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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-902 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-902
§ 143B-902. Powers and duties of the Department of Public Safety with respect to criminal information
Status: reserved

In addition to its other duties, it shall be the duty of the Department of Public Safety to do all of the following:

(1) To collect and correlate information in criminal law administration, including crimes committed, arrests made, dispositions on preliminary hearings, prosecutions, convictions, acquittals, punishment, appeals, together with the age, race, and sex of the offender, the necessary data to make a trace regarding all firearms seized, forfeited, found, or otherwise coming into the possession of any State or local law enforcement agency of the State that are believed to have been used in the commission of a crime, and such other information concerning crime and criminals as may appear significant or helpful. To correlate such information with the operations of agencies and institutions charged with the supervision of offenders on probation, in penal and correctional institutions, on parole and pardon, so as to show the volume, variety and tendencies of crime and criminals and the workings of successive links in the machinery set up for the administration of the criminal law in connection with the arrests, trial, punishment, probation, prison parole and pardon of all criminals in North Carolina.

(2) To collect, correlate, and maintain access to information that will assist in the performance of duties required in the administration of criminal justice throughout the State. This information may include, but is not limited to, motor vehicle registration, drivers' licenses, wanted and missing persons, stolen property, warrants, stolen vehicles, firearms registration, sexual offender registration as provided under Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes , drugs, drug users and parole and probation histories. In performing this function, the Division may arrange to use information available in other agencies and units of State, local and federal government, but shall provide security measures to insure that such information shall be made available only to those whose duties, relating to the administration of justice, require such information.

(3) To make scientific study, analysis and comparison from the information so collected and correlated with similar information gathered by federal agencies, and to provide the Governor and the General Assembly with the information so collected biennially, or more often if required by the Governor.

(4) To perform all the duties heretofore imposed by law upon the Attorney General with respect to criminal statistics.

(5) Repealed by S.L. 2014-100, § 17.1(ss), eff. July 1, 2014 .

(6) To promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-355 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-355
§ 7A-355. Trial court administrators
Status: in_force

The following districts or sets of districts as defined in G.S. 7A-41.1(a) shall have trial court administrators: Set of districts 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D; District 22, District 27B, and District 28, and such other districts or sets of districts as may be designated by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-133 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-133
§ 15A-133. Waiver of venue; motion for change of venue; indictment may be returned in other county
Status: reserved

(a) A waiver of venue must be in writing and signed by the defendant and the prosecutor indicating the consent of all parties to the waiver. The waiver must specify what stages of the proceedings are affected by the waiver, and the county to which venue is changed. If the venue is to be laid in a county in another prosecutorial district, the consent in writing of the prosecutor in that district must be filed with the clerks of both counties.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1989, c. 688, § 2.

(c) Motions for change of venue by the defendant are made under G.S. 15A-957 . If venue is laid in a county in another prosecutorial district by order of the judge ruling on the motion, no consent of any prosecutor is required.

(d) If venue is changed to a county in another prosecutorial district, whether upon waiver of venue or by order of a judge, the prosecutor of the prosecutorial district where the case originated must prosecute the case unless the prosecutor of the district to which venue has been changed consents to conduct the prosecution.

(e) If venue is changed, whether upon waiver of venue or by order of a judge, the grand jury in the county to which venue has been transferred has the power to return an indictment in the case. If an indictment has already been returned before the change of venue, no new indictment is necessary and prosecution may be had in the new county under the original indictment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-7-1 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-7-1
§ 28A-7-1. Oath required before letters issue
Status: in_force

Before letters testamentary, letters of administration or letters of collection are issued to any person, the person shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the clerk of superior court, or before any other officer of any state or country authorized by the laws of North Carolina to administer oaths, that the person will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the person's office. Such oath or affirmation shall be in the form prescribed in G.S. 11-11 , and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of superior court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32C-2-215 — NC Code / Chapter 32C / Section 32C-2-215
§ 32C-2-215. Retirement plans
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, the term “ retirement plan ” means a plan or account created by an employer, the principal, or another individual to provide retirement benefits or deferred compensation of which the principal is a participant, beneficiary, or owner, including a plan or account under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code:

(1) An individual retirement account under section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code .

(2) A Roth individual retirement account under section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code .

(3) A deemed individual retirement account under section 408(q) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(4) An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(5) A pension, profit sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(6) A plan under sections 457(b) and (f) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(7) A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code .

(b) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to retirement plans authorizes the agent to do all of the following:

(1) Select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits from a plan.

(2) Make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another.

(3) Establish a retirement plan in the principal's name.

(4) Make contributions to a retirement plan.

(5) Exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan.

(6) Borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-31 — NC Code / Chapter 166A / Section 166A-31
§ 166A-31. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article:

(1) “Certified disaster service volunteer” means a person who has completed the necessary training for and been certified as a disaster service specialist by the American National Red Cross.

(2) “Disaster” means a disaster designated at Level III or higher in the American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures.

(3) “State agency” means and includes all departments, institutions, commissions, committees, boards, divisions, bureaus, officers, and officials of the State, including those within the legislative and judicial branches of State government.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-274 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-274
§ 90-274. No liability for nonnegligent performance of operation
Status: in_force

Subject to the rules of law applicable generally to negligence, no physician or surgeon licensed by this State shall be liable either civilly or criminally by reason of having performed a surgical interruption of vas deferens or Fallopian tubes authorized by the provisions of this Article upon any person in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 138A-26 — NC Code / Chapter 138A / Section 138A-26
§ 138A-26. Concealing or failing to disclose material information
Status: in_force

A filing person who knowingly conceals or knowingly fails to disclose information that is required to be disclosed on a statement of economic interest under this Article shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be subject to disciplinary action under G.S. 138A-45 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 98-14 — NC Code / Chapter 98 / Section 98-14
§ 98-14. Rules for petitions and motions
Status: in_force

The following rules shall be observed in petitions and motions under this Chapter:

(1) The facts stated in every petition or motion shall be verified by affidavit of the petitioner that they are true according to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.

(2) The instrument or paper sought to be established by any petition shall be fully set forth in its substance, and its precise language shall be stated when the same is remembered.

(3) All persons interested in the prayers of the petition or decree shall be made parties.

(4) Petitions to establish a record of any court shall be filed in the superior court of the county where the record is sought to be established. Other petitions may be filed in the office of the clerk.

(5) The costs shall be paid as the court may decree.

(6) Appeals shall be allowed as in all other cases, and where the error alleged shall be a finding by the superior court of a matter of fact, the same may be removed on appeal to the appellate division, and the proper judgments directed to be entered below.

(7) It shall be presumed that any order or record of the court of pleas and quarter sessions, which was made and has been lost or destroyed, was made by a legally constituted court, and the requisite number of justices, without naming said justices.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-456 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-456
§ 153A-456. Limitation on the use of public funds
Status: in_force

A county shall not use public funds to endorse or oppose a referendum, election or a particular candidate for elective office.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-20-4 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-20-4
§ 28A-20-4. Employment of appraisers
Status: in_force

A personal representative or collector may, but shall not be required to, employ qualified and disinterested appraisers to assist in ascertaining the fair market value as of the date of the decedent's death of any asset the value of which may be subject to reasonable doubt. Different persons may be employed to appraise different kinds of assets. The name and address of any appraiser shall be indicated in the inventory with the asset or assets the appraiser appraised.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-40 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-40
§ 62-40. To hear and determine controversies submitted
Status: in_force

When a public utility embraced in this Chapter has a controversy with another person and all the parties to such controversy agree in writing to submit such controversy to the Commission as arbitrator, the Commission shall act as such, and after due notice to all parties interested shall proceed to hear the same, and its award shall be final. Such award in cases where land or an interest in land is concerned shall immediately be certified to the clerk of the superior court of the county or counties in which said land, or any part thereof, is situated, and shall by such clerk be docketed in the judgment docket for such county, and from such docketing shall have the same effect as a judgment of the superior court for such county. Parties may appear in person or by attorney before such arbitrator.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 39-11 — NC Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-11
§ 39-11. Certain conveyances not affected by fraud if acknowledgment or privy examination regular
Status: in_force

