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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-25 — NC Code / Chapter 42A / Section 42A-25
§ 42A-25. Appeal
Status: in_force

A tenant or landlord may appeal a court order issued pursuant to G.S. 42A-24(d) to district court for a trial de novo. A tenant may petition the district court to stay the eviction order and shall post a cash or secured bond with the court in the amount determined by the court pursuant to G.S. 42A-24(d) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-350 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-350
§ 53-350. Appeal
Status: in_force

Any order entered by the Commissioner with respect to an application for acquisition or control of a State trust company shall be subject to review by the Commission for entry of a final agency decision.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-138-4 — NC Code / Chapter 156 / Section 156-138-4
§ 156-138.4. Procedures to be followed in connection with drainage projects that involve channelization
Status: in_force

Every drainage project that involves channelization shall be subject to the procedures set forth in G.S. 139-47 . 1
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-210-3 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-210-3
§ 122C-210.3. Electronic and facsimile transmission of custody orders
Status: in_force

A custody order entered by the clerk or magistrate pursuant to this Chapter may be delivered to the law enforcement officer or other person designated or required to provide transportation and custody pursuant to G.S. 122C-251 by electronic or facsimile transmission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-126 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-126
§ 143-215.126. Civil penalties
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of Environmental Quality may impose an administrative penalty on a person who constructs a wind energy facility or wind energy facility expansion without obtaining a permit under this Article or who constructs or operates a wind energy facility in violation of its permit terms and conditions. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation. The penalty shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day.

(b) The Secretary of Environmental Quality, irrespective of all other remedies at law, may institute an action for injunctive relief against a person who constructs a wind energy facility without first obtaining a permit under this Article or who constructs or operates a wind energy facility or wind energy facility expansion in violation of its permit terms and conditions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-129-17 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-129-17
§ 105-129.17. Tax election; cap
Status: in_force

(a) Tax Election.--The credit allowed in G.S. 105-129.16A is allowed against the franchise tax levied in Article 3 of this Chapter, the income taxes levied in Article 4 of this Chapter, or the gross premiums tax levied in Article 8B of this Chapter. All other credits allowed in this Article are allowed against the franchise tax levied in Article 3 of this Chapter or the income taxes levied in Article 4 of this Chapter. The taxpayer must elect the tax against which a credit will be claimed when filing the return on which the first installment of the credit is claimed. This election is binding. Any carryforwards of a credit must be claimed against the same tax.

(b) Cap.--The credits allowed in this Article may not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the tax against which they are claimed for the taxable year, reduced by the sum of all other credits allowed against that tax, except tax payments made by or on behalf of the taxpayer. This limitation applies to the cumulative amount of credit, including carryforwards, claimed by the taxpayer under this Article against each tax for the taxable year. Any unused portion of the credits may be carried forward for the succeeding five years.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-224-31 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-224-31
§ 53-224.31. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this Article or the application of such provision is found invalid as to any bank, branch, bank holding company, person, or circumstances, or shall otherwise be deemed superseded by federal law, the remaining provisions of this Article shall not be affected and shall remain valid and in effect as to any bank, branch, bank holding company, person, or circumstance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-755-10 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-755-10
§ 106-755.10. North Carolina Spirituous Liquor Advisory Council established
Status: in_force

The Commissioner shall appoint a North Carolina Spirituous Liquor Advisory Council (Council) to consist of individuals who have education or experience in the spirituous liquor industry or in the field of tourism. The membership shall be comprised of members of the spirituous liquor industry in North Carolina, at least one representative of the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association, at least one representative of the North Carolina Association of ABC Boards, at least one representative of the ABC Commission, and any other person selected by the Commissioner. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Council members shall receive no salary, per diem, subsistence, travel reimbursement, or other stipend or reimbursement as a result of serving on the Council.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-37 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-37
§ 127A-37. Enlistments in National Guard; oath of enlistment
Status: in_force

(a) Enlistments in the North Carolina National Guard shall be for the periods and subject to the qualifications as prescribed by the secretary of the appropriate service.

