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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202-12 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-202-12
§ 14-202.12. Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who violates G.S. 14-202.11 shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any person who has been previously convicted of a violation of G.S. 14-202.11 , upon conviction for a second or subsequent violation of G.S. 14-202.11 , shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

As used herein, “person” shall include:

(1) The agent in charge of the building, premises, structure or facility; or

(2) The owner of the building, premises, structure or facility when such owner knew or reasonably should have known the nature of the business located therein, and such owner refused to cooperate with the public officials in reasonable measures designed to terminate the proscribed use; provided, however, that if there is an agent in charge, and if the owner did not have actual knowledge, the owner shall not be prosecuted; or

(3) The owner of the business; or

(4) The manager of the business.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-58-270 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-58-270
§ 58-58-270. Report to Commissioner
Status: in_force

Whenever any person licensed under this Part knows or has reasonable cause to believe that any other person has violated any provision of this Part, it is the duty of that person, upon acquiring the knowledge, to notify the Commissioner and provide the Commissioner with a complete statement of all of the relevant facts and circumstances. The report is a privileged communication and when made without actual malice does not subject the person making the report to any liability whatsoever. The Commissioner may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of any person who willfully fails to comply with this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-249 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-249
§ 7A-249. Corporate receiverships
Status: in_force

The superior court division is the proper division, without regard to the amount in controversy, for a receivership proceeding of a debtor that is not an individual under Article 38A of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes , and proceedings under Chapters 55 (North Carolina Business Corporation Act) and 55A (Nonprofit Corporation Act), and 57D (North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act) of the General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-30-50 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-30-50
§ 58-30-50. Continuation of delinquency proceedings
Status: in_force

Every proceeding that was commenced under the laws in effect before June 26, 1989, is deemed to have been commenced under this Article for the purpose of conducting the proceeding; except that in the discretion of the Commissioner the proceeding may be continued, in whole or in part, as it would have been continued had this Article not been enacted.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-18 — NC Code / Chapter 150B / Section 150B-18
§ 150B-18. Scope and effect
Status: in_force

This Article applies to an agency's exercise of its authority to adopt a rule. A rule is not valid unless it is adopted in substantial compliance with this Article. An agency shall not seek to implement or enforce against any person a policy, guideline, or other interpretive statement that meets the definition of a rule contained in G.S. 150B-2(8a) if the policy, guideline, or other interpretive statement has not been adopted as a rule in accordance with this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 161-7 — NC Code / Chapter 161 / Section 161-7
§ 161-7. Office at courthouse
Status: in_force

The register shall keep his office at the courthouse unless the board of county commissioners shall deem it impracticable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-12 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-12
§ 153A-12. Exercise of corporate power
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise directed by law, each power, right, duty, function, privilege and immunity of the corporation shall be exercised by the board of commissioners. A power, right, duty, function, privilege, or immunity shall be carried into execution as provided by the laws of the State; a power, right, duty, function, privilege, or immunity that is conferred or imposed by law without direction or restriction as to how it is to be exercised or performed shall be carried into execution as provided by ordinance or resolution of the board of commissioners.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-170 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-170
§ 120-170. Findings as to services
Status: in_force

The Commission may not make a positive recommendation unless it finds that the proposed municipality can provide at a reasonable tax rate the services requested by the petition, and finds that the proposed municipality can provide at a reasonable tax rate the types of services usually provided by similar municipalities. In making findings under this section, the Commission shall take into account municipal services already being provided.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1014 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1014
§ 143B-1014. Submission of missing person reports to the Center
Status: in_force

Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual may submit a missing person report to the Center of any missing child or missing person, regardless of the circumstances, after having first submitted a missing person report on the individual to the law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the area in which the individual became or is believed to have become missing, regardless of the circumstances.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-208-41 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-208-41
§ 14-208.41. Enrollment in satellite-based monitoring programs mandatory; length of enrollment; tolling
Status: in_force

(a) Any person described by G.S. 14-208.40(a)(1) shall enroll in a satellite-based monitoring program with the Division of Community Supervision and Reentry office in the county where the person resides. The person shall remain enrolled in the satellite-based monitoring program for the registration period imposed for a period required by G.S. 14-208.40A or G.S. 14-208.40B unless the requirement to enroll in the satellite-based monitoring program is terminated or modified pursuant to G.S. 14-208.43 .

