipality, as necessary to administer a tax.

(b) Punishment.--A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the person committing the violation is an officer or employee, that person shall be dismissed from public office or public employment and may not hold any public office or public employment in this State for five years after the violation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-129-35 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-129-35
§ 105-129.35. Credit for rehabilitating income-producing historic structure
Status: in_force

(a) Credit.--A taxpayer who is allowed a federal income tax credit under section 47 of the Code for making qualified rehabilitation expenditures for a certified historic structure located in this State is allowed a credit equal to twenty percent (20%) of the expenditures that qualify for the federal credit. If the certified historic structure is a facility that at one time served as a State training school for juvenile offenders, the amount of the credit is equal to forty percent (40%) of the expenditures that qualify for the federal credit. To claim the credit allowed by this subsection, the taxpayer must provide a copy of the certification obtained from the State Historic Preservation Officer verifying that the historic structure has been rehabilitated in accordance with this subsection.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 105-131.8 and G.S. 105-269.15 , a pass-through entity that qualifies for the credit provided in this section may allocate the credit among any of its owners in its discretion as long as an owner's adjusted basis in the pass-through entity, as determined under the Code, at the end of the taxable year in which the certified historic structure is placed in service, is at least forty percent (40%) of the amount of credit allocated to that owner. Owners to whom a credit is allocated are allowed the credit as if they had qualified for the credit directly. A pass-through entity and its owners must include with their tax returns for every taxable year in which an allocated credit is claimed a statement of the allocation made by the pass-through entity and the allocation that would have been required under G.S. 105-131.8 or G.S. 105-269.15 .

(c) Definitions.--The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Certified historic structure.--Defined in section 47 of the Code .

(2) Pass-through entity.--Defined in G.S. 105-228.90 .

(3) Qualified rehabilitation expenditures.--Defined in section 47 of the Code .

(4) State Historic Preservation Officer.--Defined in G.S. 105-129.36 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-269-8 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-269-8
§ 105-269.8. Contribution by individual for early detection of breast and cervical cancer
Status: in_force

(a) Contribution.--An individual entitled to a refund of income taxes under Part 2 of Article 4 of this Chapter may elect to contribute all or part of the refund to be used for early detection of breast and cervical cancer at the Cancer Prevention and Control Branch of the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary shall provide appropriate language and space on the individual income tax form in which to make the election. The Secretary shall include in the income tax instructions an explanation that the contributions will be used for early detection of breast and cervical cancer only. The election becomes irrevocable upon filing the individual's income tax return for the taxable year.

(b) Distribution.--The Secretary shall transmit the contributions made pursuant to this section to the State Treasurer to be distributed for early detection of breast and cervical cancer. The State Treasurer shall distribute the contributions to the Cancer Prevention and Control Branch of the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. Funds distributed pursuant to this section shall be used only for early detection of breast and cervical cancer and shall be used in accordance with North Carolina's Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program's policies and procedures.

(c) Sunset.--This section expires for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-10 — NC Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41-10
§ 41-10. Titles quieted
Status: in_force

An action may be brought by any person against another who claims an estate or interest in real property adverse to him for the purpose of determining such adverse claims; and by any man or woman against his or her wife or husband or alleged wife or husband who have not lived together as man and wife within the two years preceding, and who at the death of such plaintiff might have or claim to have an interest in his or her estate, and a decree for the plaintiff shall debar all claims of the defendant in the property of the plaintiff then owned or afterwards acquired: Provided, that no such relief shall be granted against such husband or wife or alleged wife or husband, except in case the summons in said action is personally served on such defendant.

