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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-290 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-290
§ 1-290. How judgment for personal property stayed
Status: in_force

If the judgment appealed from directs the assignment or delivery of documents or personal property, the execution of the judgment is not stayed by appeal, unless the things required to be assigned or delivered are brought into court, or placed in the custody of such officer or receiver as the court appoints, or unless an undertaking be entered into on the part of the appellant, by at least two sureties, and in such amount as the court or a judge thereof directs, to the effect that the appellant will obey the order of the appellate court upon the appeal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 119-57 — NC Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119-57
§ 119-57. Administration of Article; rules and regulations given force and effect of law
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to administer all the provisions of this Article and all the rules and regulations made and promulgated under this Article; to conduct inspections of liquefied petroleum gas containers and installations; to investigate for violations of this Article and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions thereof, and to prosecute violations of this Article or of such rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-263 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-263
§ 1-263. Costs
Status: in_force

In any proceeding under this article the court may make such award of costs as may seem equitable and just.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-219-13 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-219-13
§ 20-219.13. Hearing on lien
Status: in_force

The tower may seek to enforce his lien or the owner may seek to contest the lien pursuant to Chapter 44A.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-10-103 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-10-103
§ 25-10-103. General repealer
Status: reserved

Except as provided in the following section, all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-546 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-546
§ 15A-546. Contempt
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Article is intended to interfere with or prevent the exercise by the court of its contempt powers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-32 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-32
§ 62-32. Supervisory powers; rates and service
Status: in_force

(a) Under the rules herein prescribed and subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth, the Commission shall have general supervision over the rates charged and service rendered by all public utilities in this State.

(b) Except as provided in this Chapter for bus companies, the Commission is hereby vested with all power necessary to require and compel any public utility to provide and furnish to the citizens of this State reasonable service of the kind it undertakes to furnish and fix and regulate the reasonable rates and charges to be made for such service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1411 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1411
§ 143B-1411. Subscriber records
Status: in_force

Each CMRS provider must provide its 10,000 number groups to a PSAP upon request. This information remains the property of the disclosing CMRS provider and must be used only in providing emergency response services to 911 calls. CMRS communications service provider connection information obtained by PSAP personnel for public safety purposes is not public information under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes . No person may disclose or use, for any purpose other than the 911 system, information contained in the database of the telephone network portion of a 911 system.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-196-1 — NC Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-196-1
§ 15-196.1. Credits allowed
Status: in_force

The minimum and maximum term of a sentence shall be credited with and diminished by the total amount of time a defendant has spent, committed to or in confinement in any State or local correctional, mental or other institution as a result of the charge that culminated in the sentence or the incident from which the charge arose. The credit provided shall be calculated from the date custody under the charge commenced and shall include credit for all time spent in custody pending trial, trial de novo, appeal, retrial, or pending parole, probation, or post-release supervision revocation hearing: Provided, however, the credit available herein shall not include any time that a defendant has spent in custody as a result of a pending charge while serving a sentence imposed for another offense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318-14 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-318-14
§ 143-318.14. Broadcasting or recording meetings
Status: in_force

(a) Except as herein below provided, any radio or television station is entitled to broadcast all or any part of a meeting required to be open. Any person may photograph, film, tape-record, or otherwise reproduce any part of a meeting required to be open.

(b) A public body may regulate the placement and use of equipment necessary for broadcasting, photographing, filming, or recording a meeting, so as to prevent undue interference with the meeting. However, the public body must allow such equipment to be placed within the meeting room in such a way as to permit its intended use, and the ordinary use of such equipment shall not be declared to constitute undue interference; provided, however, that if the public body, in good faith, should determine that the size of the meeting room is such that all the members of the public body, members of the public present, and the equipment and personnel necessary for broadcasting, photographing, filming, and tape-recording the meeting cannot be accommodated in the meeting room without unduly interfering with the meeting and an adequate alternative meeting room is not readily available, then the public body, acting in good faith and consistent with the purposes of this Article, may require the pooling of such equipment and the personnel operating it; and provided further, if the news media, in order to facilitate news coverage, request an alternate site for the meeting, and the public body grants the request, then the news media making such request shall pay any costs incurred by the public body in securing an alternate meeting site.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-92-11 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-92-11
§ 106-92.11. Deficiencies: refunds to consumer
Status: in_force

Should any of the agricultural liming and landplaster materials defined in this Article be found to be deficient in the components claimed by the manufacturer or registrant thereof, said manufacturer or registrant, upon official notification to [of] such deficiency by the Commissioner of Agriculture, shall, within 90 days, make refunds to the consumers of the deficient materials as follows:

