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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63A-21 — NC Code / Chapter 63A / Section 63A-21
§ 63A-21. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

If any member, officer, or employee of the Authority shall be interested either directly or indirectly, or shall be an officer or employee of or have an ownership interest in any firm or corporation, not including units of local government, interested directly or indirectly, in any contract with the Authority, the interest shall be disclosed to the Board and shall be set forth in the minutes of the Board. The member, officer, or employee having an interest shall not participate on behalf of the Authority in the authorization of any contract. Other provisions of law notwithstanding, failure to take any or all actions necessary to carry out the purposes of this section may not affect the validity of any bonds or notes issued under this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-10-11 — NC Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120-10-11
§ 120-10.11. Judicial proceedings abated
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the initiation of a contest under this Article, any judicial proceedings involving either the contestant or the contestee encompassing the issues set forth in the notice of intent or an answer thereto concerning the election that is the subject of the contest shall abate. The clerk shall file a copy of the notice of intent and final determination with the court in any judicial proceeding pending prior to the filing of the notice of intent.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-558 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-558
§ 143-558. Definition of employing entity
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Part “employing entity” shall have the same meaning as provided in G.S. 143-552(1) and 143-555(2) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1054 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1054
§ 15A-1054. Charge reductions or sentence concessions in consideration of truthful testimony
Status: in_force

(a) Whether or not a grant of immunity is conferred under this Article, a prosecutor, when the interest of justice requires, may exercise his discretion not to try any suspect for offenses believed to have been committed within the prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 , to agree to charge reductions, or to agree to recommend sentence concessions, upon the understanding or agreement that the suspect will provide truthful testimony in one or more criminal proceedings.

(b) Recommendations as to sentence concessions must be made to the trial judge by the prosecutor in accordance with the provisions of Article 58 of this Chapter, Procedure[s] Relating to Guilty Pleas in Superior Court.

(c) When a prosecutor enters into any arrangement authorized by this section, written notice fully disclosing the terms of the arrangement must be provided to defense counsel, or to the defendant if not represented by counsel, against whom such testimony is to be offered, a reasonable time prior to any proceeding in which the person with whom the arrangement is made is expected to testify. Upon motion of the defendant or his counsel on grounds of surprise or for other good cause or when the interests of justice require, the court must grant a recess.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-139 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-139
§ 1-139. Burden of proof of contributory negligence
Status: in_force

A party asserting the defense of contributory negligence has the burden of proof of such defense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-603 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-603
§ 15A-603. Assuring defendant's right to counsel
Status: in_force

(a) The judge must determine whether the defendant has retained counsel or, if indigent, has been assigned counsel.

(b) If the defendant is not represented by counsel, the judge must inform the defendant that he has important legal rights which may be waived unless asserted in a timely and proper manner and that counsel may be of assistance to the defendant in advising him and acting in his behalf. The judge must inform the defendant of his right to be represented by counsel and that he will be furnished counsel if he is indigent. The judge shall also advise the defendant that if he is convicted and placed on probation, payment of the expense of counsel assigned to represent him may be made a condition of probation, and that if he is acquitted, he will have no obligation to pay the expense of assigned counsel.

(c) If the defendant asserts that he is indigent and desires counsel, the judge must proceed in accordance with the provisions of Article 36 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes.

(d) If the defendant is found not to be indigent and indicates that he desires to be represented by counsel, the judge must inform him that he should obtain counsel promptly.

(e) If the defendant desires to waive representation by counsel, the waiver must be in writing in accordance with the provisions of Article 36 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes except as otherwise provided in this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-932 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-932
§ 143B-932. Criminal record checks of providers of treatment for or services to children, the elderly, mental health patients, the sick, and the disabled
Status: in_force

(a) Authority.--The Department of Public Safety may provide to any of the following entities a criminal record check of an individual who is employed by that entity, has applied for employment with that entity, or has volunteered to provide direct care on behalf of that entity:

(1) Hospitals licensed under Chapter 131E of the General Statutes.

(2) Hospices licensed under Chapter 131E of the General Statutes.

(3) Child placing agencies licensed under Chapter 131D of the General Statutes.

(4) Residential child care facilities licensed under Chapter 131D of the General Statutes.

(5) Hospitals licensed under Chapter 122C of the General Statutes.

(6) Licensed child care facilities and nonlicensed child care homes regulated by the State.

(7) Any other organization or corporation, whether for profit or nonprofit, that provides direct care or services to children, the sick, the disabled, or the elderly.

(b) Procedure.--A criminal record check may be conducted by using an individual's fingerprint or any information required by the Department of Public Safety to identify that individual. A criminal record check shall be provided only if the individual whose record is checked consents to the record check. The information shall be kept confidential by the entity that receives the information. Upon the disclosure of confidential information under this section by the entity, the Department may refuse to provide further criminal record checks to that entity.

(c) Foster or Adoptive Parent.--The Department of Public Safety, at the request of a child placing agency licensed under Chapter 131D of the General Statutes or a local department of social services, may provide a criminal record check of a prospective foster care or adoptive parent if the prospective parent consents to the record check. The information shall be kept confidential and upon the disclosure of confidential information under this section by the agency or department, the Department may refuse to provide further criminal record checks to that agency or department.