No deed conveying lands nor any instrument required or allowed by law to be registered, executed by husband and wife since the eleventh of March, 1889, if the acknowledgment or private examination of the wife is thereto certified as prescribed by law, shall be invalid because its execution or acknowledgment was procured by fraud, duress or undue influence, unless it is shown that the grantee or person to whom the instrument was made participated in the fraud, duress or undue influence, or had notice thereof before the delivery of the instrument. Where such participation or notice is shown, an innocent purchaser for value under the grantee or person to whom the instrument was made shall not be affected by such fraud, duress or undue influence.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-1-101 — NC Code / Chapter 47C / Section 47C-1-101
§ 47C-1-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the North Carolina Condominium Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1807 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-1807
§ 7B-1807. Notice to parent and juvenile of scheduled hearings
Status: in_force

The clerk shall give to all parties, including both parents of the juvenile, the juvenile's guardian or custodian, and any other person who has assumed the status and obligation of a parent without being awarded legal custody of the juvenile by a court, five days' written notice of the date and time of all scheduled hearings unless the party is notified in open court or the court orders otherwise.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-127-3 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-127-3
§ 163-127.3. Panel to conduct the hearing on a challenge
Status: in_force

Upon filing of a challenge, a panel shall hear the challenge, as follows:

(1) Single county.--If the district for the office subject to the challenge covers territory in all or part of only one county, the panel shall be the county board of elections of that county.

(2) Multicounty but less than entire State.--If the district for the office subject to the challenge contains territory in more than one county but is less than the entire State, the State Board shall appoint a panel within two business days after the challenge is filed. The panel shall consist of at least one member of the county board of elections in each county in the district of the office. The panel shall have an odd number of members, no fewer than three and no more than five. In appointing members to the panel, the State Board shall appoint members from each county in proportion to the relative total number of registered voters of the counties in the district for the office. If the district for the office subject to the challenge covers more than five counties, the panel shall consist of five members with at least one member from the county receiving the notice of candidacy or petition and at least one member from the county of residency of the challenger. The State Board shall, to the extent possible, appoint members affiliated with different political parties in proportion to the representation of those parties on the county boards of elections in the district for the office. The State Board shall designate a chair for the panel. A meeting of the State Board to appoint a panel under this subdivision shall be treated as an emergency meeting for purposes of G.S. 143-318.12 .

(3) Entire State.--If the district for the office subject to the challenge consists of the entire State, the panel shall be the State Board.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-72 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-72
§ 108A-72. Social services checks payable to decedents
Status: in_force

In the event of the death of a recipient of a cash payment service, any check or checks payable to such recipient but not endorsed prior to such recipient's death shall be returned to the issuing agency, made void, and reissued to the provider of the service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-287 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-287
§ 113-287. General provisions pertaining to enforcement of Article
Status: in_force

(a) If property is registered, the original or a true copy of the application and all supporting items are admissible in evidence. The registrant's affidavit that he has the right to control hunting, fishing, or hunting and fishing on the registered property constitutes prima facie evidence of the facts so asserted. The description filed with the application constitutes prima facie evidence of the boundaries of the registered property.

(b) If an individual hunts or fishes, or enters to hunt or fish, on registered property that is or had been posted, any registrant or his agent, any landholder of that property, and any protector or other law-enforcement officer may request that the individual produce a valid entry permit.

(c) In addition to protectors, it is the duty of sheriffs and their deputies, county police officers, and other law-enforcement officers with general enforcement jurisdiction to investigate reported violations of this Article and to initiate prosecutions when they determine that violations have occurred.

