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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-155-2 — NC Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-155-2
§ 15-155.2. District attorney to take action on report of Work First Family Assistance and children born out of wedlock
Status: reserved

(a) Upon receipt of such reports as are provided for in G.S. 15-155.1 , the district attorney of superior court may make an investigation to determine whether the mother of an out-of-wedlock child or who is a recipient of Work First Family Assistance, has abandoned, is willfully neglecting or is refusing to support and maintain the child within the meaning of G.S. 14-326 or 49-2 or is diverting any part of the funds received as Work First Family Assistance to any purpose other than for the support and maintenance of a child in violation of G.S. 108-76.1 . In making this investigation the district attorney is authorized to call upon:

(1) Any county board of social services or the Department of Health and Human Services for personal, clerical or investigative assistance and for access to any records kept by either such board and relating to the matter under investigation and such boards are hereby directed to assist in all investigations hereunder and to furnish all records relating thereto when so requested by the district attorney;

(2) The board of county commissioners of any county within his district for legal or clerical assistance in making any investigation or investigations in such county and such boards are hereby authorized to furnish such assistance in their discretion; and

(3) The district attorney of any inferior court in his district for personal assistance in making any investigation or investigations in the county in which the court is located and any district attorney so called upon is hereby authorized to furnish such assistance by and with the consent of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the court is located, which board shall provide and fix his compensation for assistance furnished.

(b) If following the investigation the district attorney has reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of G.S. 49-2 , 14-326 , 108-76.1 1 or any other criminal offense is being or has been committed, he shall send to the grand jury of the county in which he believes the offense is being or has been committed a bill of indictment charging the commission of the offense. Sole and exclusive jurisdiction of offenses discovered as a result of investigations under this section shall be vested in the superior court notwithstanding any other provisions of law, whether general, special or local. Provided nothing in this Article shall be construed to take from the inferior courts any authority or responsibility now vested in them by existing law or to compel the district attorney to again prosecute a crime that has been disposed of in the inferior courts.

(c) Repealed by Laws 1985, c. 589, § 8.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-224 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-224
§ 7A-224. Rendition and entry of judgment
Status: in_force

Judgment in a small claim action is rendered in writing and signed by the magistrate. The judgment so rendered is a judgment of the district court, and is recorded and indexed as are judgments of the district and superior court generally. Entry is made as soon as practicable after rendition.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-166-81 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-166-81
§ 143-166.81. Scope
Status: in_force

(a) This Article provides supplemental pension benefits for all county sheriffs who are retired from the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or an equivalent locally sponsored plan as herein described.

(b) The North Carolina Department of Justice shall administer the provisions of this Article.

(c) The provisions of this Article shall be subject to future legislative change or revision, and no person is deemed to have acquired any vested right to a pension payment provided by this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 68-20 — NC Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-20
§ 68-20. Notice of sale and sale where owner fails to redeem or is unknown; application of proceeds
Status: in_force

If the owner fails to redeem his livestock within three days after the notice and demand as provided in G.S. 68-18 is received or within three days after the determination of the costs and damages as provided in G.S. 68-19 , the impounder shall notify the local Sheriff's office and the Sheriff shall post a notice fully describing the livestock and stating the place, date, and hour of sale on the Web site of the Sheriff's office. After 10 days from such posting, the impounder shall sell the livestock at public auction. If the owner of the livestock remains unknown to the impounder, then, three days after publication of the notice required by G.S. 68-18.1 , the impounder shall notify the local Sheriff's office and the Sheriff shall post a notice fully describing the livestock and stating the place, date, and hour of sale on the Web site of the Sheriff's office. After 10 days from such posting, the impounder shall sell the livestock at public auction. The proceeds of any such public sale shall be applied to pay the reasonable costs of impounding and maintaining the livestock and the damages to the impounder caused by the livestock. Reasonable costs of impounding shall include any fees paid pursuant to G.S. 68-18.1 in an attempt to locate the owner of the livestock. The balance, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the livestock, if known, or, if the owner is not known, then to the school fund of the county where the livestock was impounded.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-285 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-285
§ 143B-285. Environmental Management Commission--meetings
Status: in_force

The Environmental Management Commission shall meet at least once in each quarter and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State at the call of the chairman or upon the written request of at least five members.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-128 — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-128
§ 163-128. Election precincts and voting places established or altered
Status: reserved

(a) Each county shall be divided into a convenient number of precincts for the purpose of voting. Upon a resolution adopted by the county board of elections and approved by the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections voters from a given precinct may be temporarily transferred, for the purpose of voting, to an adjacent precinct. Any such transfers shall be for the period of time equal only to the term of office of the county board of elections making such transfer. When such a resolution has been adopted by the county board of elections to assign voters from more than one precinct to the same precinct, then the county board of elections shall maintain separate registration and voting records, consistent with the procedure prescribed by the State Board of Elections, so as to properly identify the precinct in which such voters reside. The polling place for a precinct shall be located within the precinct or on a lot or tract adjoining the precinct.

Except as provided by Article 12A of this Chapter, the county board of elections shall have power from time to time, by resolution, to establish, alter, discontinue, or create such new election precincts or voting places as it may deem expedient. Upon adoption of a resolution establishing, altering, discontinuing, or creating a precinct or voting place, the board shall give 45 days' notice thereof prior to the next primary or election. Notice shall be given by advertisement in a newspaper having general circulation in the county, by posting a copy of the resolution at the courthouse door and at the office of the county board of elections, and by mailing a copy of the resolution to the chairman of every political party in the county. Notice may additionally be made on a radio or television station or both, but such notice shall be in addition to the newspaper and other required notice. No later than 30 days prior to the primary or election, the county board of elections shall mail a notice of precinct change to each registered voter who as a result of the change will be assigned to a different voting place.

(b) Each county board of elections shall prepare a map of the county on which the precinct boundaries are drawn or described, shall revise the map when boundaries are changed, and shall keep a copy of the current map on file and posted for public inspection at the office of the Board of Elections, and shall file a copy with the State Board of Elections.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-71-16 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-71-16
§ 58-71-16. No return of premium; bond reduction
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rules adopted by the Commissioner under this Article, if, after an agreement has been entered into between a defendant and a surety, the defendant's bond is reduced, the surety shall not be required to return any portion of the premium to the defendant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 142-16 — NC Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142-16
§ 142-16. Governor and Council of State may borrow on note
Status: in_force

The Governor and Council of State may authorize and empower the State Treasurer in the intervals between sessions of the General Assembly, to borrow money on short term notes to meet any emergency arising from the destruction of the State's property, whether used by department or institution, or from some unforeseen calamity not amounting to its destruction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-30-190 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-30-190
§ 58-30-190. Proof of claim
Status: in_force

(a) Proof of claim shall consist of a statement signed by the claimant that includes all of the following that are applicable:

(1) The particulars of the claim, including the consideration given for it;

(2) The identity and amount of the security on the claim;

(3) The payments made on the debt, if any;

(4) That the sum claimed is justly owing and that there is no setoff, counterclaim, or defense to the claim;

(5) Any right of priority of payment or other specific right asserted by the claimant;

(6) A copy of the written instrument that is the foundation of the claim; and

(7) The name and address of the claimant and any attorney who represents him.

(b) No claim need be considered or allowed if it does not contain all the information in subsection (a) of this section that may be applicable. The liquidator may require that a prescribed form be used, and may require that other information and documents be included.

(c) At any time the liquidator may request the claimant to present information or evidence supplementary to that required under subsection (a) of this section; and may take testimony under oath, require production of affidavits or depositions, or otherwise obtain additional information or evidence.

(d) No judgment or order against an insured or the insurer entered after the date of filing of a successful petition for liquidation, and no judgment or order against an insured or the insurer entered at any time by default or by collusion, need be considered as evidence of liability or of amount of damages. No judgment or order against an insured or the insurer entered within four months before the filing of the petition need be considered as evidence of liability or of the amount of damages.

