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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-171-9 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-171-9
§ 20-171.9. Requirements for helmet and restraining seat use
Status: in_force

With regard to any bicycle used on a public roadway, public bicycle path, or other public right-of-way:

(a) It shall be unlawful for any parent or legal guardian of a person below the age of 16 to knowingly permit that person to operate or be a passenger on a bicycle unless at all times when the person is so engaged he or she wears a protective bicycle helmet of good fit fastened securely upon the head with the straps of the helmet.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any parent or legal guardian of a person below the age of 16 to knowingly permit that person to be a passenger on a bicycle unless all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The person is able to maintain an erect, seated position on the bicycle.

(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, the person is properly seated alone on a saddle seat (as on a tandem bicycle).

(3) With respect to any person who weighs less than 40 pounds, or is less than 40 inches in height, the person can be and is properly seated in and adequately secured to a restraining seat.

(c) No negligence or liability shall be assessed on or imputed to any party on account of a violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section.

(d) Violation of this section shall be an infraction. Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, any parent or guardian found responsible for violation of this section may be ordered to pay a civil fine of up to ten dollars ($10.00), inclusive of all penalty assessments and court costs.

(e) In the case of a first conviction of this section, the court may waive the fine upon receipt of satisfactory proof that the person responsible for the infraction has purchased or otherwise obtained, as appropriate, a protective bicycle helmet or a restraining seat, and uses and intends to use it whenever required under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36F-8 — NC Code / Chapter 36F / Section 36F-8
§ 36F-8. Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user
Status: in_force

Unless the user prohibited disclosure of digital assets or the court directs otherwise, a custodian shall disclose to the personal representative of the estate of a deceased user a catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by the user and digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, of the user, if the personal representative gives the custodian all of the following:

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

(2) A certified copy of the death certificate of the user.

(3) A certified copy of letters of administration or letters testamentary of the personal representative, a certified copy of a small estate affidavit filed in accordance with G.S. 28A-25-1(b) , a certified copy of a summary administration order described in G.S. 28A-28-3 , or a court order.

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

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

b. Evidence linking the account to the user.

c. An affidavit stating that disclosure of the user's digital assets is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate.

d. A finding by the court of any of the following:

1. That the user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in sub-subdivision a. of this subdivision.

2. That disclosure of the user's digital assets is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-13-40 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-13-40
§ 55-13-40. Other remedies limited
Status: in_force

(a) The legality of a proposed or completed corporate action described in G.S. 55-13-02(a) may not be contested, nor may the corporate action be enjoined, set aside, or rescinded, in a legal or equitable proceeding by a shareholder after the shareholders have approved the corporate action.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a corporate action that:

(1) Was not authorized and approved in accordance with the applicable provisions of any of the following:

a. Article 9, 9A, 10, 11, 11A, or 12 of this Chapter.

b. The articles of incorporation or bylaws.

c. The resolution of the board of directors authorizing the corporate action.

(2) Was procured as a result of fraud, a material misrepresentation, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make statements made, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(3) Constitutes an interested transaction, unless it has been authorized, approved, or ratified by either (i) the board of directors or a committee of the board or (ii) the shareholders, in the same manner as is provided in G.S. 55-8-31(a)(1) and (c) or in G.S. 55-8-31(a)(2) and (d) , as if the interested transaction were a director's conflict of interest transaction.

(4) Was approved by less than unanimous consent of the voting shareholders pursuant to G.S. 55-7-04 , provided that both of the following are true:

a. The challenge to the corporate action is brought by a shareholder who did not consent and as to whom notice of the approval of the corporate action was not effective at least 10 days before the corporate action was effected.

b. The proceeding challenging the corporate action is commenced within 10 days after notice of the approval of the corporate action is effective as to the shareholder bringing the proceeding.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-56-41 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-56-41
§ 58-56-41. Notice to covered individuals; disclosure of charges and fees
Status: in_force

(a) When the services of a TPA are used, the TPA shall provide a written notice approved by the insurer to covered individuals advising them of the identity of, and relationship among, the TPA, the policyholder, and the insurer.

(b) When a TPA collects funds, the reason for collection of each item must be identified to the insured party and each item must be shown separately from any premium. Additional charges may not be made for services to the extent the services have been paid for by the insurer.

(c) The TPA shall disclose to the insurer all charges, fees and commissions received from all services in connection with the provision of administrative services for the insurer, including any fees or commissions paid by insurers providing reinsurance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47A-35 — NC Code / Chapter 47A / Section 47A-35
§ 47A-35. Offering statement
Status: in_force

An offering statement must contain or fully and accurately disclose:

(1) The name and principal address of the declarant;

(2) A general description of the condominium including, to the extent possible, a listing of any improvements and amenities that declarant anticipates including in the condominium, and declarant's schedule of completion of construction on buildings;

(3) The terms and significant limitations of any warranties provided by the declarant; and

(4) Any other information made available to the general public in connection with the offering.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-276 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-276
§ 153A-276. Financing public enterprises
Status: in_force

Subject to the restrictions, limitations, procedures, and regulations otherwise provided by law, a county may finance the cost of a public enterprise by levying taxes, borrowing money, and appropriating any other revenues, and by accepting and administering gifts and grants from any source.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-30 — NC Code / Chapter 150B / Section 150B-30
§ 150B-30. Official notice
Status: in_force

Official notice may be taken of all facts of which judicial notice may be taken and of other facts within the specialized knowledge of the agency. The noticed fact and its source shall be stated and made known to affected parties at the earliest practicable time, and any party shall on timely request be afforded an opportunity to dispute the noticed fact through submission of evidence and argument.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 80-9 — NC Code / Chapter 80 / Section 80-9
§ 80-9. Classification
Status: in_force

The Secretary shall establish a classification of goods and services for convenience of administration of this Article, but not to limit or extend the applicant's or registrant's rights, and a single application for registration of a mark may include any or all goods upon which, or services for which, the mark is actually being used indicating the appropriate class or classes of goods or services. When a single application includes goods or services that fall within multiple classes, the Secretary may require payment of a fee for each class. The Secretary may amend the classes herein established to conform them to the classification established for the United States Patent and Trademark Office as from time to time amended.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-109-77 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-109-77
§ 54-109.77. Group purchasing
Status: in_force

A credit union may enter into cooperative marketing arrangements to facilitate its members' voluntary purchase of such goods and services as are in the interest of improving economic and social conditions of the members.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53C-8-3 — NC Code / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-8-3
§ 53C-8-3. Reports required of banks
Status: in_force

(a) Each bank shall file the following with the Commissioner, at such times, on such forms, and in such formats as the Commissioner may require:

(1) Annual reports of conditions.

(2) Periodic reports for interim periods within a year, not less than monthly in any case.

(b) In addition to the reports filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, each bank shall provide to the Commissioner copies of all applications and reports of condition filed by it under applicable federal law contemporaneously with the filing of such application and reports by the bank with its primary federal regulator.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit the authority of the Commissioner to request and obtain other information that the Commissioner may deem necessary to discharge the duties of the Commissioner under this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-454-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-454-1
§ 14-454.1. Accessing government computers
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful to willfully, directly or indirectly, access or cause to be accessed any government computer for the purpose of:

(1) Devising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud, or

(2) Obtaining property or services by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises.

A violation of this subsection is a Class F felony.

(b) Any person who willfully and without authorization, directly or indirectly, accesses or causes to be accessed any government computer for any purpose other than those set forth in subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a Class H felony.

(c) Any person who willfully and without authorization, directly or indirectly, accesses or causes to be accessed any educational testing material or academic or vocational testing scores or grades that are in a government computer is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(d) For the purpose of this section the phrase “ access or cause to be accessed ” includes introducing, directly or indirectly, a computer program (including a self-replicating or a self-propagating computer program) into a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-310-1 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-310-1
§ 105-310.1. Electronic listing of personal property
Status: in_force

(a) Personal property may be listed by electronic listing as provided in this section.

(b) The Department of Revenue may establish, after consultation with the counties, the standards and requirements for electronic listing of personal property, including the minimum requirements that must exist before electronic listing will be allowed in a county.

(c) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, provide for electronic listing of personal property in accordance with the standards and requirements prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, delegate its authority to provide for electronic listing of personal property to the county assessor.

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

(1) Electronic.--Defined in G.S. 66-312 .

(2) Electronic listing.--The filing by electronic means of the abstract required by G.S. 105-309 and the affirmation required by G.S. 105-310 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-501 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-501
§ 7B-501. Duties of person taking juvenile into temporary custody
Status: in_force

(a) A person who takes a juvenile into custody without a court order under G.S. 7B-500 shall proceed as follows:

(1) Notify the juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker that the juvenile has been taken into temporary custody and advise the parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker of the right to be present with the juvenile until a determination is made as to the need for nonsecure custody. Failure to notify the parent that the juvenile is in custody shall not be grounds for release of the juvenile.

(2) Release the juvenile to the juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker if the person having the juvenile in temporary custody decides that continued custody is unnecessary.

(3) The person having temporary custody shall communicate with the director of the department of social services who shall consider prehearing diversion. If the decision is made to file a petition, the director shall contact the judge or person delegated authority pursuant to G.S. 7B-502 for a determination of the need for continued custody.

(b) A juvenile taken into temporary custody under this Article shall not be held for more than 12 hours, or for more than 24 hours if any of the 12 hours falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, unless:

(1) A petition or motion for review has been filed by the director of the department of social services, and

(2) An order for nonsecure custody has been entered by the court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-40 — NC Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41-40
§ 41-40. Definitions
Status: in_force

In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “ Beneficiary form ” means a registration of a security that indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will become the owner of the security upon the death of the owner.

(2) “ Devisee ” means any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal property.

