FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-8-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-8-1
§ 58-8-1. Mutual insurance companies organized; requisites for doing business
Status: in_force

No policy may be issued by a mutual company until the president and the secretary of the company have certified under oath that every subscription for insurance in the list presented to the Commissioner for approval is genuine, and made with an agreement with every subscriber for insurance that he will take the policies subscribed for by him within 30 days after the granting of a license to the company by the Commissioner to issue policies. Any person making a false oath in respect to the certificate is guilty of a Class I felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-305 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-305
§ 160A-305. Agreements under National Highway Safety Act
Status: in_force

Any city is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the State of North Carolina and its agencies, and with the federal government and its agencies, to secure the full benefits available to the city under the National Highway Safety Act of 1966, and to cooperate with State and federal agencies, other public and private agencies, interested organizations, and individuals, to effectuate the purposes of the act and subsequent amendments thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-36-80 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-36-80
§ 58-36-80. Coverage for damage to rental vehicles authorized
Status: in_force

As used in this section, “property damage” means damage or loss to a rented vehicle in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), including loss of use and any costs or expenses incident to the damage or loss, for which the renter is legally obligated to pay; and “rented” means rented on a daily rate basis for a period of 21 consecutive days or less. The Bureau is authorized to promulgate rates and policy forms for insurance against property damage to rented private passenger motor vehicles. Such coverage may be offered at the option of the individual member companies of the Bureau.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-66 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-66
§ 146-66. Voidability of transactions contrary to Chapter
Status: in_force

Any sale, lease, rental, or other disposition of State lands or of any interest or right therein, made or entered into contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, shall be voidable in the discretion of the Governor and Council of State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-13 — NC Code / Chapter 156 / Section 156-13
§ 156-13. Judgment against owner in default; lien
Status: in_force

In case the person so notified shall make default, any of the others may perform his share of labor and recover against him the value thereof, on a notice to be issued for such default, in which shall be stated on oath made before the clerk the value of such labor, and unless good cause to the contrary be shown on the return of the notice, the court shall render judgment for the same with interest and costs; which judgment shall be a lien upon the lands from the date of the performance of the work.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-194-1 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-194-1
§ 106-194.1. Farm Product Inspection Account
Status: in_force

The Farm Product Inspection Account is established as a nonreverting account within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Interest and other investment income earned by the Account shall be credited to it.

Fees collected under this Article shall be credited to the Account and applied to the costs of administering this Article. Fees credited to the Account from grading and inspection services provided under a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture are subject to any restrictions on use set out in the cooperative agreement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8-807 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-8-807
§ 36C-8-807. Delegation by trustee
Status: in_force

(a) A trustee may delegate duties and powers that a prudent trustee of comparable skills could properly delegate under the circumstances. The trustee shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution in:

(1) Selecting an agent;

(2) Establishing the scope and terms of the delegation, consistent with the purposes and terms of the trust; and

(3) Periodically reviewing the agent's actions in order to monitor the agent's performance and compliance with the terms of the delegation.

(b) In performing a delegated function, an agent owes a duty to the trust to exercise reasonable care to comply with the terms of the delegation.

(c) A trustee who complies with subsection (a) of this section is not liable to the beneficiaries or to the trust for an action of the agent to whom the function was delegated.

(d) By accepting a delegation of powers or duties from the trustee of a trust that is subject to the law of this State, an agent submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-418-15 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-418-15
§ 106-418.15. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article may be cited as the “Livestock Dealer Licensing Act.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-272 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-272
§ 90-272. Operation on unmarried minor
Status: in_force

Any such physician or surgeon may perform a surgical interruption of vas deferens or Fallopian tubes upon any unmarried person under the age of 18 years when so requested in writing by such minor and in accordance with the conditions and requirements set forth in G.S. 90-271 , provided that the juvenile court of the county wherein such minor resides, upon petition of the parent or parents, if they be living, or the guardian or next friend of such minor, shall determine that the operation is in the best interest of such minor and shall enter an order authorizing the physician or surgeon to perform such operation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-2-134 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-2-134
§ 58-2-134. Cost of certain examinations
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall reimburse the State Treasurer for the actual expenses incurred by the Department in any examination of those records or assets conducted under G.S. 58-2-131 , 58-2-132 , or 58-2-133 under any of the following circumstances:

(1) The insurer maintains part of its records or assets outside this State under G.S. 58-7-50 or G.S. 58-7-55 and the examination is of the records or assets outside this State.

(2) The insurer requests an examination of its records or assets.

(3) The Commissioner examines an insurer that is impaired or insolvent or is unlikely to be able to meet obligations with respect to known or anticipated claims or to pay other obligations in the normal course of business.

(4) The examination involves analysis of the company's investment portfolio, a material portion of which comprises a sophisticated derivatives program, material holdings of collateralized mortgage obligations with high flux scores, unusual real estate or limited partnership holdings, high or unusual portfolio turnover, material asset movement between related parties, or unusual securities lending activities.

(b) The amount paid by an insurer for an examination of records or assets under this section shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), unless the insurer and the Commissioner agree on a higher amount. The State Treasurer shall deposit all funds received under this section in the Insurance Regulatory Fund established under G.S. 58-6-25 . Funds received under this section shall be used by the Department for offsetting the actual expenses incurred by the Department for examinations under this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-296 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-296
§ 14-296. Illegal slot machines and punchboards defined
Status: in_force

An illegal slot machine or punchboard within the contemplation of G.S. 14-295 through 14-298 is defined as a device where the user may become entitled to receive any money, credit, allowance, or any thing of value, as defined in G.S. 14-306 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-23-26 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-23-26
§ 58-23-26. Financial monitoring and evaluation of pools
Status: in_force

(a) Each pool shall have an annual audit by an independent certified public accountant, pursuant to Part 7 of Article 10 of this Chapter, at the expense of the pool, and shall make a copy of the audit available to the governing body or chief executive officer of each member of the pool. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the Commissioner within 130 days after the end of the pool's fiscal year, unless that time is extended by the Commissioner. The annual audit shall report the financial position of the pool in conformity with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Commissioner.

(b) Each pool shall have an actuarial evaluation of its loss and loss adjustment expense reserves, including reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses incurred but not reported, performed annually by a qualified actuary. A copy of the evaluation shall be filed with the Commissioner along with the annual audit submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. A “qualified actuary” shall be as defined or prescribed by the Commissioner.

(c) Each pool is subject to G.S. 58-2-131 , 58-2-132 , 58-2-133 , 58-2-134 , 58-2-150 , 58-2-155 , 58-2-165 , 58-2-180 , 58-2-185 , 58-2-190 , 58-2-200 , 58-3-71 , 58-3-75 , 58-3-81 , 58-3-105 , 58-6-5 , 58-7-21 , 58-7-26 , 58-7-30 , 58-7-31 , 58-7-50 , 58-7-55 , 58-7-140 , 58-7-160 , 58-7-162 , 58-7-163 , 58-7-165 , 58-7-167 , 58-7-168 , 58-7-170 , 58-7-172 , 58-7-173 , 58-7-175 , 58-7-179 , 58-7-180 , 58-7-183 , 58-7-185 , 58-7-187 , 58-7-188 , 58-7-192 , 58-7-193 , 58-7-197 , 58-7-200 , Part 7 of Article 10, and Articles 13, 19, and 34 of this Chapter. Annual financial statements required by G.S. 58-2-165 shall be filed by each pool within 60 days after the end of the pool's fiscal year, subject to extension by the Commissioner.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1052 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1052
§ 15A-1052. Grant of immunity in court proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) When the testimony or other information is to be presented to a court of the trial division of the General Court of Justice, the order to the witness to testify or produce other information must be issued by a superior court judge, upon application of the district attorney:

(1) Be in writing and filed with the permanent records of the case; or

(2) If orally made in open court, recorded and transcribed and made a part of the permanent records of the case.