(e) All claims of a guaranty association or foreign guaranty association shall be in such form and contain such substantiation as may be agreed to by the association and the liquidator; and failing such agreement as ordered by the Court.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-25-6 — NC Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-25-6
§ 42-25.6. Manner of ejectment of residential tenants
Status: in_force

It is the public policy of the State of North Carolina, in order to maintain the public peace, that a residential tenant shall be evicted, dispossessed or otherwise constructively or actually removed from his dwelling unit only in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Article 3 or Article 7 of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-7-507 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-7-507
§ 25-7-507. Warranties on negotiation or delivery of document of title
Status: in_force

If a person negotiates or delivers a document of title for value, otherwise than as a mere intermediary under G.S. 25-7-508 , unless otherwise agreed, the transferor, in addition to any warranty made in selling or leasing the goods, warrants to its immediate purchaser only that:

(1) The document is genuine;

(2) The transferor does not have knowledge of any fact that would impair the document's validity or worth; and

(3) The negotiation or delivery is rightful and fully effective with respect to the title to the document and the goods it represents.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-249 — NC Code / Chapter 153A / Section 153A-249
§ 153A-249. Hospital services
Status: in_force

A county may provide and support hospital services pursuant to Chapters 122C, 131 [FN1] and 131E of the General Statutes .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53C-4-5 — NC Code / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-4-5
§ 53C-4-5. Qualifications of bank directors
Status: in_force

(a) At least three-fourths of the directors of a bank shall be citizens of the United States of America.

(b) A director must satisfy eligibility requirements for bank directors imposed by federal law, including Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1829(a) .

(c) Following a director's election or appointment as a director, the director shall, solely for purposes of any action or proceeding that may thereafter be brought by the Commissioner, and on a form satisfactory to the Commissioner, do all of the following:

(1) Consent to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner and the General Court of Justice for the State of North Carolina in any such action or proceeding.

(2) Consent to venue in Wake County, North Carolina, in any such action or proceeding.

(3) Unless the director appoints an agent pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, appoint the Commissioner as the director's agent for service of process in any such action or proceeding and authorize and instruct the Commissioner or the Commissioner's duly appointed deputy or agent to accept service of process for the director in any such action or proceeding.

(d) When service of legal process in an action or proceeding brought by the Commissioner is made on a director by service and acceptance of service of process in the manner provided in subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of this section, the Commissioner shall, within three business days thereafter, give notice to the director of such service and acceptance of service of process by depositing a copy of the process served and accepted, together with any pleading, order, or other item accompanying the process, with a “designated delivery service” as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 7502(f)(2) and directed to the director's last known address in the Commissioner's records. The Commissioner shall keep a record which shall show the day and hour of such acceptance of service of process, any pleading, order, or other item accompanying the process, and the date upon which the above notice was given. When service of process is made pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of this section, the time within which the director may file a responsive pleading or similar response, as provided by Chapter 1A or Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, shall be extended by 12 days.

(e) The consent and appointment described in subsections (c) and (f) of this section shall be deemed irrevocable and shall not be affected by the termination of the director's service as a director.

(f) In lieu of meeting the requirements of subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of this section, a director may appoint an agent for service of such process in Wake County, North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2-703 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2-703
§ 25-2-703. Seller's remedies in general
Status: in_force

Where the buyer wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment due on or before delivery or repudiates with respect to a part or the whole, then with respect to any goods directly affected and, if the breach is of the whole contract ( G.S. 25-2-612 ), then also with respect to the whole undelivered balance, the aggrieved seller may

(a) withhold delivery of such goods;

(b) stop delivery by any bailee as hereafter provided ( G.S. 25-2-705 );

(c) proceed under the next section [ G.S. 25-2-704 ] respecting goods still unidentified to the contract;

(d) resell and recover damages as hereafter provided ( G.S. 25-2-706 );

(e) recover damages for nonacceptance ( G.S. 25-2-708 ) or in a proper case the price ( G.S. 25-2-709 );

(f) cancel.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-1-42 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-1-42
§ 55-1-42. Number of shareholders
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this Chapter, the following identified as a shareholder in a corporation's current record of shareholders constitutes one shareholder:

(1) All co-owners of the same shares;

(2) A corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or other entity;

(3) The trustees, guardians, custodians, or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate, or account.

(b) For purposes of this Chapter, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 164-12 — NC Code / Chapter 164 / Section 164-12
§ 164-12. Creation; name
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created and established a commission to be known as “The General Statutes Commission.”