In case of “agricultural liming material” if the deficiency is five percent (5%) of the guarantee or more, there shall be refunded an amount equal to three times the value of such deficiency and in case of “landplaster,” for deficiencies in excess of one percent (1%) of the guarantee, there shall be refunded an amount equal to three times the value of the deficiency. Values shall be based on the selling price of said materials. When said consumers cannot be found within the above specified time, refunds shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Agriculture, where said refund shall be held for payment to the proper consumer upon order of the Commissioner. If the consumer to whom the refund is due cannot be found within a period of one year, the clear proceeds of such refund shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-69-12 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-69-12
§ 95-69.12. Boiler Safety Bureau established
Status: in_force

There is established a Boiler Safety Bureau within the Department of Labor. The Commissioner shall appoint a Chief Inspector of the Boiler Safety Bureau and any other employees that the Commissioner deems necessary to assist the Chief Inspector in administering the provisions of this Article and the rules adopted under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-89A-35 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-89A-35
§ 58-89A-35. License required; professional employer organization groups
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall engage in or offer professional employer services in this State unless the person holds a license issued under this Article.

(b) Two or more professional employer organizations that are controlled by the same ultimate parent, entity, or persons may be licensed as a professional employer organization group. A professional employer organization group may satisfy the reporting and financial requirements of this Article on a consolidated basis. As a condition of licensure as a professional employer organization group, each professional employer organization that is a member of the group shall guarantee payment of all financial obligations of every other member. Notwithstanding the definition of “ person ” in this Article, whenever two or more entities combine to seek issuance of a single license under this Article, the requirements for group licensure under this subsection shall be met before issuance of a license and any license issued will be a group license issued pursuant to this subsection.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-21-24 — NC Code / Chapter 150B / Section 150B-21-24
§ 150B-21.24. Access to Register and Code
Status: in_force

(a) Register.--The Codifier of Rules shall make available the North Carolina Register on the Internet at no charge.

(b) Code.--The Codifier of Rules shall make available the North Carolina Administrative Code on the Internet at no charge.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-97 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-97
§ 131E-97. Confidentiality of patient information
Status: in_force

(a) Medical records compiled and maintained by health care facilities in connection with the admission, treatment, and discharge of individual patients are not public records as defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes .

(b) Charges, accounts, credit histories, and other personal financial records compiled and maintained by health care facilities in connection with the admission, treatment, and discharge of individual patients are not public records as defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-93-120 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-93-120
§ 58-93-120. Other laws applicable to PHPs
Status: in_force

The following provisions of this Chapter are applicable to PHPs in the manner in which they are applicable to insurers:

(1) G.S. 58-2-131 , Examinations to be made; authority, scope, scheduling, and conduct of examinations.

(2) G.S. 58-2-132 , Examination reports.

(3) G.S. 58-2-133 , Conflict of interest; cost of examinations; immunity from liability.

(4) G.S. 58-2-134 , Cost of certain examinations.

(5) G.S. 58-2-150 , Oath required for compliance with law.

(6) G.S. 58-2-155 , Investigation of charges.

(7) G.S. 58-2-160 , Reporting and investigation of insurance and reinsurance fraud and the financial condition of licensees; immunity from liability.

(8) G.S. 58-2-162 , Embezzlement by insurance producers or administrators.

(9) G.S. 58-2-165 , Annual, semiannual, monthly, or quarterly statements to be filed with Commissioner.

(10) G.S. 58-2-185 , Record of business kept by companies and insurance producers; Commissioner may inspect.

(11) G.S. 58-2-190 , Commissioner may require special reports.

(12) G.S. 58-2-195 , Commissioner may require records, reports, etc., for agencies, insurance producers, and others.

(13) G.S. 58-2-200 , Books and papers required to be exhibited.

(14) G.S. 58-2-205 , CPA audits of financial statements.

(15) G.S. 58-7-21 , Credit allowed a domestic ceding insurer.

(16) G.S. 58-7-26 , Asset or reduction from liability for reinsurance ceded by a domestic insurer to an assuming insurer not meeting the requirements of G.S. 58-7-21 .

(17) G.S. 58-7-30 , Insolvent ceding insurer.

(18) G.S. 58-7-31 , Life and health reinsurance agreements.

(19) G.S. 58-7-46 , Notification to Commissioner for president or chief executive officer changes.

(20) G.S. 58-7-73 , Dissolution of insurers.

(21) G.S. 58-7-160 , Investments unlawfully acquired.

(22) G.S. 58-7-162 , Allowed or admitted assets.

(23) G.S. 58-7-163 , Assets not allowed.

(24) G.S. 58-7-165 , Eligible investments.

(25) G.S. 58-7-167 , General qualifications.

(26) G.S. 58-7-168 , Authorization of investment.

(27) G.S. 58-7-170 , Diversification.

(28) G.S. 58-7-172 , Cash and deposits.

(29) G.S. 58-7-173 , Permitted insurer investments.

(30) G.S. 58-7-179 , Mortgage loans.

(31) G.S. 58-7-180 , Chattel mortgages.

(32) G.S. 58-7-183 , Special consent investments.

(33) G.S. 58-7-185 , Prohibited investments and investment underwriting.

(34) G.S. 58-7-188 , Time limit for disposal of ineligible property and securities; effect of failure to dispose.

(35) G.S. 58-7-192 , Valuation of securities and investments.

(36) G.S. 58-7-193 , Valuation of property.

(37) G.S. 58-7-197 , Replacing certain assets; reporting certain liabilities.

(38) G.S. 58-7-200 , Investment transactions.

(39) G.S. 58-7-205 , Derivative transactions.

(40) Article 5, Deposits and Bonds by Insurance Companies.

(41) Part 7 of Article 10, Annual Financial Reporting.

(42) Article 12, Risk-Based Capital Requirements.

(43) Article 13, Asset Protection Act.

(44) Article 19, Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-304 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3-304
§ 48-3-304. Fees for preplacement assessment
Status: in_force

(a) An agency that prepares a preplacement assessment may charge a reasonable fee for doing so, even if the individual being assessed requests that it not be completed. No fee may be charged except pursuant to a written agreement which must be signed by the individual to be charged prior to the beginning of the assessment. The fee agreement may not be based on the outcome of the assessment or any adoption.

(b) An assessment fee is subject to review by the court pursuant to G.S. 48-2-602 and G.S. 48-2-603 if the person who is assessed files a petition to adopt.

(c) The Department shall set the maximum fees, based on the individual's ability to pay and other factors, which may be charged by county departments of social services. The Department shall require waiver of fees for those unable to pay. Fees collected under this section shall be applied to the costs of preparing preplacement assessments and shall be used by the county department of social services to supplement and not to supplant appropriated funds.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-101 — NC Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97-101
§ 97-101. Collection of fines and penalties
Status: in_force

The Industrial Commission shall have the power by civil action brought in its own name to enforce the collection of any fines or penalties provided by this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-15-120 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-15-120
§ 58-15-120. Subscriber's agreement and power of attorney
Status: reserved

(a) Every subscriber of a domestic reciprocal shall execute a subscriber's agreement and power of attorney setting forth the rights, privileges, and obligations of the subscriber as an underwriter and as a policyholder, and the powers and duties of the attorney. The subscriber's agreement and power of attorney shall contain in substance the following provisions:

(1) A designation and appointment of the attorney to act for and bind the subscriber in all transactions relating to or arising out of the operations of the reciprocal;

(2) A provision empowering the attorney (i) to accept service of legal process on behalf of the reciprocal and (ii) to appoint the Commissioner agent of the reciprocal upon whom may be served all legal process against the reciprocal;

(3) Except for nonassessable policies, a provision for a contingent assessment liability of each subscriber in a specified amount in accordance with G.S. 58-15-60 ; and

(4) The maximum amount to be deducted from advance premiums or deposits to be paid the attorney, and the items of expense, in addition to losses, to be paid by the reciprocal.

(b) The subscriber's agreement may:

(1) Provide for the right of substitution of the attorney and revocation of the power of attorney;

(2) Impose any restrictions upon the exercise of the power agreed upon by the subscribers;

(3) Provide for the exercise of any right reserved to the subscribers directly or through an advisory committee;

(4) Provide for indemnification of the attorney, officers, employees, agents, and subscribers' advisory committee of the reciprocal against liability and litigation expenses to the extent permitted in the case of domestic business corporations; or

(5) Contain other lawful provisions considered advisable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-651 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-651
§ 1-651. Governmental entity as party
Status: in_force

(a) The disqualification under G.S. 1-649(a) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party that is a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.

(b) After a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which the collaborative lawyer is associated may represent a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter if all of the following apply:

(1) The collaborative law participation agreement so provides.