(b) The application may be made whenever, in the judgment of the district attorney, the witness has asserted or is likely to assert his privilege against self-incrimination and his testimony or other information is or will be necessary to the public interest. Before making application to the judge, the district attorney must inform the Attorney General, or a deputy or assistant attorney general designated by him, of the circumstances and his intent to make an application.

(c) In a jury trial the judge must inform the jury of the grant of immunity and the order to testify prior to the testimony of the witness under the grant of immunity. During the charge to the jury, the judge must instruct the jury as in the case of interested witnesses.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-110 — NC Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136-110
§ 136-110. Parties; orders; continuances
Status: in_force

The judge may appoint some competent attorney to appear for and protect the rights of any party or parties in interest who are unknown, or whose residence is unknown and who has not appeared in the proceeding by an attorney or agent. The judge shall appoint guardians ad litem for such parties as are minors, incompetents, or other parties who may be under a disability and without general guardian, and the judge shall have the authority to make such additional parties as are necessary to the complete determination of the proceeding and enter such other orders either in law or equity as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article.

Upon the coming on of the cause for hearing pursuant to G.S. 136-108 or upon the coming on of the cause for trial, the judge, in order that the material ends of justice may be served, upon his own motion, or upon motion of any of the parties thereto and upon proper showing that the effect of condemnation upon the subject property cannot presently be determined, may, in his discretion, continue the cause until the highway project under which the appropriation occurred is open to traffic, or until such earlier time as, in the opinion of the judge, the effect of condemnation upon said property may be determined.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99E-42 — NC Code / Chapter 99E / Section 99E-42
§ 99E-42. Claims arising from weight gain, obesity, associated health conditions, or long-term consumption of food--Limitation on liability
Status: in_force

Except as set forth in G.S. 99E-43 , a packer, distributor, manufacturer, carrier, holder, seller, marketer, or advertiser of a food, as defined in section 201(f) of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 321(f) , or an association of one or more such entities, shall not be liable in any civil action for any claim arising out of weight gain, obesity, a health condition associated with weight gain or obesity, or other generally known condition allegedly caused by or allegedly likely to result from long-term consumption of food. For purposes of this section, a health condition arising from a single instance of consumption shall not be considered to result from long-term consumption of food.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-48-120 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-48-120
§ 58-48-120. Creation of Mutual Fund Account; maintenance of Mutual Fund Account
Status: in_force

(a) The moneys received by the Association pursuant to G.S. 58-48-105(b) shall be deposited in a separate reserve account to be maintained by the Association which shall be designated as the Mutual Reserve Account. The amount in this account shall be equivalent to one and one-half times the contingent liabilities of the Mutual Workers' Compensation Security Fund created pursuant to former G.S. 97-114 existing on December 31, 1992. The amount of this Fund's contingent liabilities and the amount to be deposited into this Mutual Reserve Account shall be determined and approved by the Department.

(b) If the amount received by the Association from the former Mutual Workers' Compensation Security Fund created pursuant to G.S. 97-114 and received by the Association pursuant to G.S. 58-48-105(b) is insufficient to equal one and one-half times the contingent liabilities of the Fund existing on December 31, 1992, the Association shall, over the five years following January 1, 1993, assess the member insurers that are mutual carriers writing workers' compensation insurance in this State at the time of the assessment in the amount it determines necessary to make up the difference between the money received by the Association pursuant to G.S. 58-48-105(b) and one and one-half times the contingent liabilities of the Fund as determined by the Department of Insurance pursuant to G.S. 58-48-120(a) . The assessment under this subsection shall be made in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 58-48-35(a)(3) .

