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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-384 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-384
§ 105-384. Duties and liabilities of life tenant
Status: in_force

(a) If real or personal property is held by a tenant for life or by a tenant for the life of another, it shall be the duty of the life tenant to pay the taxes imposed on the property.

(b) Any remainderman or reversioner of real or personal property who pays the taxes thereon may recover the money so paid in an action against the life tenant of the property; in the case of real property, the action may be brought only in the appropriate division of the General Court of Justice of the county in which the real property is located.

(c) Any tenant for life of real or personal property who suffers the property to be foreclosed and sold or sold under levy for failure to pay the taxes thereon shall be liable to the remainderman or to the reversioner for any damages incurred.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67-2 — NC Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67-2
§ 67-2. Permitting bitch at large
Status: in_force

If any person owning or having any bitch shall knowingly permit her to run at large during the erotic stage of copulation he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-28 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-28
§ 146-28. Agency must file application with Department; Department must investigate
Status: in_force

Any State agency desiring to sell, lease, or rent any land owned by the State or by any State agency shall file with the Department of Administration an application setting forth the facts relating to the proposed transaction, and shall furnish the Department with such additional information as the Department may request relating thereto. Upon receipt of such application, the Department of Administration shall promptly investigate all aspects of the proposed transaction, including particularly present and future State need for the land proposed to be conveyed, leased, or rented.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1000 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1000
§ 143B-1000. Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety
Status: reserved

(a) There is established, within the Department of Public Safety, the Division of Emergency Management, which shall be organized and staffed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and within the limits of authorized appropriations.

(b) The Division of Emergency Management shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) Repealed by S.L. 2011-145, § 19.1(aa), eff. Jan. 1, 2012 .

(2) To exercise the powers and duties conferred on it by Chapter 166A of the General Statutes.

(3) To exercise any other powers vested by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-21-2 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-21-2
§ 28A-21-2. Final accounts
Status: reserved

(a) Unless the time for filing the final account has been extended by the clerk of superior court, the personal representative or collector must file the final account for settlement within one year after qualifying or within six months after receiving a State estate or inheritance tax release, or in the time period for filing an annual account pursuant to G.S. 28A-21-1 , whichever is later.

(a1) If no estate or inheritance tax return was required to be filed for the estate, the personal representative or collector shall so certify in the final account filed with the clerk of superior court. Such certification shall list the amount and value of all of the decedent's property and, with respect to real estate, its particular location within or outside the State, including any property transferred by the decedent over which the decedent had retained any interest, or any property transferred within three years prior to the date of the decedent's death, and, after being filed and accepted by the clerk of superior court, shall be prima facie evidence that such property is free from any State inheritance or State estate tax liability. This subsection only applies to estates of decedents who died before January 1, 2013.

(a2) The personal representative or collector shall produce vouchers for all payments or verified proof for all payments in lieu of vouchers. With the approval of the clerk of superior court, such account may be filed voluntarily at any time. In all cases, the accounting shall be reviewed, audited, and recorded by the clerk of superior court in the manner prescribed by G.S. 28A-21-1 .

(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), after the date specified in the general notice to creditors as provided for in G.S. 28A-14-1 , if all of the debts and other claims against the estate of the decedent duly presented and legally owing have been paid in the case of a solvent estate or satisfied pro rata according to applicable statutes in the case of an insolvent estate, the personal representative or collector may file the personal representative's or collector's final account to be reviewed, audited and recorded by the clerk of superior court. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the right of the surviving spouse or minor children to file for allowances under G.S. 30-15 through 30-18 and the right of a surviving spouse to file for property rights under G.S. 29-30 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 34-17 — NC Code / Chapter 34 / Section 34-17
§ 34-17. Discharge of guardian
Status: in_force

When a minor ward for whom a guardian has been appointed under the provisions of this Chapter or other laws of this State shall have attained his or her majority, and if incompetent shall be declared competent by the Bureau 1 and by an order of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which such guardian was appointed, and when any incompetent ward, not a minor, shall be declared competent by said Bureau 1 and by an order of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which such guardian was appointed, the guardian shall upon making a satisfactory accounting be discharged upon a petition filed for that purpose. The certificate of the Director, or his representative, setting forth the fact that an incompetent ward has been rated competent by the Bureau 1 on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such Bureau 1 shall be prima facie evidence upon which the court may declare such ward competent.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-340 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-340
§ 7A-340. Administrative Office of the Courts; establishment; officers
Status: in_force