(2) The collaborative lawyer is isolated from any participation in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter through procedures within the law firm which are reasonably calculated to isolate the collaborative lawyer from such participation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-371 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-371
§ 130A-371. State Center for Health Statistics established
Status: in_force

A State Center for Health Statistics is established within the Department.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-88-1 — NC Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97-88-1
§ 97-88.1. Attorney's fees at original hearing
Status: in_force

If the Industrial Commission shall determine that any hearing has been brought, prosecuted, or defended without reasonable ground, it may assess the whole cost of the proceedings including reasonable fees for defendant's attorney or plaintiff's attorney upon the party who has brought or defended them.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-383 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-383
§ 53-383. Collection of debts and claims; Commissioner succeeds to all property of the State trust company
Status: in_force

(a) Upon taking possession of the assets and business of any State trust company, the Commissioner is authorized to collect all money due the State trust company and to do any other acts necessary to conserve its assets and property. The Commissioner shall collect all debts due and claims belonging to the State trust company, and by order of the court may sell, compromise, or compound any bad or doubtful debt or claim or sell the real and personal property of the State trust company on any terms provided by the order. Where the sale is made under power contained in any mortgage or lien bond or other paper wherein the title is retained for sale and the terms of sale set out, sale may be made under that authority.

(b) Upon taking possession of any State trust company under the provisions of this section, the Commissioner shall have the possession and the right to the possession of all the property, assets, choses in action, rights, and privileges of the State trust company. The property rights and privileges shall vest in the Commissioner absolutely for the purpose of liquidating, selling, or conveying the property rights and privileges, together with all other incidental rights, privileges, and powers necessary for the right of conveyance and sale.

(c) Upon taking possession of any State trust company under the provisions of this section, the Commissioner shall administer each account of the State trust company on a temporary basis until either (i) a successor to the State trust company is appointed or the account is terminated in the manner provided by the terms of its governing instrument consistent with applicable law, or by applicable law in the absence of a provision in the governing instrument, or (ii) the Commissioner has granted the State trust company permission to resume business under the provisions of G.S. 53-381 . The Commissioner may take appropriate steps for the appointment of successors or termination of accounts as the Commissioner deems necessary as to some or all of the accounts of the State trust company. If the governing instrument or other applicable law do not prescribe methods for appointing successors, or if the methods prescribed are unfeasible, the applicable law for appointment of a successor shall be as set forth in G.S. 53-399 .

(d) The officers and directors of any State trust company that is in the possession of the Commissioner under this Part shall not exercise any powers declared by this Subpart to be vested in the Commissioner.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-58-120 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-58-120
§ 58-58-120. Notice of nonpayment of premium required before forfeiture
Status: in_force

No life insurance corporation doing business in this State shall, within one year after the default in payment of any premium, installment, or interest, declare forfeited or lapsed any policy hereafter issued or renewed, except policies on which premiums are payable monthly or at shorter intervals and except group insurance contracts and term insurance contracts for one year or less, nor shall any such policy be forfeited or lapsed by reason of nonpayment, when due, of any premium, interest, or installment or any portion thereof required by the terms of the policy to be paid, within one year from the failure to pay such premium, interest, or installment, unless a written or printed notice stating the amount of such premium, interest, installment, or portion thereof due on such policy, the place where it shall be paid, and the person to whom the same is payable has been duly addressed and mailed, postage paid, to the person whose life is insured, or to the assignee or owner of the policy, or to the person designated in writing by such insured, assignee or owner, if notice of the assignment has been given to the corporation, at his or her last known post-office address in this State, by the corporation or by any officer thereof or person appointed by it to collect such premium, at least 15 and not more than 45 days prior to the day when the same is payable, as regards policies which do not contain a provision for grace or are not entitled to grace in the payment of premiums and at least five and not more than 45 days prior to the day when the same is payable as regards policies which do contain a provision for grace or are entitled to grace in the payment of premiums. The notice shall also state that unless such premium, interest, installment, or portion thereof then due shall be paid to the corporation or to the duly appointed agent or person authorized to collect such premium, by or before the day it falls due, the policy and all payments thereon will become forfeited and void, except as to the right to a surrender value or paid-up policy, as in the contract provided. If the payment demanded by such notice shall be made within its time limit therefor, it shall be taken to be in full compliance with the requirements of the policy in respect to the time of such payment; and no such policy shall in any case be forfeited or declared forfeited or lapsed until the expiration of 30 days after the mailing of such notice. The affidavit of any officer, clerk, or agent of the corporation, or of anyone authorized to mail such notice, that the notice required by this section has been duly addressed and mailed by the corporation issuing such policy, shall be presumptive evidence that such notice has been duly given. No action shall be maintained to recover under a forfeited policy unless the same is instituted within three years from the day upon which default was made in paying the premium, installment, interest, or portion thereof for which it is claimed that forfeiture ensued.