(d) Fee.--The Department may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it to conduct a criminal record check under this section. The fee may not exceed fourteen dollars ($14.00).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1371 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1371
§ 35A-1371. Jurisdiction; limits
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Subchapter II of this Chapter, the clerk of superior court shall have original jurisdiction for the appointment of a standby guardian for a minor child under this Article. Provided that the clerk shall have no jurisdiction, no standby guardian may be appointed under this Article, and no designation may become effective under this Article when a district court has assumed jurisdiction over the minor child in an action under Chapter 50 of the General Statutes or in an abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding under Subchapter I of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes, or when a court in another state has assumed such jurisdiction under a comparable statute.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-925 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-925
§ 106-925. Cooperative agreements
Status: in_force

In order to more effectively carry out the purposes of this Article, the Department is authorized to enter into cooperative agreement with the federal government and other public and private agencies, and with the owners of forestland.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32C-1-111 — NC Code / Chapter 32C / Section 32C-1-111
§ 32C-1-111. Coagents and successor agents
Status: in_force

(a) A principal may designate two or more persons to act as coagents. A principal may expressly require in the power of attorney that coagents act jointly. If a principal does not expressly require that coagents act jointly, each coagent may exercise the coagents' authority independently without the knowledge, consent, or joinder of any other coagent or coagents. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides and if any one or more coagents resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, or otherwise fails to act, the remaining agent or coagents may continue to act.

(b) A principal may designate one or more successor agents to act if an agent resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, is not qualified to serve, or declines to serve. A principal may grant authority to designate one or more successor agents to an agent or other person designated by name, office, or function. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, a successor agent shall have the following powers and limitations:

(1) The successor agent has the same authority as that granted to the original agent.

(2) The successor agent may not act until all predecessor agents have resigned, died, become incapacitated, are no longer qualified to serve, or have declined to serve.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, an agent that does not participate in or conceal a breach of fiduciary duty committed by another agent, including a predecessor agent, is not liable for the actions of the other agent.

(d) An agent that has actual knowledge of a breach or imminent breach of fiduciary duty by another agent shall notify the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated, take any action reasonably appropriate in the circumstances to safeguard the principal's best interest. An agent that fails to notify the principal or take action as required by this subsection is liable for the reasonably foreseeable damages that could have been avoided if the agent had notified the principal or taken such action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 37A-4-405 — NC Code / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-4-405
§ 37A-4-405. Rental property
Status: in_force

To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from rental property under this section, the trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as rent of real or personal property, including an amount received for cancellation or renewal of a lease. An amount received as a refundable deposit, including a security deposit or a deposit that is to be applied as rent for future periods, shall be added to principal and held subject to the terms of the lease and is not available for distribution to a beneficiary until the trustee's contractual obligations have been satisfied with respect to that amount.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-16-04 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-16-04
§ 55-16-04. Court-ordered inspection
Status: reserved

(a) If a corporation does not allow a qualified shareholder who complies with G.S. 55-16-02(a) to inspect and copy any records required by that subsection to be available for inspection, the superior court of the county where the corporation's principal office, or if none in this State, its registered office, is located may, upon application of the qualified shareholder, summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the corporation's expense.

(b) If a corporation does not within a reasonable time allow a qualified shareholder who complies with G.S. 55-16-02(b) to inspect and copy the records required by that subsection, the qualified shareholder who complies with G.S. 55-16-02(b) and (c) may apply to the superior court in the county where the corporation's principal office, or if none in this State, its registered office, is located for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.

(c) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on their confidentiality, use, or distribution by the demanding qualified shareholder, and it shall also order the corporation to pay the qualified shareholder's costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred to obtain the order unless the corporation establishes that it refused inspection in good faith due to any of the following:

(1) The corporation had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the shareholder to inspect the records demanded.

(2) The corporation required reasonable restrictions on the confidentiality, use, or distribution of the records demanded to which the demanding qualified shareholder had been unwilling to agree.

(d) Repealed by S.L. 2021-106, § 6(e), eff. Oct. 1, 2021 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-258-14 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-258-14
§ 163-258.14. Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot
Status: in_force

The State Board of Elections, in coordination with local election officials, shall implement an electronic free access system by which a covered voter may determine by telephone, electronic mail, or Internet whether:

(1) The voter's federal postcard application or other registration or military-overseas ballot application has been received and accepted; and

(2) The voter's military-overseas ballot has been received and the current status of the ballot.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-216-30 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-216-30
§ 143B-216.30. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall apply throughout this Part unless otherwise specified:

(1) “Council” means the Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(2) “Deaf” means the inability to hear and/or understand oral communication, with or without assistance of amplification devices.

(3) “Division” means the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(4) “Hard of hearing” means permanent hearing loss which is severe enough to necessitate the use of amplification devices to hear oral communication.

