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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-180 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-180
§ 90-180. Title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known as the North Carolina Veterinary Practice Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 158-17 — NC Code / Chapter 158 / Section 158-17
§ 158-17. Registration of voters; election under supervision of county board of elections
Status: in_force

There shall be no new registration of voters for such an election. Registration shall be open for registration of new voters in said county and registration of any and all legal residents of said county, who are or could legally be enfranchised as qualified voters for regular general elections, shall be carried out in accordance with the general election laws of the State of North Carolina as provided for local elections. Notice of such registration of new voters shall be published in a newspaper circulated in said county, once, not less than 55 days before and not more than 65 days before the election, stating the hours and days for registration. The special election, if called, shall be under the control and supervision of the county board of elections.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-65-40 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-65-40
§ 106-65.40. City privilege license tax prohibited
Status: in_force

A city, as defined in G.S. 160A-1(2) , may not levy a privilege license tax on persons engaged in a business licensed under this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 38B-4 — NC Code / Chapter 38B / Section 38B-4
§ 38B-4. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall apply in this Chapter:

(1) Child trespasser.--A trespasser who is less than 14 years of age or who has the level of mental development found in a person less than 14 years of age.

(2) Possessor.--A person in lawful possession of land, including an owner, lessee, or other occupant, or a person acting on behalf of such a lawful possessor of land.

(3) Trespasser.--A person who enters on the property of another without permission and without an invitation, express or implied.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-5 — NC Code / Chapter 131E / Section 131E-5
§ 131E-5. Title and purpose
Status: in_force

(a) This Part shall be known and may be cited as the “Municipal Hospital Act.”

(b) The purpose of this Part is to authorize municipalities to construct, operate and maintain hospitals and other facilities which furnish hospital, clinical and similar services to the people of this State. It is also the purpose of this Part to authorize municipalities to cooperate with other public and private agencies and with each other. Additionally, it is the purpose of this Part to authorize municipalities to accept assistance from State and federal agencies and from other sources.

(c) This Part provides an additional and alternative method for municipalities to establish facilities that furnish hospital, clinical and similar services. This Part shall not be regarded as repealing any powers now existing under any other law, either general, special or local.

(d) This Part shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-30-290 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-30-290
§ 58-30-290. Claims of residents against insurers domiciled in reciprocal states
Status: in_force

(a) In a liquidation proceeding in a reciprocal state against an insurer domiciled in that state, claimants against the insurer who reside within this State may file claims either with the ancillary receiver, if any, in this State, or with the domiciliary liquidator. Claims must be filed on or before the last dates fixed for the filing of claims in the domiciliary proceeding.

(b) Claims belonging to claimants residing in this State may be proved either in the domiciliary state under the law of that state, or in ancillary proceedings, if any, in this State. If a claimant elects to prove his claim in this State, he shall file his claim with the liquidator in the manner provided in G.S. 58-30-185 and G.S. 58-30-190 . The ancillary receiver shall make his recommendation to the Court as under G.S. 58-30-225 . He shall also arrange a date for hearing if necessary under G.S. 58-30-205 and shall give notice to the liquidator in the domiciliary state, either by certified mail or by personal service at least 40 days prior to the date set for hearing. If the domicilary 1 liquidator, within 30 days after the giving of such notice, gives notice in writing to the ancillary receiver and to the claimant, either by certified mail or by personal service, of his intention to contest the claim, he shall be entitled to appear or to be represented in any proceedings in this State involving the adjudication of the claim.

(c) The final allowance of the claim by the courts of this State shall be accepted as conclusive as to amount and as to priority against special deposits or other security located in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-16 — NC Code / Chapter 156 / Section 156-16
§ 156-16. Petition by servient owner against dominant owner
Status: in_force

Any person owning lands lying upon any creek, swamp, or other stream not navigable, which are subject to inundation and which cannot be conveniently drained or embanked on account of the volume of water flowing over the same from lands lying above, and by draining the same the lands above will be benefited and better drained, such person may by petition apply to the superior court of the county in which the lands sought to be drained or embanked, or some part of such lands, lie, setting forth the particular circumstances of the case, the valuation of the lands to be drained or embanked, and what other lands above would be benefited, and who are the proprietors of such lands; whereupon a summons shall be served upon each of the proprietors, who are not petitioners, requiring them to appear before the court at a time to be named in the summons, which shall not be less than 10 days from the service thereof, and upon such day the petition shall be heard and the court shall appoint three persons as commissioners, who shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, be sworn to do justice between the parties.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-82A-1-1 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-82A-1-1
§ 58-82A-1.1. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Assistant display operator .--An individual who, under the supervision of the display operator, assists with the safety, setup, and discharge of a pyrotechnic display and who is licensed pursuant to this Article.