(c) After December 31, 1997, should the balance of the moneys in the Mutual Reserve Account be reduced to less than one and one-half times the contingent liabilities of the account, the Association shall assess all member insurers that are mutual carriers writing workers' compensation insurance in this State at the time of the assessment in an amount necessary to raise the account to an amount equivalent to one and one-half times the contingent liabilities of said account. The assessment under this subsection shall be made in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 58-48-35(a)(3) .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89E-10 — NC Code / Chapter 89E / Section 89E-10
§ 89E-10. Examinations
Status: in_force

(a) Examinations shall be formulated and conducted by the Board at such time and place as the Board shall determine, but shall be held at least annually.

(b) The Board shall determine the fee required for examination.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55D-18 — NC Code / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-18
§ 55D-18. Penalty for signing false document
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person signs a document the person knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-307-5 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-307-5
§ 106-307.5. Livestock and poultry brought into State
Status: in_force

All livestock and poultry transported or otherwise brought into this State shall be in compliance with regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-19 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-19
§ 62-19. Public record of proceedings; chief clerk; seal
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall keep in the office of the chief clerk at all times a record of its official acts, rulings, orders, decisions, and transactions, and a current calendar of its scheduled activities and hearings, which shall be public records of the State of North Carolina.

(b) Upon receipt by the Commission, the chief clerk shall furnish to the executive director copies of all rates, tariffs, contracts, applications, petitions, pleadings, complaints, and all other documents filed with the Commission and shall furnish to the executive director copies of all orders and decisions entered by the Commission.

(c) The Commission shall have and adopt a seal with the words “North Carolina Utilities Commission” and such other design as it may prescribe engraved thereon by which it shall authenticate its proceedings and of which the courts shall take judicial notice. Where an exemplified copy of Commission records and proceedings is required for full faith and credit outside of the State, such records and proceedings shall be attested by the chief clerk, or deputy clerk, and the seal of the Commission annexed, and there shall be affixed a certificate of a member of the Commission that the said attestation is in proper form. Such exemplification shall constitute an authenticated or exemplified copy of an official record of a court of record of the State of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-298 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-298
§ 15A-298. Subpoena authority
Status: in_force

The Director of the State Bureau of Investigation or the Director's designee may issue an administrative subpoena to a communications common carrier or an electronic communications service to compel production of business records if the records:

(1) Disclose information concerning local or long-distance toll records or subscriber information; and

(2) Are material to an active criminal investigation being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-8-24 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-8-24
§ 55-8-24. Quorum and voting
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide for a greater or lesser number or unless otherwise expressly provided in this Chapter, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(b) The quorum of the board of directors provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws shall not consist of less than one-third of the number of directors specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(c) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors or unless otherwise expressly provided in this Chapter.

(d) A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee or subcommittee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless any of the following requirements are met:

(1) The director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the director's arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting.

(2) The director's dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting.

(3) The director files written notice of the director's dissent or abstention with the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or with the corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1377 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1377
§ 35A-1377. Authority concurrent to parental rights
Status: in_force

The commencement of the standby guardian's authority pursuant to a determination of incapacity, determination of debilitation, or written consent shall not itself divest the petitioner or designator of any parental or guardianship rights, but shall confer upon the standby guardian concurrent authority with respect to the minor child.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-166-11A — NC Code / Chapter 163 / Section 163-166-11A
§ 163-166.11A. Notation on provisional ballot
Status: in_force

Whenever a voter is permitted to vote a provisional ballot, the election official issuing the ballot shall annotate in writing or other means on the ballot that it is a provisional ballot.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122D-14 — NC Code / Chapter 122D / Section 122D-14
§ 122D-14. Exemption from taxes
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this Chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State, for their well-being and prosperity and for the improvement of their social and economic conditions, and the Authority shall not be required to pay any tax or assessment on any property owned by the Authority under the provisions of this Chapter or upon the income therefrom.

Any obligations issued by the Authority under the provisions of this Chapter shall at all times be free from taxation by the State or any local unit or political subdivision or other instrumentality of the State, excepting inheritance or gift taxes, income taxes on the gain from the transfer of the obligations, and franchise taxes. The interest on the obligations is not subject to taxation as income.