(5) “Ring signaling device” means a mechanism such as a flashing light which visually indicates that a communication is being received through a telephone line. This phrase also means mechanisms such as adjustable volume ringers and buzzers which audibly and loudly indicate an incoming telephone communication.

(6) “Speech impaired” means permanent loss of oral communication ability.

(7) “Telecommunications device” or “TDD” means a keyboard mechanism attached to or in place of a standard telephone by some coupling device, used to transmit or receive signals through telephone lines.

(8) “Volume control handset” means a telephone handset or other telephone listening device which has an adjustable control for increasing the volume of the sound being produced by the telephone receiving unit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-7-30 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-7-30
§ 55-7-30. Voting trusts
Status: reserved

(a) One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust (which may include anything consistent with its purpose) and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all owners of beneficial interests in the trust, together with the number and class of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the corporation's principal office.

(b) A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee's name.

(c) Repealed by S.L. 2018-45, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 2018 .

(d) Any limits on the duration of a voting trust shall be as set forth in the voting trust. A voting trust that became effective prior to October 1, 2018, is valid for not more than 10 years after its effective date unless the voting trust is amended to provide otherwise by agreement of the parties to the voting trust. An amendment to a voting trust under this subsection shall bind only those parties signing it. The voting trustee shall deliver copies of the amendment and a list of beneficial owners signing it to the corporation's principal office.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-74 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-74
§ 115C-74. School system defined
Status: in_force

The school system of each local school administrative unit shall consist of 12 years of study or grades, and shall be graded on the basis of a school year of not less than nine months. Schools within the system may be organized in the discretion of the local board of education.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54B-7 — NC Code / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-7
§ 54B-7. Application of Chapter on business corporations
Status: in_force

All the provisions of law relating to private corporations, and particularly those enumerated in Chapter 55, of the General Statutes , entitled “North Carolina Business Corporation Act,” which are not inconsistent with this Chapter, or with the proper business of savings and loan associations shall be applicable to all State associations.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-482 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-482
§ 1-482. Property claimed by third person; proceedings
Status: in_force

When the property taken by the sheriff is claimed by any person other than the plaintiff or defendant the claimant may intervene upon filing an affidavit of his title and right to the possession of the property, stating the grounds of such right and title, and upon his delivering to the sheriff an undertaking in an amount double the value of the property specified in his affidavit, for the delivery of the property to the person entitled to it, and for the payment of all such costs and damages as may be awarded against him, this undertaking to be executed by one or more sufficient sureties, accompanied by their affidavits that they are each worth double the value of the property. A copy of this undertaking and accompanying affidavit shall be served by the sheriff on the plaintiff and defendant at least 10 days before the return day of the summons in the action, when the court trying it shall order a jury to be impaneled to inquire in whom is the right to the property specified in plaintiff's complaint. The finding of the jury is conclusive as to the parties then in court, and the court shall adjudge accordingly, unless it is reversed upon appeal. However, this section shall not be construed to prevent any such intervener or third person from intervening and asserting his claim to the property, or any part thereof, without giving bond as herein required, where such intervener or other third person does not ask for possession of the property pending the trial of the issue.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-451-41 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-451-41
§ 106-451.41. Registration required
Status: in_force

No person shall engage in business as a cotton gin, cotton warehouse, or cotton merchant without first having registered with the Commissioner of Agriculture. This shall include a cotton marketing cooperative or association that performs any of these functions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-315 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-315
§ 1-315. Property liable to sale under execution; bill of sale
Status: reserved

(a) The following property of the judgment debtor, not exempted from sale under the Constitution and laws of this State, may be levied on and sold under execution:

(1) Goods, chattels, and real property belonging to him.

(2) Leasehold estates of three years duration or more owned by him.

(3) Equitable and legal rights of redemption in personal and real property pledged or mortgaged by him, or transferred to a trustee for security by him.

(4) Real property or goods and chattels of which any person is seized or possessed in trust for him.

(5) Choses in action represented by instruments which are indispensable to the chose in action.

(6) Choses in action represented by indispensable instruments, which are secured by any interest in property, together with the security interest in property.

(7) Interests as vendee under conditional sales contracts of personal property.

(b) Upon the sale under execution of any property or interest for which no provision is otherwise made under this article for the furnishing of a deed or other instrument of title, the officer holding the sale shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a bill of sale.

(c) No execution shall be levied on growing crops until they are matured.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-407-17 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-407-17
§ 115C-407.17. Prevention of school violence
Status: in_force

Schools shall develop and implement methods and strategies for promoting school environments that are free of bullying or harassing behavior.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-65-170 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-65-170
§ 58-65-170. Court-ordered indemnification
Status: in_force

Unless a corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a director of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction. On receipt of an application, the court after giving any notice the court considers necessary may order indemnification if it determines:

(1) The director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under G.S. 58-65-168 , in which case the court shall also order the corporation to pay the director's reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered indemnification; or

(2) The director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not he met the standard of conduct set forth in G.S. 58-65-167 or was adjudged liable as described in G.S. 58-65-167(d) , but if he was adjudged so liable his indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses incurred.