(b) Any person described by G.S. 14-208.40(a)(2) who is ordered by the court pursuant to G.S. 14-208.40A or G.S. 14-208.40B to enroll in a satellite-based monitoring program shall do so with the Division of Community Supervision and Reentry office in the county where the person resides. The person shall remain enrolled in the satellite-based monitoring program for the period of time ordered by the court.

(c) Any person described by G.S. 14-208.40(a)(3) , upon completion of active punishment, shall enroll in a satellite-based monitoring program with the Division of Community Supervision and Reentry office in the county where the person resides. The person shall enroll in the satellite-based monitoring program for the entire period of post-release supervision and shall remain enrolled in the satellite-based monitoring program for the period required by G.S. 14-208.40A or G.S. 14-208.40B unless the requirement to enroll in the satellite-based monitoring program is terminated or modified pursuant to G.S. 14-208.43 . Any term of imprisonment based on revocation of probation or post-release supervision for the conviction which resulted in satellite-based monitoring tolls the period of enrollment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-530 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-530
§ 58-10-530. Establishment of branch captive insurance companies
Status: in_force

(a) A branch captive insurance company may be established in this State, in accordance with this Subpart, to write in this State any insurance or reinsurance of the employee benefit business of its parent and affiliated companies that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any insurance or reinsurance permitted to be written by captive insurance companies pursuant to this Part.

(b) No branch captive insurance company shall do any insurance business in this State unless it maintains the principal place of business for its branch operations in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-937 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-937
§ 143B-937. Criminal record checks of applicants for auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer, or auction firm license
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety may provide to the North Carolina Auctioneers Commission from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories the criminal history of any applicant for an auctioneer's license under Chapter 85B of the General Statutes. Along with the request, the Commission shall provide to the Department of Public Safety the fingerprints of the applicant, a form signed by the applicant consenting to the criminal record check and the use of fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State or National Repositories, and any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety. The applicant's fingerprints shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a check of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The Commission shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential. Department of Public Safety may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it to conduct a criminal record check under this section. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 43-33 — NC Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-33
§ 43-33. Duty of register of deeds upon part conveyance
Status: reserved

Upon presentation to the register of deeds of an instrument of transfer or conveyance of an undivided interest in a registered estate, in proper form as above prescribed, it shall be his duty to cancel the certificate of title attached thereto and to issue to each owner a new certificate of title, each bearing the same number as the original certificate of title and accurately specifying and describing the extent and the amount of the interest retained or of the interest transferred, as the case may be. Upon presentation to the register of deeds of an instrument of transfer or conveyance of a separate lot or parcel of a registered estate, in proper form as above prescribed, it shall be his duty to cancel the certificate of the title attached thereto and to issue to each owner a new certificate of title bearing a new number and describing the separate lot or parcel retained or transferred, as the case may be, either by metes and bounds or by reference to a map or plat thereto attached. The register of deeds is responsible for determining that each new certificate of title contains a description of the property transferred or retained but not for verifying the accuracy of any description.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-344-64 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-344-64
§ 143B-344.64. Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council--report
Status: in_force

On or before December 1, 2019, and at least annually thereafter, the Council shall submit a report to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division regarding its activities, initiatives, partnerships, and use of donated and appropriated funds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-109-28 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-109-28
§ 54-109.28. Other credit unions
Status: in_force

Any credit union organized under Articles 14A to 14L of this Chapter may permit membership of any other credit union organized under Articles 14A to 14L of this Chapter or other acts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105A-9 — NC Code / Chapter 105A / Section 105A-9
§ 105A-9. Appeals from hearings
Status: in_force