(2) Event employee .--An individual who works under the supervision of the display operator and who assists with the safety, setup, and discharge of a pyrotechnic display but does not handle the pyrotechnic materials.

(3) Outdoor pyrotechnics display .--A pyrotechnic display that is outdoors and uses 1.4G, 1.3G, 1.2G, and 1.1G pyrotechnics and is a minimum of 75 feet from the audience in accordance with NFPA 1123.

(4) Proximate audience display .--A display of pyrotechnics that occurs within a building or structure or that occurs outside before an audience within 75 feet of the pyrotechnics in accordance with NFPA 1126.

(5) Proximate audience display operator .--An individual who is responsible for the safety, setup, and discharge of the proximate audience display and who is licensed under this Article.

(6) Pyrotechnics .--All fireworks not exempted by G.S. 14-414 and that are used for professional outdoor displays and classified as fireworks by UN0333 (1.1G), UN0334 (1.2G), UN0335 (1.3G), or UN0336 (1.4G) by the United States Department of Transportation under 49 C.F.R. § 172.101 .

(7) Pyrotechnics display operator .--An individual who is responsible for the safety, setup, and discharge of the pyrotechnic display, who is responsible for the supervision of personnel at the pyrotechnic display, and who is licensed under this Article.

(8) Supervision .--The direction and management of the activities of personnel in the safety, setup, handling, and display of an outdoor pyrotechnic display, a proximate audience display, or a flame effect display.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-210-95 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-210-95
§ 90-210.95. Bond of secretary or secretary-treasurer of burial associations
Status: in_force

The secretary or secretary-treasurer of each burial association shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, and for the faithful performance thereof, execute a bond payable to the Board of Funeral Service as trustee for the burial association in some bonding company licensed to do business in this State, to be approved by the Board of Funeral Service. Said bond shall be in an amount not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in the discretion of the Board, for those associations whose assets, as determined by the Board's audit, are ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less. For those associations whose assets, as determined by the Board's audit, are in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), said bond shall be in an amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) plus twenty-five per centum (25%) of all assets over ten thousand dollars ($10,000); provided, however, that the bond required by this section shall not in any event exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). If any association operates a branch or subsidiary and the officers of both associations are the same, for purposes of this section, it shall be treated as one association. Any burial association, with the consent of the Board of Funeral Service, may give a bond secured by a deed of trust on real estate situated in North Carolina, in lieu of procuring said bond from a bonding company. The bond thus given shall not be acceptable in excess of the ad valorem tax value for the current year of the real estate securing said bond. The deed of trust shall be recorded in the county or counties wherein the land lies and shall be deposited with the Board of Funeral Service, name the Board as trustee for the burial association and must constitute a first lien on the property secured by the deed of trust. Said deed of trust shall contain a description of the encumbered property by metes and bounds together with evidence by title insurance policy or by certificate of an attorney-at-law, certifying that said trustor is the owner of a marketable fee simple title to such lands.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25B-2 — NC Code / Chapter 25B / Section 25B-2
§ 25B-2. Responsibility of credit-reporting agency to maintain separate credit histories
Status: in_force

A credit-reporting agency shall, upon written request of a married person, identify within any report delivered by the agency, both the separate credit history of each spouse and the credit history of their joint accounts, if such information is on file with the credit-reporting agency.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-86-70 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-86-70
§ 147-86.70. Policy and definitions
Status: reserved

(a) Policy.--The General Assembly of North Carolina hereby finds and declares that encouraging and assisting individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting individuals with disabilities, as authorized in the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, to maintain health, independence, and a better quality of life is fully consistent with and furthers the long-established policy of the State to provide tools that strengthen opportunities for personal economic development and long-term financial planning.

(b) Definitions.--The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) ABLE account .--An account established and owned by an eligible individual and maintained under this Article. An authorized representative may act on behalf of an account owner.

(2) Account owner .--The person who enters into an ABLE savings agreement pursuant to the provisions of this Article. The account owner must be the designated beneficiary. An authorized representative may act on behalf of the account owner.

(2a) Authorized representative .--An individual or entity authorized to open or manage an ABLE account on behalf of an account owner under the provisions of the federal ABLE Act and federal regulations promulgated under the Act.

(3) Board .--The ABLE Program Board of Trustees established in G.S. 147-86.72 .

(4) Repealed by S.L. 2016-56, § 9(c), eff. June 30, 2016 .

(5) Designated beneficiary .--The eligible individual who established and owns an ABLE account.

(6) Disability certification .--Defined in 26 U.S.C. § 529A(e)(2) .

(7) Eligible individual .--Defined in 26 U.S.C. § 529A(e)(1) .

(8) Federal ABLE Act .--Division B of the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, P.L. 113-295 , the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014.

(9) Repealed by S.L. 2020-48, § 1.4(a), eff. June 26, 2020 .

(10) Qualified disability expense .--Defined in 26 U.S.C. § 529A(e)(5) .

(11) Reserved.

(12) Reserved.

(13) Sibling .--A brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-10-150 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10-150
§ 58-10-150. Statement of actuarial opinion
Status: in_force

Every property and casualty insurance company doing business in this State, unless otherwise exempted by the Commissioner, shall annually submit the opinion of an appointed actuary entitled, “statement of actuarial opinion.” This opinion shall be filed in accordance with the appropriate NAIC Property and Casualty Annual Statement Instructions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-38 — NC Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146-38
§ 146-38. Pending entries
Status: in_force

All entries which have been filed with entry-takers within one year prior to June 2, 1959, or filed more than one year prior to June 2, 1959, but still pending due to the filing of protest to the entry, shall be processed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 146 of the General Statutes as it read immediately prior to June 2, 1959. Every such entry shall be paid for within one year from the date of entry, unless a protest be filed to the entry, in which event it shall be paid for within one year after final judgment on the protest; and all entries not thus paid for shall become null and void, and shall not be subject to renewal. It shall be the duty of both the enterer and protestant to conclude, within 12 months from June 2, 1959, all actions wherein a protest has been filed, and such cases shall be given preference on the dockets of the courts of the State. Any action not so concluded shall be deemed a lapse as to enterer and protestant. It is not the intent of this proviso to void any previous grant of the State of North Carolina, or to divest any vested right, but to terminate all rights accrued on account of an entry wherein no grant has been made. Provided that the resident judge of the superior court or the judge holding the superior courts of the district where the land lies, may, for good cause shown, extend the time within which an action in which a protest has been filed is required by this section to be concluded; but no single extension shall exceed one year in duration. A copy of this section shall be mailed by the Secretary of State to all parties to actions wherein protests have been filed as may be determined by records available in his office, and to all clerks of the superior court of the State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2A-509 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2A-509
§ 25-2A-509. Lessee's rights on improper delivery; rightful rejection
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the provisions of G.S. 25-2A-510 on default in installment lease contracts, if the goods or the tender or delivery fail in any respect to conform to the lease contract, the lessee may reject or accept the goods or accept any commercial unit or units and reject the rest of the goods.

(2) Rejection of goods is ineffective unless it is within a reasonable time after tender or delivery of the goods and the lessee seasonably notifies the lessor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-48 — NC Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97-48
§ 97-48. Receipts relieving employer; payment to minors; when payment of claims to dependents subsequent in right discharges employer
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever payment of compensation is made to a widow or widower for her or his use, or for her or his use and the use of the child or children, the written receipt thereof of such widow or widower shall acquit the employer: Provided, however, that in order to protect the interests of minors or incompetents the Industrial Commission may at its discretion change the terms of any award with respect to whom compensation for the benefit of such minors or incompetents shall be paid.

(b) Whenever payment is made to any person 18 years of age or over, the written receipt of such person shall acquit the employer.

(c) Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith to a dependent subsequent in right to another or other dependents shall protect and discharge the employer, unless and until such dependent or dependents prior in right shall have given notice of his or their claims. In case the employer is in doubt as to the respective rights of rival claimants, he may apply to the Industrial Commission to decide between them.

(d) A minor employee under the age of 18 years may sign agreements and receipts for payments of compensation for temporary total disability, and such agreements and receipts executed by such minor shall acquit the employer. Where the injury results in a permanent disability and the sum to be paid does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) the minor employee may execute agreements and sign receipts and such agreements and receipts shall acquit the employer; provided, that when deemed necessary the Commission may require the signature of a parent or person standing in place of a parent.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-65 — NC Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41-65
§ 41-65. Entireties property conveyed to trusts
Status: in_force

(a) Any real property held by spouses as tenants by the entirety and conveyed (i) to a joint trust or (ii) in equal shares to two separate trusts shall no longer be held by the spouses as tenants by the entirety and shall be disposed of by the terms of the trust or trusts. However, subject to subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of G.S. 41-60(a)(1) shall apply to the property held in trust as if the spouses had continued to hold the property as tenants by the entireties.

(b) The provisions of G.S. 41-60(a)(1) shall apply to the property held in trust as long as all of the following apply:

(1) The spouses remain married.

(2) The property continues to be held in the trust or trusts as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

(3) Both spouses are current beneficiaries of the joint trust if the real property is conveyed to that trust or of each separate trust if the property is conveyed in equal shares to their separate trusts.

(c) If immediately preceding the death of the first spouse to die, the provisions of G.S. 41-60(a)(1) apply to the real property held in trust upon the death of a spouse, the provisions of G.S. 41-60(b)(2) shall apply to the property.

(d) The trustee acting under the express provisions of a trust instrument or with the written consent of both spouses may waive the application of G.S. 41-60(a)(1) as to any specific creditor or any specifically described property including all separate creditors of a spouse or all former tenancy by the entirety property conveyed to the trustee.

(e) For purposes of this section, all of the following apply:

(1) The reference to the real property conveyed to or held in the trust shall be deemed to include the proceeds arising from the involuntary transfer of title of the real property.

(2) The term “ joint trust ” means a revocable or irrevocable trust of which both the husband and wife are the settlors.

(3) The term “ separate trusts ” means revocable or irrevocable trusts of which one spouse is the settlor of one trust and the other spouse is the settlor of the other trust.

(4) The spouses are “beneficiaries” of a trust if they are distributees or permissible distributees of the income or principal of the trust whether or not other individuals are also current or future beneficiaries of the trust.

(f) Notice may be given in a statement in the conveyance of the tenancy by the entireties real property to the trust that the real property is held under this section and that, as of the date of the conveyance, the requirements are met providing for the application of G.S. 41-60(a)(1) protecting the real property from liability for the individual debts of either spouse.

(g) A person entering into a transaction involving real property held in trust under this section may request confirmation from the trustee whether the provisions of G.S. 41-60(a)(1) are met at the time of the transaction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-315 — NC Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62-315
§ 62-315. Failure to make report; obstructing Commission
Status: in_force

Every officer, agent or employee of any public utility, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commission for the purposes of this Chapter, or who shall willfully or unlawfully hinder, delay or obstruct the Commission in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon it, shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, to be recovered in an action in the name of the State. A delay of 10 days to make and furnish such report shall raise the presumption that the same was willful.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 78A-58 — NC Code / Chapter 78A / Section 78A-58
§ 78A-58. Obstruction of investigation
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of a Class H felony if the person willfully does any of the following for the purpose of interfering with the performance of any audit, examination, or investigation by the Administrator under this Chapter:

(1) Makes or causes to be made to the Administrator or the Administrator's designated representative any false or misleading oral or written statement.

(2) Creates, causes to be made, or delivers any record, report, or document knowing that it is false or misleading in any material respect.

(3) Destroys or alters any record, report, or document.

(4) Conceals or secretes any record, report, or document.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1299 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1299
§ 143B-1299. Deposit required
Status: in_force

Each resident of any State veterans home shall pay to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs the cost of maintaining his or her residence at the home. This deposit shall be placed in the North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund and shall be in an amount and in the form prescribed by the Veterans’ Affairs Commission in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Affairs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-297 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-297
§ 20-297. Retention and inspection of certain records
Status: in_force

(a) Vehicles.--A dealer must keep a record of all vehicles received by the dealer and all vehicles sold by the dealer. The records must contain the information that the Division requires and be made available for inspection by the Division within a reasonable period of time after being requested by the Division. A dealer may satisfy the record-keeping requirements contained in this subsection either by (i) keeping and maintaining written or paper records at the dealership facility where the vehicles were sold or at another site within this State provided that the location and the name of a designated contact agent are provided to the Division or (ii) maintaining electronic copies of the records required by this subsection, provided that the Division shall have access to these electronic records from a location within this State. For purposes of this section, the location where dealership written or electronic records are kept and maintained may be owned and operated by a party other than the dealer.

(b) Inspection.--The Division may inspect the pertinent books, records, letters, and contracts of a licensee relating to any written complaint made to the Division against the licensee.

(c) Records Format.--Any record required to be kept and maintained under this section may be converted to electronic form and retained by a dealer in electronic form without retention of the original or any copies of the record in paper or other nonelectronic form.