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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25A-14 — NC Code / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-14
§ 25A-14. Finance charge rates and service charge for revolving charge account contracts
Status: in_force

(a) The finance-charge rate and either the annual charge or the monthly service charge for a consumer credit sale made under a revolving charge account contract may not exceed the rates and charge provided for revolving credit by G.S. 24-11 .

(b) In the event the revolving charge account contract is secured in whole or in part by a security interest in real property, then the finance-charge rate shall not exceed the rate set out in G.S. 25A-15(d) .

(c) No default or deferral charge shall be imposed by the seller in connection with a revolving charge-account contract, except as specifically provided for in G.S. 24-11(d1) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-54-1 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-54-1
§ 1-54.1. Sixty days
Status: in_force

An action contesting the validity of any ordinance adopting or amending a zoning map or approving a conditional zoning district rezoning request shall be brought within 60 days of the adoption of the ordinance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-146-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-146-1
§ 143B-146.1. Mission of schools; definitions
Status: reserved

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the mission of the residential school community is to challenge with high expectations each child to learn, to achieve, and to fulfill his or her potential.

(b) The following definitions apply in this Part:

(1) Reserved.

(2) Department.--The Department of Health and Human Services.

(3) Instructional personnel.--Assistant principals, teachers, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants employed in a residential school.

(4) Participating school.--A residential school that is required to participate in the Program.

(4a) Program.--The School-Based Management and Accountability Program developed by the State Board.

(4b) Residential school.--A school operated by the Department of Health and Human Services that provides residential services to students. For the purposes of this Part, “residential school” does not include a school operated pursuant to Article 9C of Chapter 115C.

(5) Residential school personnel.--The individuals included in G.S. 143B-146.16(a)(2) .

(6) Schools.--The residential schools under the control of the Secretary.

(7) Secretary.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(8) State Board.--The State Board of Education.

(9) Repealed by S.L. 2013-247, § 5, eff. July 3, 2013 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-369 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-369
§ 20-369. Out-of-state licenses and permits
Status: in_force

An out-of-state person, partnership, or corporation engaging in the structural moving business may apply to the Department for a license to engage in the housemoving profession in North Carolina, and obtain permits for moves by complying with the provisions of this Article and the regulations of the Department in the same manner as is required of North Carolina residents and by showing that the state in which the housemover operates his business extends similar privileges to housemovers licensed in North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-328 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-328
§ 20-328. Administration of Article
Status: in_force

This Article shall be administered by the Division of Motor Vehicles with no additional appropriations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-631 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-631
§ 15A-631. Grand jury venue
Status: in_force

In the General Court of Justice, the place for returning a presentment or indictment is a matter of venue and not jurisdiction. A grand jury shall have venue to present or indict in any case where the county in which it is sitting has venue for trial pursuant to the laws relating to trial venue.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-30-170 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-30-170
§ 58-30-170. Reinsurer's liability
Status: in_force

The amount recoverable by the liquidator from reinsurers shall not be reduced as a result of the delinquency proceedings, regardless of any provision in the reinsurance contract or other agreement. Payment made directly to an insured or other creditor does not diminish the reinsurer's obligation to the insurer's estate except;

(1) Where the contract specifically provides for another payee of the reinsurance in the event of the insolvency of the ceding insurer or

(2) Where the assuming insurer, with the consent of the direct insured or insureds, has assumed the policy obligations of the ceding insurer as direct obligations of the assuming insurer to the payees under policies and in substitution of the obligations of the ceding insurer to the payees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-44B-25 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-44B-25
§ 58-44B-25. Travel administrators
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, no person shall act or represent himself or herself as a travel administrator for travel insurance in this State unless that person:

(1) Is a licensed property and casualty insurance producer in this State for activities permitted under that producer license.

(2) Holds a valid managing general agent license in this State.

(3) Holds a valid third-party administrator license in this State.

(b) A travel administrator and his or her employees are exempt from the licensing requirements of G.S. 58-33-19 for travel insurance he or she administers.

(c) An insurer is responsible for the acts of a travel administrator administering travel insurance underwritten by the insurer and is responsible for ensuring that the travel administrator maintains all books and records relevant to the insurer to be made available by the travel administrator to the Commissioner upon request.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-368 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-368
§ 115C-368. Notice of assignment
Status: in_force

In exercising the authority conferred by G.S. 115C-366(b) , each local board of education may, in making assignments of pupils, give individual written notice of assignment, on each pupil's report card or by written notice by any other feasible means, to the parent or guardian of each child or the person standing in loco parentis to the child, or may give notice of assignment of groups or categories of pupils by publication at least two times in some newspaper having general circulation in the local administrative unit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-64-31 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-64-31
§ 143-64.31. Declaration of public policy
Status: reserved

(a) It is the public policy of this State and all public subdivisions and Local Governmental Units thereof, except in cases of special emergency involving the health and safety of the people or their property, to announce all requirements for architectural, engineering, surveying, construction management at risk services, design-build services, and public-private partnership construction services to select firms qualified to provide such services on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of professional services required without regard to fee other than unit price information at this stage, and thereafter to negotiate a contract for those services at a fair and reasonable fee with the best qualified firm. If a contract cannot be negotiated with the best qualified firm, negotiations with that firm shall be terminated and initiated with the next best qualified firm. Selection of a firm under this Article shall include the use of good faith efforts by the public entity to notify minority firms of the opportunity to submit qualifications for consideration by the public entity.

(a1) A resident firm providing architectural, engineering, surveying, construction management at risk services, design-build services, or public-private partnership construction services shall be granted a preference over a nonresident firm, in the same manner, on the same basis, and to the extent that a preference is granted in awarding contracts for these services by the other state to its resident firms over firms resident in the State of North Carolina. For purposes of this section, a resident firm is a firm that has paid unemployment taxes or income taxes in North Carolina and whose principal place of business is located in this State.

(b) Recodified as § 143-133.1(a) by S.L. 2014-42, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2014 .

(c) Recodified as § 143-133.1(b) by S.L. 2014-42, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2014 .

(d) Recodified as § 143-133.1(c) by S.L. 2014-42, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2014 .

(e) For purposes of this Article, the definition in G.S. 143-128.1B and G.S. 143-128.1C shall apply.

(f) Except as provided in this subsection, no work product or design may be solicited, submitted, or considered as part of the selection process under this Article; and no costs or fees, other than unit price information, may be solicited, submitted, or considered as part of the selection process under this Article. Examples of prior completed work may be solicited, submitted, and considered when determining demonstrated competence and qualification of professional services; and discussion of concepts or approaches to the project, including impact on project schedules, is encouraged.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-16 — NC Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113-16
§ 113-16. Cooperation with agencies of the federal government
Status: in_force

The Department is authorized to arrange for and accept such aid and cooperation from the several United States government bureaus and other sources as may assist in completing topographic surveys and in carrying out the other objects of the Department.

The Department is further authorized and directed to cooperate with the Federal Power Commission in carrying out the rules adopted by that Commission; and to act in behalf of the State in carrying out any rules that may be adopted relating to water powers in this State other than those related to making and regulating rates. The provisions of this section are extended to apply to cooperation with authorized agencies of other states.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53B-10 — NC Code / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-10
§ 53B-10. Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Any financial institution disclosing financial records or information contained therein in violation of this Chapter shall be liable to the customer to whom the records relate in an amount equal to the sum of:

(1) One thousand dollars ($1,000);

(2) Any actual damages sustained by the customer as a result of the disclosure; and

(3) Such punitive damages as the court may allow, where the violation is found to have been willful or intentional.

(b) Any government authority that participates in or induces or solicits a violation of this Chapter shall be liable to the customer to whom the violation relates in the amount set out in subsection (a) above. It shall be a defense to an action under this subsection that the government authority acted in good faith in obtaining and relying upon process issued pursuant to G.S. 53B-4 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-68 — NC Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148-68
§ 148-68. Payment of contract price; interest; enforcement of contracts
Status: in_force

The corporate authorities of any city or town so hiring convicts shall pay into the treasury of the State for the labor of any convict so hired such sum or sums of money at such time or times as may be agreed upon in the contract of hire; and if any such city or town fails to pay the State money due for such hiring, the same shall bear interest from the time it is due until paid at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum; and an action to recover the same may be instituted by the Attorney General in the name of the State in the courts of Wake County.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-71-41 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-71-41
§ 58-71-41. First-year licensees; limitations
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section, a first-year licensee shall have the same authority as other persons licensed as bail bondsmen or runners under this Article. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a first-year licensee shall operate only under the supervision of and from the official business address of a licensed supervising bail bondsman for the first 12 months of licensure. A first-year licensee may only be employed by or contract with one supervising bail bondsman.

(b) When a first-year licensee has completed 12 months of supervision, six of which shall be uninterrupted, the supervising bail bondsman shall give notice of that fact to the Commissioner in writing. If the licensee will continue to be employed by or contract with the supervising bail bondsman beyond the initial 12-month period, the supervising bail bondsman shall continue to supervise and be responsible for the licensee's acts.

(c) If the employment of or contract with a first-year licensee is terminated, the supervising bail bondsman shall notify the Commissioner in writing and shall specify the reason for the termination.

(d) If, after exercising due diligence, a first-year licensed bail bondsman is unable to become employed by or to contract with a supervising bail bondsman, the first-year licensed bail bondsman must submit to the Department a sworn affidavit stating the relevant facts and circumstances regarding the first-year licensed bail bondman's inability to become employed by or contract with a supervising bail bondsman. The Department shall review the affidavit and determine whether the first-year licensed bail bondsman will be allowed to operate as an unsupervised bail bondsman. A first-year licensed bail bondsman is prohibited from becoming a supervising bail bondsman during the first two years of licensure.

(e) Provided all other licensing requirements are met, an applicant for a bail bondsman or runner's license who has previously been licensed with the Commissioner for a period of at least 18 consecutive months and who has been inactive or unlicensed for a period of not more than three consecutive years shall not be deemed a new licensee for purposes of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122A-5-4 — NC Code / Chapter 122A / Section 122A-5-4
§ 122A-5.4. Housing for persons and families of moderate income
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly hereby finds and determines that there is a serious shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing which persons and families of moderate income in the State can afford; that it is in the best interests of the State to encourage home ownership by persons and families of moderate income; that the assistance provided by this section will enable persons and families of moderate income to acquire existing decent, safe and sanitary housing without undue financial hardship and will encourage private enterprise to sponsor, build and rehabilitate additional housing for such persons and families; and that the Agency in providing such assistance is promoting the health, welfare and prosperity of all citizens of the State and is serving a public purpose for the benefit of the general public.

(b) The terms “persons and families of lower income” and “persons of lower income” wherever they appear in this Chapter, except where they appear in G.S. 122A-2 and G.S. 122A-3 , shall be deemed to include “persons and families of moderate income” as defined in clause (c) of this section.

(c) “Persons and families of moderate income” means persons and families deemed by the Agency to require the assistance made available by this Chapter on account of insufficient personal or family income taking into consideration, without limitation, (i) the amount of the total income of such persons and families available for housing needs, (ii) the size of the family, (iii) the cost and condition of housing facilities available and (iv) the eligibility of such persons and families for federal housing assistance of any type predicated upon a moderate or low and moderate income basis.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-440-5 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-440-5
§ 1-440.5. By whom order issued; when and where; filing of bond and affidavit
Status: in_force

(a) An order of attachment may be issued by

(1) The clerk of the court in which the action has been, or is being, commenced, or by

(2) A judge of the appropriate trial division, as authorized in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) An order of attachment issued by a judge may be issued as follows:

(1) If the action has been or is being commenced in the Superior Court Division, a resident superior court judge of the district, or a judge regularly holding the superior courts of the district, may issue the order in open court or in chambers, in session or in vacation, and within or without the district. Any other judge holding a session of superior court in the county may issue the order in open court.

(2) If the action has been or is being commenced in the District Court Division, the presiding judge, the chief district judge, or any district judge authorized by the chief to hear motions and enter interlocutory orders may issue the order in open court or in chambers in session or in vacation.