Appeals from hearings allowed under this Chapter, other than those conducted by the Judicial Branch and the Division of Employment Security, shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Administrative Procedure Act, except that the place of initial judicial review shall be the superior court for the county in which the debtor resides. A party aggrieved by an order or decision of a hearing conducted by the clerk of superior court or the Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts or the Director's designee, under this Article may, within 10 days of entry of the order, appeal to the superior court for a hearing de novo. Notice of appeal shall be in writing and shall be filed with the clerk of superior court in the county where the order was entered. Appeals from hearings allowed under this Chapter that are conducted by the Division of Employment Security shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 96 of the General Statutes .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99E-32 — NC Code / Chapter 99E / Section 99E-32
§ 99E-32. Warning required
Status: in_force

(a) Every agritourism professional must post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this section. The sign must be placed in a clearly visible location at the entrance to the agritourism location and at the site of the agritourism activity. The warning notice must consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by an agritourism professional for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a participant, whether or not the contract involves agritourism activities on or off the location or at the site of the agritourism activity, must contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this section must contain the following notice of warning:

Under North Carolina law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.”

(c) Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this subsection will prevent an agritourism professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-288-14 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-288-14
§ 90-288.14. Assisted living administrator certification
Status: in_force

The Department shall certify as an assisted living administrator any applicant who meets all of the following qualifications:

(1) Is at least 21 years old.

(2) Provides a satisfactory criminal background report from the State Repository of Criminal Histories, which shall be provided by the State Bureau of Investigation upon its receiving fingerprints from the applicant. If the applicant has been a resident of this State for less than five years, the applicant shall provide a satisfactory criminal background report from both the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories.

(2a) Does not have a substantiated finding of neglect, abuse, misappropriation of property, diversion of drugs, or fraud listed on the Health Care Personnel Registry established under G.S. 131E-256 .

(3) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent and successfully completes the equivalent of two years of coursework at an accredited college or university, or has a minimum of 60 months of supervisory experience, or has a combination of education and experience as approved by the Department. For purposes of this section, “ supervisory experience ” means having full-time, direct management responsibility, including some responsibility for hiring and firing, over the equivalent of at least two full-time employees with direct resident care responsibilities. Such supervisory experience shall have been in a licensed adult care home or licensed nursing home within the seven years preceding the date of application.

(4) Successfully completes a Department approved administrator-in-training program of at least 120 hours of study in courses relating to assisted living residences.

(5) Successfully completes a written examination administered by the Department.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-140-7 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-140-7
§ 136-140.7. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article: “Motorist services directional signs” means signs, displays, and devices giving directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public, including but not limited to:

(1) Places of public lodging;

(2) Places where food is served to the public on a regular basis;

(3) Places where automotive fuel or emergency automotive repair services, including truck stops, are regularly available to the public;

(4) Educational institutions;

(5) Places of religious worship;

(6) Public or private recreation areas, including campgrounds, resorts and attractions, natural wonders, wildlife and water fowl refuges, and nature trails;

(7) Plays, concerts and fairs;

(8) Antiques, gift and souvenir shops; [and]

(9) Agricultural products in a natural state, including vegetables and fruit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-57 — NC Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121-57
§ 121-57. Exclusivity of provisions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Article shall control the procedure and disposition of any property to which it applies in lieu of any other procedure prescribed by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-78 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-78
§ 143B-135.78. Acquisition of rights-of-way and lands; manner of acquiring
Status: in_force

The State of North Carolina may use lands for trail purposes within the boundaries of areas under its administration that are included in the rights-of-way selected for the Appalachian Trail System. The Department of Administration may acquire lands or easements by donation or purchase with funds donated or appropriated for such purpose.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86B-67 — NC Code / Chapter 86B / Section 86B-67
§ 86B-67. Requirements for certification as a Board approved school of electrology
Status: in_force

(a) Any school in this State or another state that desires to be certified as a Board approved school of electrology shall do all of the following:

(1) Submit an application on a form approved by the Board.