There is hereby established a State office to be known as the Administrative Office of the Courts. It shall be supervised by a Director, assisted by an assistant director.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53-208-49 — NC Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-208-49
§ 53-208.49. Application fees and annual assessment
Status: in_force

(a) Application Fees.--Each application for initial licensure shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

(b) Annual Assessment.--For the purpose of meeting the cost of regulation under this Article, each licensee shall pay to the Commissioner an annual assessment as provided in this subsection. The annual assessment shall consist of a base amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for volumes of no more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) plus an additional sum, calculated on the transmission dollar volume reported by the licensee pursuant to G.S. 53-208.53 for the previous calendar year. The cumulative assessment shall be calculated as follows:

Transmission in U.S. Dollar Volume

Per U.S. Dollar

$1,000,001 to $5,000,000

$0.0008

$5,000,001 to $10,000,000

$0.0006

$10,000,001 to $50,000,000

$0.00004

More Than $50,000,000.00

$0.0000006

The Commissioner may collect the assessment provided for in this subsection annually or in periodic installments as approved by the State Banking Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-345 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-345
§ 20-345. Conspiracy
Status: in_force

No person shall conspire with any other person to violate G.S. 20-342 , 20-343 , 20-344 , 20-346 , 20-347 , or 20-347.1 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-48-1 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-48-1
§ 143-48.1. Medicaid program exemption
Status: in_force

(a) This Article shall not apply to any capitation arrangement or prepaid health service arrangement implemented or administered by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services or its delegates pursuant to the Medicaid waiver provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1396n , or to the Medicaid program authorizations under Chapter 108A of the General Statutes.

(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “ Capitation arrangement ” means an agreement whereby the Department of Health and Human Services pays a periodic per enrollee fee to a contract entity that provides medical services to Medicaid recipients during their enrollment period.

(2) “ Prepaid health services ” means services provided to Medicaid recipients that are paid on the basis of a prepaid capitation fee, pursuant to an agreement between the Department of Health and Human Services and a contract entity.

(c) The Department of Health and Human Services shall: (i) submit all proposed contracts for a capitation arrangement or prepaid health services, as defined by this section, that exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee for review as provided in G.S. 114-8.3 ; and (ii) include in all agreements or contracts to be awarded by the Department under this section a standard clause which provides that the State Auditor and internal auditors of the Department may audit the records of the contractor during and after the term of the contract to verify accounts and data affecting fees and performance. The Department shall not award a cost plus percentage of cost agreement or contract for any purpose.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 100-12 — NC Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100-12
§ 100-12. Roads, trails, and fences authorized; protection of property
Status: in_force

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is authorized and empowered to enter upon the land hereinbefore referred to, and to build a fence or fences around the same, also roads, paths, and trails and protect the property against trespass and fire and injury of any and all kinds whatsoever; cut wood and timber upon the same, but only for the purpose of protecting the other timber thereon and improving the property generally.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115D-2 — NC Code / Chapter 115D / Section 115D-2
§ 115D-2. Definitions
Status: reserved

As used in this Chapter:

(1) The “administrative area” of an institution comprises the county or counties directly responsible for the local financial support and local administration of such institution as provided in this Chapter.

(2) The term “ community college ” is defined as an educational institution operating under the provisions of this Chapter and dedicated primarily to the educational needs of the service area which it serves, and may offer

a. The freshmen and sophomore courses of a college of arts and sciences, authorized by G.S. 115D-4.1 ;

b. Organized credit curricula for the training of technicians; curricular courses may carry transfer credit to a senior college or university where the course is comparable in content and quality and is appropriate to a chosen course of study;

c. Vocational, trade, and technical specialty courses and programs, and

d. Courses in general adult education.

(3) The term “ institution ” refers to any institution established pursuant to this Chapter.