(c) In those cases where the order of attachment is issued by the judge, such judge shall cause the bond required by G.S. 1-440.10 and the affidavit required by G.S. 1-440.11 to be filed promptly with the clerk of the court of the county in which the action is pending.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-308 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-308
§ 153A-308. Bonds authorized
Status: in_force

A county may issue its general obligation bonds under the Local Government Bond Act to finance services, facilities, or functions provided within a service district. If a proposed bond issue is required by law to be submitted to and approved by the voters of the county, and if the proceeds of the proposed bond issue are to be used in connection with a service that is or, if the bond issue is approved, will be provided only for one or more service districts or at a higher level in service districts than countywide, the proposed bond issue must be approved concurrently by a majority of those voting throughout the entire county and by a majority of the total of those voting in all of the affected or to-be-affected service districts.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-175-15 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-175-15
§ 20-175.15. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply to this Part:

(1) Agent.--A director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act on behalf of a business entity.

(2) Business entity.--A corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other legal entity authorized to conduct business under the laws of this State.

(3) Operator.--An agent who is 16 years of age or older and is charged with the responsibility of monitoring and operating a personal delivery device.

(4) Pedestrian area.--A sidewalk, crosswalk, school crosswalk, school crossing zone, or safety zone.

(5) Personal delivery device.--As defined in G.S. 20-4.01 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-53 — NC Code / Chapter 127A / Section 127A-53
§ 127A-53. Manual for Courts-Martial
Status: in_force

Trials and proceedings by all courts and boards shall be in accordance with the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, as shall be currently in use by the Armed Forces of the United States, except as modified by this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-618 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-618
§ 1-618. Rules
Status: in_force

The Attorney General may adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 80-10 — NC Code / Chapter 80 / Section 80-10
§ 80-10. Fraudulent registration
Status: in_force

Any person who shall for himself, or on behalf of any other person, procure the filing or registration of any mark in the office of the Secretary under the provisions hereof, by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, verbally or in writing, or by any other fraudulent means, shall be liable to pay all damages sustained in consequence of filing or registration, to be recovered by or on behalf of the party injured thereby in any court of competent jurisdiction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2104 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-2104
§ 7B-2104. Time of application for nontestimonial identification order
Status: in_force

A request for a nontestimonial identification order may be made prior to taking a juvenile into custody or after custody and prior to the adjudicatory hearing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-75 — NC Code / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-75
§ 44A-75. Termination of a lien on an aircraft
Status: in_force

(a) Termination by Payment of Amount Owed.--Any lien under this Article shall be terminated upon receipt by the lienor of the full amount owed for the labor, skill, or materials on the aircraft, and for storage of the aircraft, which amount shall not be limited to any amount shown on the notice of lien filed under G.S. 44A-60 , if a notice of lien has been filed by the lienor. Upon receipt of the amount owed, the lienor or the lienor's agent shall release the aircraft to the owner, if the aircraft is in the possession of the lienor, and shall, within 20 days following a request in writing by the aircraft owner, file with the clerk of court a notice of satisfaction of lien, if a notice of lien has been filed by the lienor. A notice of satisfaction of lien shall state that the amount owed for the lienor's expenditure of labor, skill, or materials on the aircraft, and for the storage of the aircraft, has been paid and the lien against the aircraft has been terminated. The notice of satisfaction of lien shall be sworn to or affirmed, and subscribed by the lienor or by someone on the lienor's behalf having personal knowledge of the facts. Upon the filing of a notice of satisfaction of lien, the clerk of court shall make an entry of acknowledgment of satisfaction in the index.

(b) Termination by Deposit of Surety Bond.--Any lien under this Article shall be terminated by the clerk of court whenever a surety bond in a sum equal to one and one-fourth times the amount of the lien claimed against the aircraft and conditioned upon the payment of the amount finally determined to be due in satisfaction of the lien is deposited with the clerk of court. When a deposit that satisfies this subsection is made, the lienor or the lienor's agent shall release the aircraft to the owner, if the aircraft is in the possession of the lienor.