(d) Any entry permit issued to an individual does not substitute for any required hunting or fishing license.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-253 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-253
§ 14-253. Failure of certain railroad officers to account with successors
Status: in_force

If the president and directors of any railroad company, and any person acting under them, shall, upon demand, fail or refuse to account with the president and directors elected or appointed to succeed them, and to transfer to them forthwith all the money, books, papers, choses in action, property and effects of every kind and description belonging to such company, they shall be guilty of a Class I felony. The Governor is hereby authorized, at the request of the president, directors and other officers of any railroad company, to make requisition upon the governor of any other state for the apprehension of any such president failing to comply with this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 24-2-5 — NC Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24-2-5
§ 24-2.5. Mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers
Status: in_force

A mortgage broker or a mortgage banker originating a loan in a table-funded loan transaction in which the mortgage broker or mortgage banker is identified as the original payee of the note shall be considered a lender for purposes of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17C-21 — NC Code / Chapter 17C / Section 17C-21
§ 17C-21. North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Committee established; membership
Status: reserved

(a) Committee Established.--There is established the North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Committee. The Committee shall be a Special Committee of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, as defined in the Commission's bylaws. The Committee shall determine program and forgivable loan recipient selection criteria, selection procedures, and shall select the recipients to receive forgivable loans under the North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Program in accordance with the requirements of this Article.

(b) Membership.--The Committee shall consist of 10 members who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) The chair of the Commission shall appoint eight members of the Commission to the Committee as follows:

a. Three at-large members.

b. Two sworn law enforcement officers.

c. Two correctional officers.

d. The ex officio member representing the President of The North Carolina Community College System.

(2) The chair of the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission shall appoint two members of the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission to the Committee.

(c) Terms of Office.--Appointments to the Committee shall be for two-year terms, commencing July 1, 2018.

(d) Chair; Meetings.--The chair of the Commission shall call the first meeting of the Committee. The Committee members shall elect a chair and a vice-chair from the membership of the Committee pursuant to the Commission's bylaws to serve one-year terms. The Committee shall meet regularly at times and places deemed necessary by the chair or, in the absence of the chair, by the vice-chair.

(e) Expenses.--Committee members shall receive per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances in accordance with G.S. 138-5 or G.S. 138-6 , as appropriate.

(f) Vacancies.--Except as otherwise provided, if a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Committee, the appointing authority shall appoint another person meeting the same qualifications to serve for the balance of the unexpired term.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-1-30 — NC Code / Chapter 57D / Section 57D-1-30
§ 57D-1-30. Powers of the Secretary of State
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State has the power necessary to perform the duties required by this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-883 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-883
§ 106-883. Expenditure of funds for development, etc.; disposition of products from lands; rules
Status: in_force

When lands are acquired or leased under G.S. 106-882 , the Department may make expenditures from any funds not otherwise obligated, for the management, development, and utilization of such areas; to sell or otherwise dispose of products from such lands, and to make such rules as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of G.S. 106-882 to G.S. 106-886 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-270-21 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-270-21
§ 115C-270.21. Licensure exception for Cherokee language instruction
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education shall enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians specifying the criteria that must be met in order for individuals to teach Cherokee language and culture classes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, individuals approved to teach in accordance with an MOU entered into pursuant to this section shall be authorized to teach Cherokee language and culture classes without a license.

(b) A memorandum of understanding entered into under this section shall at least include the following:

(1) Requirements for approval of individuals employed under this section, including a requirement that the individual has demonstrated mastery of the Cherokee language through a credential issued by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

(2) A three-year approval period, which may be renewed, for individuals employed under this section.

(3) Authority of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Superintendent's designee to approve and renew approval of individuals employed under this section, subject to the requirements of the memorandum of understanding.

(4) Requirements for renewing approval of individuals employed under this section after three years.

(5) A clear statement that an individual authorized to teach pursuant to this section shall not be permitted to provide instruction in other content areas unless the individual possesses a license issued in accordance with G.S. 115C-270.20 .