(4) The term “regional institution” means an institution whose service area as assigned by the State Board of Community Colleges includes three or more counties; provided, however, any institution receiving funds as a regional institution on May 1, 1987, shall continue to receive funds on that basis.

(5) The term “State Board” refers to the State Board of Community Colleges.

(6) The “tax-levying authority” of an institution is the board of commissioners of the county or all of the boards of commissioners of the counties, jointly, which constitute the administrative area of the institution.

(7) Repealed by Laws 1987, c. 564, § 1.

(8) “Vending facilities” has the same meaning as it does in G.S. 111-42(d) , but also means any mechanical or electronic device dispensing items or something of value or entertainment or services for a fee, regardless of the method of activation, and regardless of the means of payment, whether by coin, currency, tokens, or other means.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-430 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-430
§ 153A-430. Compliance with other law
Status: reserved

(a) Repealed by Laws 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, § 47, eff. July 20, 1990 .

(b) An authority created pursuant to this Article shall comply with all applicable federal and State laws, regulations, and rules, including specifically those enacted or adopted for the management of solid waste or for the protection of the environment or public health.

(c) Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section, a unit of local government that is exempt from compliance with State laws or rules enacted or adopted for the management of solid waste or for the protection of the environment shall, by becoming a member of a regional solid waste management authority created under this Article and as a condition of such membership, agree to comply with and to be bound by all applicable federal and State laws, regulations, and rules enacted or adopted for the management of solid waste and for the protection of the environment with respect to all solid waste management activities of the authority within the territorial jurisdiction of the unit of local government and with respect to all solid waste management activities performed by the unit of local government in connection with membership in the authority.

(d) A unit of local government that is exempt from compliance with State laws or rules enacted or adopted for the management of solid waste shall obtain all permits that may be necessary for the conduct of solid waste management activities within the territorial jurisdiction of the unit of local government as provided by federal law and regulations. Responsibility for the enforcement of laws, regulations, and rules enacted or adopted for the management of solid waste within the territorial jurisdiction of a unit of local government that is exempt from compliance with State laws or rules enacted or adopted for the management of solid waste shall be as provided by federal law and regulations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288-5 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-288-5
§ 14-288.5. Failure to disperse when commanded a misdemeanor; prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

(a) Any law-enforcement officer or public official responsible for keeping the peace may issue a command to disperse in accordance with this section if he reasonably believes that a riot, or disorderly conduct by an assemblage of three or more persons, is occurring. The command to disperse shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to be communicated to the assemblage.

(b) Any person who fails to comply with a lawful command to disperse is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

(c) If any person remains at the scene of any riot, or disorderly conduct by an assemblage of three or more persons, following a command to disperse and after a reasonable time for dispersal has elapsed, it is prima facie evidence that the person so remaining is willfully engaging in the riot or disorderly conduct, as the case may be.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-57-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-57-1
§ 58-57-1. Application of Article
Status: in_force

All credit life insurance, all credit accident and health insurance, all credit property insurance, all credit insurance on credit card balances, all family leave credit insurance, and all credit unemployment insurance written in connection with direct loans, consumer credit installment sale contracts of whatever term permitted by G.S. 25A-33 , leases, or other credit transactions shall be subject to the provisions of this Article, except credit insurance written in connection with direct loans of more than 15 years' duration. The provisions of this Article shall be controlling as to such insurance and no other provisions of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter shall be applicable unless otherwise specifically provided; nor shall such insurance be subject to the provisions of this Article where the issuance of such insurance is an isolated transaction on the part of the insurer not related to an agreement or a plan for insuring debtors of the creditor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-56A-3 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-56A-3
§ 58-56A-3. Consumer protections
Status: reserved

(a) A pharmacy or pharmacist shall have the right to provide an insured information regarding the amount of the insured's cost share for a prescription drug. Neither a pharmacy nor a pharmacist shall be penalized by a pharmacy benefits manager for discussing any information described in this section or for selling a lower-priced drug to the insured if one is available.

(b) A pharmacy benefits manager shall not, through contract, prohibit a pharmacy from offering and providing direct and limited delivery services to an insured as an ancillary service of the pharmacy, as delineated in the contract between the pharmacy benefits manager and the pharmacy.