(b) The Commission shall be located within the General Assembly for administrative purposes only.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309-52 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-309-52
§ 130A-309.52. Findings; purpose
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds that:

(1) Scrap tire disposal poses a unique and troublesome solid waste management problem.

(2) Scrap tires are a usable resource that may be recycled for energy value.

(3) Uncontrolled disposal of scrap tires may create a public health and safety problem because tire piles act as breeding sites for mosquitoes and other disease-transmitting vectors, pose substantial fire hazards, and present a difficult disposal problem for landfills.

(4) A significant number of scrap tires are illegally dumped in North Carolina.

(5) It is in the State's best interest to encourage efforts to recycle or recover resources from scrap tires.

(6) It is desirable to allow units of local government to control tire disposal for themselves and to encourage multicounty, regional approaches to scrap tire disposal and collection.

(7) It is desirable to encourage reduction in the volume of scrap tires being disposed of at public sanitary landfills.

(b) The purpose of this Part is to provide statewide guidelines and structure for the environmentally safe disposal of scrap tires to be administered through units of local government.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215-25A — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-215-25A
§ 143-215.25A. Exempt dams
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Part, this Part does not apply to any dam:

(1) Constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, or another agency of the United States government, when the agency designed or approved plans for the dam and supervised its construction.

(2) Constructed with financial assistance from the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service, when that agency designed or approved plans for the dam and supervised its construction.

(3) Licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or for which a license application is pending with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(4) For use in connection with electric generating facilities regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

(5) Under a single private ownership that provides protection only to land or other property under the same ownership and that does not pose a threat to human life or property below the dam.

(6) That is less than 25 feet in height or that has an impoundment capacity of less than 50 acre-feet, unless the Department determines that failure of the dam could result in loss of human life or significant damage to property below the dam.

(7) Constructed for and maintains the purpose of providing water for agricultural use, when a person who is licensed as a professional engineer or is employed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, county, or local Soil and Water Conservation District, and has federal engineering job approval authority under Chapter 89C of the General Statutes designed or approved plans for the dam, supervised its construction, and registered the dam with the Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources of the Department prior to construction of the dam. This exemption shall not apply to dams that are determined to be high-hazard by the Department.

(8) That is less than 20 feet in height or that has an impoundment capacity of less than 15 acre-feet, when a qualified engineer who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department experience in dam design conducts dam failure analyses based on both storm-induced failure and normal weather geologic, structural, or seismic failure scenarios and determines that the dam is not a high hazard dam.

(b) The exemption from this Part for a dam described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section does not apply after the supervising federal agency relinquishes authority for the operation and maintenance of the dam to a local entity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 40A-56 — NC Code / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-56
§ 40A-56. Refund of deposit
Status: in_force

In the event the amount of the final judgment is less than the amount deposited by the condemnor pursuant to the provisions of this Article, the condemnor shall be entitled to recover the excess of the amount of the deposit over the amount of the final judgment and court costs incident thereto. In the event there are not sufficient funds on deposit to cover said excess, the condemnor shall be entitled to a judgment for said sum against the person or persons having received said deposit.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-110-7 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-110-7
§ 54-110.7. Right of set-off; security interest
Status: in_force

(a) The corporate credit union shall have a right of immediate set-off against the balances of the share and deposit accounts of each member for any amounts due from the member to the corporate credit union.

(b) The corporate credit union shall have a lien on all share and deposit accounts of each member in the amount of the total indebtedness of the member to the corporate credit union. The lien created herein shall attach to such accounts and be effective whenever the member is indebted to the corporate credit union. The lien shall have priority over any interests of all members and unsecured creditors of the member credit unions of the corporate credit union.

(c) The board of directors or credit committee may require and accept additional security for loans to a member in the form of a pledge, assignment, hypothecation or mortgage of any assets of the member or a guarantor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-276 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-276
§ 136-276. Usage contracts
Status: in_force

A usage contract entered into between the Authority and a carrier is not a public record within the meaning of G.S. 132-1 . For purposes of this section, the term “ usage contract ” means a contract or agreement that contains terms and conditions involving terminal services related to maritime activities, including dockage, wharfage, cargo handling, storage, ro-ro service, transportation drayage, and other miscellaneous port services.