(2) Submit a detailed projected floor plan of the institutional area demonstrating adequate school facilities to accommodate students for purposes of lectures, classroom instruction, and practical demonstration.

(3) Submit a detailed list of the equipment to be used by the students in the practical course of their studies.

(4) Submit a copy of the planned electrology curriculum consisting of the number of hours and subject matter determined by the Board, provided that the number of hours required shall not be less than 120 hours and not more than 600 hours.

(5) Submit a certified copy of the school manual of instruction.

(6) Submit the names and qualifications of the instructors certified in accordance with G.S. 86B-63 .

(7) Submit any additional information the Board may require.

(b) When the Board determines that an applicant has met all the qualifications for certification as a Board approved school of electrology, and has submitted the required fee, the Board shall issue a certificate to the applicant.

(c) A school's certification is only valid for the location named in the application. When a school desires to change locations, an application shall be submitted to the Board on a form furnished by the Board and the fee shall be paid for certificate renewal.

(d) A school's certification is not transferrable. Schools must immediately notify the Board in writing of any sale, transfer, or change in ownership or management.

(e) Every school shall display its certification in a manner prescribed by the Board.

(f) All epilators used in the school must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Government.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-291-13 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-291-13
§ 113-291.13. Application of wildlife laws to opossums
Status: in_force

No State or local statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances related to the capture, captivity, treatment, or release of wildlife shall apply to the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) between the dates of December 29 of each year and January 2 of each subsequent year.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-348 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-348
§ 122C-348. Residency not affected
Status: in_force

(a) A nonresident of this State who is under care in a 24-hour facility in this State is not considered a resident. No length of time spent in this State while a client in a 24-hour facility is sufficient to make a nonresident a resident or entitled to care or treatment.

(b) A North Carolina resident who is under care and treatment in a 24-hour facility in another state shall retain his residency in North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-106 — NC Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-106
§ 59-106. Records to be kept
Status: in_force

(a) Each limited partnership shall keep in this State at an office in this State:

(1) A current list of the full name and last known mailing address of each partner set forth in alphabetical order;

(2) A copy of the certificate of limited partnership and all certificates of amendment thereto, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any certificate has been executed;

(3) Copies of the limited partnership's federal, State and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years;

(4) Copies of any then effective written partnership agreements and copies of any financial statements of the limited partnership for the three most recent years; and

(5) A written record that contains:

a. The amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of the other property or services contracted by each partner and which each partner has agreed to contribute;

b. The times at which or events on the happening of which any additional contributions agreed to be made by each partner are to be made;

c. Any right of a partner to receive distribution of property, including cash from the limited partnership; and

d. Events upon the happening of which the limited partnership is to be dissolved and its affairs wound up.

The written record required pursuant to this subdivision may be part of a written partnership agreement or may be contained in one or more other documents or records.

(b) The books and records are subject to inspection and copying at the reasonable request, and at the expense, of any partner during ordinary business hours.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-89-1 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-89-1
§ 14-89.1. Safecracking
Status: in_force

(a) A person is guilty of safecracking if he unlawfully opens, enters, or attempts to open or enter a safe or vault:

(1) By the use of explosives, drills, or tools; or

(2) Through the use of a stolen combination, key, electronic device, or other fraudulently acquired implement or means; or

(3) Through the use of a master key, duplicate key or device made or obtained in an unauthorized manner, stethoscope or other listening device, electronic device used for unauthorized entry in a safe or vault, or other surreptitious means; or

(4) By the use of any other safecracking implement or means.

(b) A person is also guilty of safecracking if he unlawfully removes from its premises a safe or vault for the purpose of stealing, tampering with, or ascertaining its contents.

(c) Safecracking shall be punishable as a Class I felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-465 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-465
§ 130A-465. Advance Health Care Directive Registry establishment
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a statewide, on-line, central registry for advance health care directives. The registry shall be accessible over the Internet through a site maintained by the Secretary of State.