(b1) A pharmacy benefits manager shall not prohibit a pharmacist or pharmacy from charging a minimal shipping and handling fee to the insured for a mailed or delivered prescription if the pharmacist or pharmacy discloses all of the following to the insured before delivery:

(1) The fee will be charged.

(2) The fee may not be reimbursed by the health benefit plan, insurer, or pharmacy benefits manager.

(3) The charge is specifically agreed to by the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefits manager.

(c) A pharmacy benefits manager shall not charge, or attempt to collect from, an insured a copayment that exceeds the total submitted charges by the network pharmacy.

(c1) When calculating an insured's contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum, deductible, copayment, coinsurance, or other applicable cost-sharing requirement, the insurer or pharmacy benefits manager shall include any amounts paid by the insured, or on the insured's behalf, for a prescription that is either:

(1) Without an AB-rated generic equivalent.

(2) With an AB-rated generic equivalent if the insured has obtained authorization for the drug through any of the following:

a. Prior authorization from the insurer or pharmacy benefits manager.

b. A step therapy protocol.

c. The exception or appeal process of the insurer or pharmacy benefits manager.

(c2) For purposes of this section, the term “ generic equivalent ” means a drug that has an identical amount of the same active ingredients in the same dosage form; meets applicable standards of strength, quality, and purity according to the United States Pharmacopeia or other nationally recognized compendium; and which, if administered in the same amount, would provide comparable therapeutic effects. The term “generic equivalent” does not include a drug that is listed by the United States Food and Drug Administration as having unresolved bioequivalence concerns according to the Administration's most recent publication of approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations.

(d) Any contract for the provision of a network to deliver health care services between a pharmacy benefits manager and insurer shall be made available for review by the Department.

(e) Repealed by S.L. 2021-161, § 1(b), eff. Oct. 1, 2021 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-113 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-113
§ 65-113. County commissioners to have control of abandoned public cemeteries; trustees
Status: in_force

The county commissioners of the various counties are authorized to oversee all abandoned public cemeteries in their respective counties, to see that the boundaries and lines are clearly laid out, defined, and marked, and to take proper steps to preserve them from encroachment, and they are hereby authorized to appropriate from the general fund of the county whatever sums may be necessary from time to time for the above purposes.

The boards of county commissioners of the various counties may appoint a board of trustees not to exceed five in number and to serve at the will of the board, and may impose upon such trustees the duties required of the board of commissioners by this Article; and such trustees may accept gifts and donations for the purpose of upkeep and beautification of such cemeteries.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67-4-4 — NC Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67-4-4
§ 67-4.4. Strict liability
Status: in_force

The owner of a dangerous dog shall be strictly liable in civil damages for any injuries or property damage the dog inflicts upon a person, his property, or another animal.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-245-31 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-245-31
§ 106-245.31. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article:

(1) “Board” means the North Carolina Board of Agriculture.

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture.

(3) “Department” means the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-469 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-469
§ 143-469. Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who shall be adjudged to have violated any provision of this Article, or any regulation of the Board adopted pursuant to this Article, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. In addition, if any person continues to violate or further violates any provision of this Article after written notice from the Board, the court may determine that each day during which the violation continued or is repeated constitutes a separate violation subject to the foregoing penalties.

(b) A civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) may be assessed by the Board against any person who violates or directly causes a violation of any provision of this Article or any rule adopted pursuant to this Article.

(c) Proceedings for the assessment of civil penalties under this section shall be governed by Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes. If the person assessed a civil penalty fails to pay the penalty to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Board may institute an action in the superior court of the county in which the person resides or has his principal place of business to recover the unpaid amount of said penalty. An action to recover a civil penalty under this section shall not relieve any party from any other penalty prescribed by law.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the maximum penalty which may be assessed under this section against any person referred to in G.S. 143-460(29) a shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). Penalties may be assessed under this section against a person referred to in G.S. 143-460(29) a only for willful violations.

(e) The clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-132 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-132
§ 136-132. Condemnation procedure
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this Article, the Department of Transportation shall use the procedure for condemnation of real property as provided by Article 9 of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes .