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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-25-1 — NC Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148-25-1
§ 148-25.1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, the following definitions apply:

(1) Body cavity searches.--The probing of body orifices in search of contraband.

(2) Correctional facility.--Any unit of the State prison system, juvenile detention facility, or other entity under the authority of the State that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of this State.

(3) Correctional facility employee.--Any person who is employed by the State and who works at or in a correctional facility.

(4) Escape risk.--An incarcerated person who is determined to be at high risk for escape based on an individualized risk assessment.

(5) Important circumstance.--There has been an individualized determination that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the female incarcerated person presents a threat of harming herself, the fetus, or any other person, or an escape risk that cannot be reasonably contained by other means, including the use of additional personnel.

(6) Incarcerated person.--Any person incarcerated or detained in any facility who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for violations of criminal law or the terms and conditions of parole, probation, pretrial release, or a diversionary program.

(7) Menstrual products.--Products that women use during their menstrual cycle. These include tampons and sanitary napkins.

(8) Postpartum recovery.--The six-week period following delivery, or longer, as determined by the health care professional responsible for the health and safety of the female incarcerated person.

(9) Restraints.--Any physical or mechanical device used to restrict or control the movement of an incarcerated person's body, limbs, or both.

(10) Restrictive housing.--Any type of detention that involves removal from general population and an inability to leave a room or cell for the vast majority of the day. This term shall not include any of the following:

a. Single-cell accommodations in facilities that provide those accommodations to all incarcerated persons.

b. Single-cell accommodations in facilities that provide those accommodations to all persons of a certain sex or gender.

c. Single-cell accommodations provided for medical reasons, except when pregnancy, alone, is the medical reason for the single-cell accommodations.

d. Single-cell accommodations provided when an individualized determination has been made that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there exists a threat of harm to the female incarcerated person or the fetus.

e. Single-cell accommodations provided at the request of the incarcerated person.

(11) State of undress.--A situation when an incarcerated person is partially or fully naked, either in the shower, toilet areas, a medical examination room, or while having a body cavity search conducted.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-18 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-18
§ 143B-135.18. Legislative authority necessary for payment
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Part shall operate or be construed as authority for the payment of any money out of the State treasury for the purchase of lands or for other purposes unless by appropriation for said purpose by the General Assembly.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1-11A — NC Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132-1-11A
§ 132-1.11A. Limited access to identifying information of minors participating in local government programs and programs funded by the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., or a local partnership in certain localities
Status: in_force

(a) A public record, as defined by G.S. 132-1 , does not include, as to any minor participating in a program sponsored by a local government or combination of local governments, a program funded by the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., under G.S. 143B-168.12 , or a program funded by a local partnership under G.S. 143B-168.14 , any of the following information as to that minor participant: (i) name, (ii) address, (iii) age, (iv) date of birth, (v) telephone number, (vi) the name or address of that minor participant's parent or legal guardian, (vii) e-mail address, or (viii) any other identifying information on an application to participate in such program or other records related to that program. Notwithstanding this subsection, the name of a minor who has received a scholarship or other local government-funded award of a financial nature from a local government is a public record.

(b) The county, municipality, and zip code of residence of each participating minor covered by subsection (a) of this section is a public record, with the information listed in subsection (a) of this section redacted.

(c) Nothing in this section makes the information listed in subsection (a) of this section confidential information.

(d) This section applies to the County of Chatham, the Towns of Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, and Zebulon, and the City of Raleigh only.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-591 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-591
§ 115C-591. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Authority .--Defined in G.S. 116-201 .

(2) Division .--The Division of Nonpublic Education, Department of Administration.

(2a) Educational technology .--As defined annually by the Authority, an item, piece of equipment, material, product, or system which may be purchased commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized and that is used primarily for educational purposes for a child with a disability.

(3) Eligible student .--A student residing in North Carolina who has not yet received a high school diploma and who meets all of the following requirements:

a. Is eligible to attend a North Carolina public school pursuant to Article 25 of this Chapter. A child who is the age of four on or before April 16 is eligible to attend the following school year if the principal, or equivalent, of the school in which the child seeks to enroll finds that the student meets the requirements established by the Authority pursuant to G.S. 115C-562.2(d) and those findings are submitted to the Authority with the child's application.

b. Has not been enrolled in a postsecondary institution as a full-time student taking at least 12 hours of academic credit.

c. Is a child with a disability, as defined in G.S. 115C-106.3(1) .

d. Has not been placed in a nonpublic school or facility by a public agency at public expense.