(b) Enlisted persons shall not be recognized as members of the North Carolina National Guard until they shall have subscribed to the following oath of enlistment:

“I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this ․․․․ day of․․․․․․, ․․․․, in the (Army) (Air) National Guard of the State of North Carolina and as a Reserve of the (Army) (Air Force) with membership in the (Army National Guard of the United States) (Air National Guard of the United States) for a period of (Years--Months--Days) under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority.

“I, (First Name--Middle Name--Last Name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of North Carolina against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of North Carolina and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law, regulations, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, so help me God.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-24-160 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-24-160
§ 58-24-160. Licensing of agents
Status: in_force

(a) Agents of societies shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of the general insurance laws regulating the licensing, revocation, suspension or termination of license of resident and nonresident insurance producers; provided that agents licensed pursuant to former G.S. 58-268 as of July 1, 1977, shall be exempt from examination.

(b) No examination or license shall be required of any regular salaried officer, employee or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of his or her services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal insurance contracts from the public, and who receives for the solicitation of such contracts no commission or other compensation directly dependent upon the amount of business obtained.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-151-10 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-151-10
§ 143-151.10. Compensation
Status: in_force

Members of the Board who are State officers or employees shall receive no salary for serving on the Board, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses in accordance with G.S. 138-6 . Members of the Board who are full-time salaried public officers or employees other than State officers or employees shall receive no salary for serving on the Board, but shall be reimbursed for subsistence and travel expenses in accordance with G.S. 138-5(a)(2) and (3) . All other members of the Board shall receive compensation and reimbursement for expenses in accordance with G.S. 138-5(a) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-440-3 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-440-3
§ 1-440.3. Grounds for attachment
Status: in_force

In those actions in which attachment may be had under the provisions of G.S. 1-440.2 , an order of attachment may be issued when the defendant is

(1) A nonresident, or

(2) A foreign corporation, or

(3) A domestic corporation, whose president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer cannot be found in the State after due diligence, or

(4) A resident of the State who, with intent to defraud his creditors or to avoid service of summons,

a. Has departed, or is about to depart, from the State, or

b. Keeps himself concealed therein, or

(5) A person or domestic corporation which, with intent to defraud his or its creditors,

a. Has removed, or is about to remove, property from this State, or

b. Has assigned, disposed of, or secreted, or is about to assign, dispose of, or secrete, property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-24-14 — NC Code / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-24-14
§ 44A-24.14. Priority of lien under this Part
Status: in_force

Any claim of lien on real property or claim of lien on funds allowed under Part 1 or Part 2 of this Article shall be deemed superior in all respects to any lien asserted under this Part, regardless of the effective date of the competing liens and shall survive notwithstanding any judgment awarding a lien under this Part. No lien claimant filing a lien pursuant to this Part shall be entitled to participate in any pro rata distributions to claimants proceeding under G.S. 44A-21 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-11-1 — NC Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96-11-1
§ 96-11.1. Employer accounts
Status: in_force

The Division must maintain a separate account for each employer. The Division must credit the employer's account with all contributions paid by the employer or on the employer's behalf and must charge the employer's account for benefits as provided in this Chapter. The Division must prepare an annual statement of all charges and credits made to the employer's account during the 12 months preceding the computation date. The Division must send the statement to the employer when the Division notifies the employer of the employer's contribution rate for the succeeding calendar year. The Division may provide a statement of charges and credits more frequently upon a request by the employer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-497 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-497
§ 130A-497. Implementation and enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) A person who manages, operates, or controls a restaurant or bar in which smoking is prohibited shall:

(1) Conspicuously post signs clearly stating that smoking is prohibited. The signs may include the international “No Smoking” symbol, which consists of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it.

(2) Remove all indoor ashtrays and other smoking receptacles.

(3) Direct a person who is smoking to extinguish the lighted tobacco product.

(b) Continuing to smoke in a nonsmoking area described in this Part following oral or written notice by the person in charge of the area or the person's designee constitutes an infraction, and the person committing the infraction may be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00).

(c) Conviction of an infraction under this section has no consequence other than payment of a penalty. A person found responsible for a violation of this section may not be assessed court costs.

(d) Notwithstanding G.S. 130A-25 , a violation of this Part shall not be punishable as a misdemeanor.

(e) Administrative penalties imposed under G.S. 130A-22(h1) against a person who manages, operates, or controls a restaurant or bar and fails to comply with the provisions of this Article and the rules adopted by the Commission to implement the provisions of this Article shall only be enforced by a local health director.

(f) The Commission shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13-8 — NC Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-13-8
§ 50-13.8. Custody of persons incapable of self-support upon reaching majority
Status: in_force

For the purposes of custody, the rights of a person who is mentally or physically incapable of self-support upon reaching his majority shall be the same as a minor child for so long as he remains mentally or physically incapable of self-support.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-2 — NC Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-2
§ 29-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) “ Advancement ” means an irrevocable inter vivos gift of property, made by an intestate donor to any person who would be the donor's heir or one of the donor's heirs upon the donor's death, and intended by the intestate donor to enable the donee to anticipate the donee's inheritance to the extent of the gift; except that no gift to a spouse shall be considered an advancement unless so designated by the intestate donor in a writing signed by the donor at the time of the gift.

(2) “ Estate ” means all the property of a decedent, including but not limited to:

a. An estate for the life of another; and

b. All future interests in property not terminable by the death of the owner thereof, including all reversions, remainders, executory interests, rights of entry and possibilities of reverter, subject, however, to all limitations and conditions imposed upon such future interests.

(3) “ Heir ” means any person entitled to take real or personal property upon intestacy under the provisions of this Chapter.

(4) “ Lineal descendants ” of a person means all children of such person and successive generations of children of such children.

(5) “ Net estate ” means the estate of a decedent, exclusive of family allowances, costs of administration, and all lawful claims against the estate.

(6) “Share,” when used to describe the share of a net estate or property which any person is entitled to take, includes both the fractional share of the personal property and the undivided fractional interest in the real property, which the person is entitled to take.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122E-2 — NC Code / Chapter 122E / Section 122E-2
§ 122E-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter:

(1) The term “substandard unit” means a housing unit which, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, or has an adverse effect upon the public health, safety, morals or welfare of its inhabitants.

(2) The term “Partnership” means the North Carolina Housing Partnership.

(3) The term “Agency” means the North Carolina Housing Finance agency.

(4) The term “Fund” means the North Carolina Housing Trust Fund.

(5) The term “Treasurer” means the North Carolina State Treasurer.

(6) The term “affordable housing unit” means a unit for which an occupant is paying no more than thirty percent (30%) of gross monthly household income for rent and utilities.

(7) The term “Stripper Well Litigation Funds” means funds received by North Carolina, and all interest and other income generated by such funds, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement that was approved by Order of the Court, dated July 7, 1986, in In re: The Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation M.D.L. No. 378 (D. Kan.).

(8) The term “Diamond Shamrock Litigation Funds” means funds received by North Carolina, and all interest and other income generated by such funds, pursuant to the Order of the Court, dated June 6, 1986, in Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Co. v. Standard Oil Co., Civil Action No. C2-84-1432 (S.D. Ohio).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-287 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-287
§ 53-287. Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

A violation of G.S. 53-276 by a person required to obtain a license under this Article is a Class I felony. Each transaction involving the unlawful cashing of a check, draft, or money order constitutes a separate offense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-208-32 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-208-32
§ 14-208.32. Application of Part
Status: in_force

This Part does not apply to a juvenile who is tried and convicted as an adult for committing or attempting to commit a sexually violent offense or an offense against a minor. A juvenile who is convicted of one of those offenses as an adult is subject to the registration requirements of Part 2 and Part 3 of this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-267 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-267
§ 106-267. Inspection, grading and testing dairy products; authority of State Board of Agriculture
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture shall have full power to make and promulgate rules and regulations for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in its inspection and control of the purchase and sale of milk and other dairy products in North Carolina; to make and establish definitions, not inconsistent with the laws pertaining thereto; to qualify and determine the grade and contents of milk and of other dairy products sold in this State; to regulate the manner of testing the same and the handling, treatment and sale of milk and dairy products, to require processors of fortified milk and milk products to pay all costs for assays of vitamin-fortified products, to provide for the issuance of permits upon compliance with this Article and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and to promulgate such other rules and regulations not inconsistent with the law as may be necessary in connection with the authority hereby given to the Commissioner of Agriculture on this subject.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-21 — NC Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-21
§ 17-21. Liability of judge conniving at insufficient return
Status: in_force

If any judge grants the attachment, or the precept, and gives the officer or other person charged with the execution of the same verbal or written instructions not to execute the same, or to make any evasive or insufficient return, or any return other than that provided by law; or shall connive at the failing to make any return or any evasive or insufficient return, or any return other than that provided by law, he shall be liable to impeachment, and moreover shall forfeit to the party aggrieved twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-37-9 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-37-9
§ 20-37.9. Notice of change of address or name
Status: in_force

(a) Address.--A person whose address changes from the address stated on a special identification card must notify the Division of the change within 60 days after the change occurs. If the person's address changed because the person moved, the person must obtain a new special identification card within that time limit stating the new address. A person who does not move but whose address changes due to governmental action may not be charged with violating this subsection.

(b) Name.--A person whose name changes from the name stated on a special identification card must notify the Division of the change within 60 days after the change occurs and obtain a new special identification card stating the new name.

(c) Fee.-- G.S. 20-37.7 sets the fee for a special identification card.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31A-2 — NC Code / Chapter 31A / Section 31A-2
§ 31A-2. Acts barring rights of parents
Status: in_force

Any parent who has wilfully abandoned the care and maintenance of his or her child shall lose all right to intestate succession in any part of the child's estate and all right to administer the estate of the child, except--

(1) Where the abandoning parent resumed its care and maintenance at least one year prior to the death of the child and continued the same until its death; or

(2) Where a parent has been deprived of the custody of his or her child under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction and the parent has substantially complied with all orders of the court requiring contribution to the support of the child.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-313 — NC Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116-313
§ 116-313. Severability
Status: in_force

It is a matter of vital State concern affecting the public health, safety, and welfare that institutions of higher education continue to be able to fulfill their educational missions during the COVID-19 pandemic without civil liability for any acts or omissions for which immunity is provided in this Article. This Article shall be liberally construed to effectuate those public purposes. The provisions of this Article are severable. If any part of this Article is declared to be invalid by a court, the invalidity does not affect other parts of this Article that can be given effect without the invalid provision.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-244 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-244
§ 153A-244. Railroad revitalization programs
Status: in_force

Any county is authorized to participate in State and federal railroad revitalization programs necessary to insure continued or improved rail service to the county, as are authorized in Article 2D of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes . County participation includes the authority to enter into contracts with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to provide for the nonfederal matching funds for railroad revitalization programs. Such funds may be comprised of State funds distributed to the counties under the provisions of G.S. 136-44.38 and of county funds. County governments are also authorized to levy local property tax for railroad revitalization programs subject to G.S. 153A-149(d) . County funds for any project may not exceed ten percent (10%) of total project costs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-146-15 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-146-15
§ 108A-146.15. Use of funds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the assessments imposed under this Part, and all corresponding matching federal funds, must be used to make the State's annual Medicaid payment to the State and to fund all of the following:

(1) Payments to hospitals made directly by the Department.

(2) A portion of capitation payments to prepaid health plans attributable to hospital care.

(3) HASP directed payments attributable to hospital reimbursements for not newly eligible individuals.

(4) Graduate medical education payments.