(3) “ Heirs ” means those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under Chapter 29 of the General Statutes or the statutes of intestate succession of other states to take the property of a decedent by intestate succession.

(4) “ Person ” means an individual, a corporation, an organization, or other legal entity.

(5) “Personal representative” includes executor, administrator, collector, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status.

(6) “Property” includes both real and personal property or any interest in real or personal property and means anything that may be the subject of ownership.

(7) “ Register ”, including its derivatives, means to issue a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities.

(8) “ Registering entity ” means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities.

(9) “ Security ” means a share, participation, or other interest in property, a business, or an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer, and includes a certificated security, an uncertificated security, a security account, and a security entitlement as defined in G.S. 25-8-102 .

(10) “ Security account ” means (i) a reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on a security in an account, a reinvestment account, or a brokerage account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death, or (ii) a cash balance or other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.

(11) “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-10-05 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-10-05
§ 55-10-05. Amendment before issuance of shares
Status: in_force

If a corporation has not yet issued shares, the board of directors, or if the corporation has no directors, a majority of the incorporators may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation's articles of incorporation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-184 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-184
§ 54B-184. Federal Home Loan Bank obligations
Status: in_force

A State association may invest in the stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank of which such association is a member, and in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness or obligation of any Federal Home Loan Bank.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89B-11 — NC Code / Chapter 89B / Section 89B-11
§ 89B-11. Expiration and renewals; continuing education
Status: reserved

(a) Registrations shall expire on the last day of June following issuance or renewal and shall become invalid after that date unless renewed. The secretary of the Board shall notify every person registered under this Chapter, at the person's last registered address, of the date of the expiration of registration and the amount of fee required for its renewal for one year. The notices shall be mailed at least 30 days prior to the expiration date of the registrations. The annual renewal fee for certificates shall be in an amount established by the Board, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). The fee for issuance of replacement certificates of registration shall be five dollars ($5.00).

Any registration which has expired may be renewed by paying the registration fee plus one-twelfth of the annual renewal fee per calendar month from the date of expiration. Charges above the renewal fee shall not exceed an amount equal to the renewal fee.

(b) The Board shall require registered foresters to attend continuing education courses approved by the Board, not to exceed 12 hours per year, as a condition of renewal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-175 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-175
§ 7A-175. Records to be kept
Status: in_force

A magistrate shall keep such dockets, accounts, and other records, under the general supervision of the clerk of superior court, as may be prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-313 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-313
§ 120-313. Reports to Committee
Status: in_force

Whenever a department, office, or agency set out in G.S. 120-311(a)(1) is required by law to report to the General Assembly or to any of its permanent committees or subcommittees on matters affecting the services the department or agency provides, the department or agency shall transmit a copy of the report to the cochairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-182 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-182
§ 62-182. Acquisition of right-of-way by contract
Status: in_force

Such telegraph, telephone, or electric power or lighting company has power to contract with any person or corporation, the owner of any lands or of any franchise or easement therein, over which its lines are proposed to be erected, for the right-of-way for planting, repairing and preservation of its poles or other property, and for the erection and occupation of offices at suitable distances for the public accommodation. This section shall not be construed as requiring electric power or lighting companies to erect offices for public accommodation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-25 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-25
§ 47-25. Marriage settlements
Status: in_force

All marriage settlements and other marriage contracts, whereby any money or other estate is secured to the wife or husband, shall be proved or acknowledged and registered in the same manner as deeds for lands, and shall be valid against creditors and purchasers for value only from registration.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-567-84 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-567-84
§ 1-567.84. Enforceability of decree
Status: in_force

If the conciliation proceeding settles the dispute and the result of the conciliation is in writing and signed by the conciliators and the parties or their representatives, the written agreement shall be treated as an arbitral award rendered by an arbitral tribunal under this Article and has the same force and effect as a final award in arbitration.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-59 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-59
§ 143A-59. Board of Agriculture; transfer
Status: reserved

The Board of Agriculture, as contained in Article 1 of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes and the laws of this State, is hereby transferred by a Type II transfer to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-136-1 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-136-1
§ 20-136.1. Location of television, computer, or video players, monitors, and screens
Status: in_force

No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a public street or highway or public vehicular area while viewing any television, computer, or video player which is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat, and which is visible to the driver while operating the motor vehicle. This section does not apply to the use of global positioning systems; turn-by-turn navigation displays or similar navigation devices; factory-installed or aftermarket global positioning systems or wireless communications devices used to transmit or receive data as part of a digital dispatch system; equipment that displays audio system information, functions, or controls, or weather, traffic, and safety information; vehicle safety or equipment information; or image displays that enhance the driver's view in any direction, inside or outside of the vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement or emergency personnel while in the performance of their official duties, or to the operator of a vehicle that is lawfully parked or stopped.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122D-1 — NC Code / Chapter 122D / Section 122D-1
§ 122D-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “North Carolina Agricultural Finance Act.”