(3a) G.S. 115C-562.5 compliant school .--A Part 1 or 2 nonpublic school that consents to comply with the requirements of G.S. 115C-562.5 .

(4) Nonpublic school .--A school that meets the requirements of Part 1, 2, or 3 of Article 39 of this Chapter, as identified by the Division.

(5) Parent .--A parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of an eligible student.

(5a) Part 1 or 2 nonpublic school .--A nonpublic school that meets the requirements of Part 1 or Part 2 of Article 39 of this Chapter, as identified by and deemed eligible by the Division.

(5b) Part-time student .--A child enrolled part time in a public school and part time in a nonpublic school.

(6) Personal Education Student Account or PESA .--An electronic account provided to a parent for the purpose of holding scholarship funds awarded by the Authority for an eligible student to be used for qualifying education expenses under G.S. 115C-595 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36F-14 — NC Code / Chapter 36F / Section 36F-14
§ 36F-14. Disclosure of digital assets to guardian of ward
Status: in_force

(a) After a hearing on a motion in the cause pursuant to G.S. 35A-1207 , the court may grant a guardian access to the digital assets of a ward.

(b) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or directed by the user, a custodian shall disclose to a guardian the catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by a ward and any digital assets, other than the contents of electronic communications, in which the ward has a right or interest if the guardian gives the custodian all of the following:

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

(2) A certified copy of the court order that gives the guardian authority over the digital assets of the ward.

(3) 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 account of the ward.

b. Evidence linking the account to the ward.

(c) A guardian with general authority to manage the assets of a ward may request a custodian of the digital assets of the ward to suspend or terminate an account of the ward for good cause. A request made under this section must be accompanied by a certified copy of the court order giving the guardian authority over the ward's property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-943 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-943
§ 15A-943. Arraignment in superior court--Required calendaring
Status: in_force

(a) In counties in which there are regularly scheduled 20 or more weeks of trial sessions of superior court at which criminal cases are heard, and in other counties the Chief Justice designates, the prosecutor must calendar arraignments in the superior court on at least the first day of every other week in which criminal cases are heard. No cases in which the presence of a jury is required may be calendared for the day or portion of a day during which arraignments are calendared.

(b) When a defendant pleads not guilty at an arraignment required by subsection (a), he may not be tried without his consent in the week in which he is arraigned.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, in any county where as many as three simultaneous sessions of superior court, whether criminal, civil, or mixed, are regularly scheduled, the prosecutor may calendar arraignments in any of the criminal or mixed sessions, at least every other week, upon any day or days of a session, and jury cases may be calendared for trial in any other court at which criminal cases may be heard, upon such days.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-4-207 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4-207
§ 25-4-207. Transfer warranties
Status: reserved

(a) A customer or collecting bank that transfers an item and receives a settlement or other consideration warrants to the transferee and to any subsequent collecting bank that:

(1) The warrantor is a person entitled to enforce the item;

(2) All signatures on the item are authentic and authorized;

(3) The item has not been altered;

(4) The item is not subject to a defense or claim in recoupment ( G.S. 25-3-305(a) ) of any party that can be asserted against the warrantor; and

(5) The warrantor has no knowledge of any insolvency proceeding commenced with respect to the maker or acceptor or, in the case of an unaccepted draft, the drawer.

(b) If an item is dishonored, a customer or collecting bank transferring the item and receiving settlement or other consideration is obliged to pay the amount due on the item (i) according to the terms of the item at the time it was transferred, or (ii) if the transfer was of an incomplete item, according to its terms when completed as stated in G.S. 25-3-115 and G.S. 25-3-407 . The obligation of a transferor is owed to the transferee and to any subsequent collecting bank that takes the item in good faith. A transferor cannot disclaim its obligation under this subsection by an indorsement stating that it is made “without recourse” or otherwise disclaiming liability.

(c) A person to whom the warranties under subsection (a) of this section are made and who took the item in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, but not more than the amount of the item plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.

(d) The warranties stated in subsection (a) of this section cannot be disclaimed with respect to checks. Unless notice of a claim for breach of warranty is given to the warrantor within 30 days after the claimant has reason to know of the breach and the identity of the warrantor, the warrantor is discharged to the extent of any loss caused by the delay in giving notice of the claim.

(e) A cause of action for breach of warranty under this section accrues when the claimant has reason to know of the breach.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-453-31 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-453-31
§ 130A-453.31. Commission to adopt rules
Status: in_force

The Commission shall adopt rules to implement this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-2-113 — NC Code / Chapter 47C / Section 47C-2-113
§ 47C-2-113. Subdivision of units
Status: in_force

(a) If the declaration expressly so permits, a unit may be subdivided into two or more units. Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, upon application of a unit owner to subdivide a unit, the association, at the expense of the unit owner, shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration, including the plats and plans, subdividing that unit.

(b) The amendment to the declaration must be executed by the owner of the unit to be subdivided, assign an identifying number to each unit created, and reallocate the allocated interests formerly allocated to the subdivided unit to the new units in any reasonable manner prescribed by the owner of the subdivided unit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-47 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-47
§ 47-47. Defective order of registration; “same” for “this instrument”
Status: in_force

Where instruments were admitted to registration prior to March 2, 1905, and the clerk's order for the registration used the word “same” in place of “this instrument,” the said registrations are good and valid.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-48-85 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-48-85
§ 58-48-85. Stay of proceedings; reopening of default judgments
Status: in_force

All proceedings in which the insolvent insurer is a party or is obligated to defend a party in any court or before any administrative agency or the North Carolina Industrial Commission shall be stayed automatically for 120 days and such additional time thereafter as may be determined by the court from the date the insolvency is determined or any ancillary proceedings are initiated in this State, whichever is later, to permit proper defense by the Association of all pending causes of action. Any party to any proceeding which is stayed pursuant to this section shall have the right, upon application and notice, to seek a vacation or modification of such stay. Any covered claims arising from any judgment under any decision, verdict or finding based on the default of the insolvent insurer or its failure to defend an insured, shall, upon application and notice by the Association be vacated and set aside by the same court in which such judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding is entered and the Association either on its own behalf or on behalf of any insured or an insolvent insurer, shall be permitted to defend against such claim on the merits. Any party who has obtained any such judgment or order shall have the right, upon application and notice, to have the judgment or order restored if within 90 days following the entry of the judgment or order the Association has not notified such party and the court that it intends to defend the matter on the merits.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-36-4 — NC Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95-36-4
§ 95-36.4. Voluntary arbitrators
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor to maintain a list of qualified and public-spirited citizens who will serve as arbitrators. All appointments of a single arbitrator or member of an arbitration panel by the Commissioner of Labor shall be made from the list of qualified arbitrators maintained by him.

(b) No person named by the Commissioner of Labor to act as an arbitrator in a dispute shall be qualified to serve as such arbitrator if such person has any financial or other interest in the company or labor organization involved in the dispute.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-105 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-105
§ 120-105. Continuing study of ethical questions
Status: in_force

The Committee shall conduct continuing studies of questions of legislative ethics including revisions and improvements of this Article and Chapter 138A and Chapter 120C of the General Statutes. The Committee shall report to the General Assembly from time to time recommendations for amendments to the statutes and legislative rules which the Committee deems desirable in promoting, maintaining and effectuating high standards of ethics in the legislative branch of State government.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-47-125 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-47-125
§ 58-47-125. Admission and termination of group members
Status: in_force

(a) Prospective group members shall submit applications for membership to the board. The board, a designated employee of the group, or TPA shall approve an application for membership under the bylaws of the group. Members shall have bona fide offices in this State and members' employees shall be primarily engaged in business activities within this State. Members shall receive certificates of coverage from the board on a form acceptable to the Commissioner.

(b) The group shall make available to the Commissioner properly executed applications and indemnity agreements for all members, on forms prescribed by the Commissioner. If the applications and indemnity agreements are not executed properly and maintained, the Commissioner may order the group to cease writing all new business until all of the agreements are executed properly and obtained.

(c) Members may elect to terminate their participation in a group and may be terminated by the group under subsection (d) of this section and the bylaws of the group.

(d) A group may terminate a member's participation in the group on 30 days' written notice to the member. A group may terminate a member's participation in the group for nonpayment of premium on 10 days' written notice to the member. A member may terminate its participation in the group on 10 days' written notice to the group. Notices under this subsection shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested. No termination by the group is effective until the notice is received by the member.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31D-5-503 — NC Code / Chapter 31D / Section 31D-5-503
§ 31D-5-503. Power to withdraw
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this Article, a power to withdraw property from a trust is treated as a presently exercisable general power of appointment to the extent of the property subject to the power to withdraw.

(b) The lapse, release, or waiver of a power to withdraw property from a trust shall not be deemed to be an exercise of the power.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-9 — NC Code / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-9
§ 44A-9. Extent of claim of lien on real property
Status: in_force

A claim of lien on real property authorized under this Article shall extend to the improvement and to the lot or tract on which the improvement is situated, to the extent of the interest of the owner. When the lot or tract on which a building is erected is not surrounded at the time of making the contract with the owner by an enclosure separating it from adjoining land of the same owner, the lot or tract to which any claim of lien on real property extends shall be the area that is reasonably necessary for the convenient use and occupation of the building, but in no case shall the area include a building, structure, or improvement not normally used or occupied or intended to be used or occupied with the building with respect to which the claim of lien on real property is claimed.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-38 — NC Code / Chapter 108A / Section 108A-38
§ 108A-38. Protective and vendor payments
Status: in_force

When necessary to comply with any present or future federal law or regulation in order to obtain federal participation in public assistance payments, the payments may be made direct to vendors to reimburse them for goods and services provided the applicants or recipients, and may be made to protective payees who shall act for the applicant or recipient for receiving and managing assistance. Payments to vendors and protective payees shall be made to the extent provided in, and in accordance with, rules of the Social Services Commission or the Department, which rules shall be subject to applicable federal laws and regulations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-24-11 — NC Code / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-24-11
§ 44A-24.11. Satisfaction or release of lien
Status: in_force

If a claim for a lien has been filed pursuant to the provisions of this Part with the clerk of superior court and the claim has been paid in full, or if the lien claimant fails to institute a suit to enforce the lien within the time as provided by law, the lien claimant shall acknowledge satisfaction or release of the lien in writing upon written demand of the owner promptly, and in no event more than 30 days after the demand.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-95 — NC Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77-95
§ 77-95. Staffing and support
Status: in_force

(a) The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality shall provide staff support to the Commission. Additional staff may be hired or contracted by the Commission through funds raised by or provided to it. The duties and compensation of any additional staff shall be determined and fixed by the Commission, within available resources.

(b) All agencies of the State of North Carolina and the Commonwealth of Virginia shall cooperate with the Commission and, upon request, shall assist the Commission in fulfilling its responsibilities. The North Carolina Secretary of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources or their designees shall each serve as the liaison between their respective state agencies and the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19-23 — NC Code / Chapter 166A / Section 166A-19-23
§ 166A-19.23. Excessive pricing prohibitions
Status: in_force

A declaration issued pursuant to this Article shall trigger the prohibitions against excessive pricing during states of disaster, states of emergency, or abnormal market disruptions pursuant to G.S. 75-37 and G.S. 75-38 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-34 — NC Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-34
§ 70-34. Skeletal analysis
Status: in_force

(a) Skeletal analysis conducted under the provisions of this Article shall only be accomplished by persons having those qualifications expressed in G.S. 70-28(5) .

(b) Prior to the execution of the written agreements outlined in G.S. 70-32(c) and 70-33(b) , the State Archaeologist shall consult with both the professional archaeologist and the skeletal analyst investigating the remains.

(c) The professional archaeologist and the skeletal analyst shall submit a proposal to the State Archaeologist within the 90-day period set forth in G.S. 70-32(c) and 70-33(b) , including:

(1) Methodology and techniques to be utilized;

(2) Research objectives;

(3) Proposed time schedule for completion of the analysis; and

(4) Proposed time intervals for written progress reports and the final report to be submitted.

(d) If the terms of the written agreement are not substantially met, the Executive Director or the next of kin, after consultation with the State Archaeologist, may take possession of the skeletal remains. In such case, the State Archaeologist may ensure that appropriate skeletal analysis is conducted by another qualified skeletal analyst prior to ultimate disposition of the skeletal remains.