If the defendant in such action disclaim in his answer any interest or estate in the property, or suffer judgment to be taken against him without answer, the plaintiff cannot recover costs. In any case in which judgment has been or shall be docketed, whether such judgment is in favor of or against the person bringing such action, or is claimed by him, or affects real estate claimed by him, or whether such judgment is in favor of or against the person against whom such action may be brought, or is claimed by him, or affects real estate claimed by him, the lien of said judgment shall be such claim of an estate or interest in real estate as is contemplated by this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-515 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-515
§ 143-515. Establishment of regions
Status: in_force

The Secretary may establish an appropriate number of multicounty emergency medical services regions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75D-12 — NC Code / Chapter 75D / Section 75D-12
§ 75D-12. Venue
Status: in_force

In any forfeiture action brought pursuant to this Chapter, the claim for relief shall be considered to have arisen in any county in which an incident of racketeering occurred or in which an interest or control of an enterprise or real or personal property is acquired or maintained. Venue in any private action shall be as provided in Article 7, Chapter 1, of the General Statutes of North Carolina .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-57-1 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-57-1
§ 108A-57.1. Rules governing transfer of medical assistance benefits between counties
Status: in_force

Any recipient of medical assistance who moves from one county to another county of this State shall continue to receive medical assistance if eligible. The county director of social services of the county from which the recipient has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to the county director of social services of the county to which the recipient has moved. The county from which the recipient has moved shall pay the county portion of the nonfederal share of medical assistance payments paid for services provided to the recipient during the month following the recipient's move. Thereafter, the county to which the recipient has moved shall pay the county portion of the nonfederal share of medical assistance payments paid for the services provided to the recipient.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53C-7-203 — NC Code / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-7-203
§ 53C-7-203. Decision on application
Status: in_force

Based on the application and the Commissioner's examination, the Commissioner shall enter an order approving or denying approval of the proposed combination not later than the 60th day following the date the Commissioner notifies the parties that the application is complete, unless extraordinary circumstances require a longer period of review.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 161-11-3 — NC Code / Chapter 161 / Section 161-11-3
§ 161-11.3. Automation Enhancement and Preservation Fund
Status: in_force

Ten percent (10%) of the fees collected pursuant to G.S. 161-10 and retained by the county, or six dollars and twenty cents ($6.20) in the case of a fee collected pursuant to G.S. 161-10(a)(1a) for the first page of a deed of trust or mortgage, shall be set aside annually and placed in a nonreverting Automation Enhancement and Preservation Fund, the proceeds of which shall be expended on computer or imaging technology and needs associated with the preservation and storage of public records in the office of the register of deeds. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the duty of the board of county commissioners to furnish supplies and equipment to the office of the register of deeds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1412 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1412
§ 143B-1412. Proprietary information
Status: in_force

All proprietary information submitted to the 911 Board or the State Auditor is confidential. Proprietary information submitted pursuant to this Part is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes , and it may not be released to any person other than to the submitting communications service provider, the 911 Board, and the State Auditor without the express permission of the submitting communications service provider. Proprietary information is considered a trade secret under the Trade Secrets Protection Act, Article 24 of Chapter 66 of the General Statutes . General information collected by the 911 Board or the State Auditor may be released or published only in aggregate amounts that do not identify or allow identification of numbers of subscribers or revenues attributable to an individual communications service provider.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17D-1 — NC Code / Chapter 17D / Section 17D-1
§ 17D-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Academy” means the North Carolina Justice Academy.

(2) “Academy property” means property that is owned or leased in whole or in part by the State of North Carolina and which is subject to the general management and control of the Department of Justice and is located in Salemburg, North Carolina, or at any other locations within the State which are dedicated to the use of the North Carolina Justice Academy subsequent to this Chapter being enacted.

(3) “The Commission” means the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.

(4) “Criminal justice agencies” means the State and local law enforcement agencies, the State and local police traffic service agencies, the State correctional agencies, the jails and other correctional agencies maintained by local governments, the courts of the State and the juvenile justice agencies.

(5) “Criminal justice personnel” means any person who serves or assists any State or local agency engaged in crime prevention, crime reduction, crime investigation, training or educating of persons employed by criminal justice agencies, or enforcement of the criminal law; or any person employed by a criminal justice agency.

(6) “Department” means the Department of Justice.