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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17E-2 — NC Code / Chapter 17E / Section 17E-2
§ 17E-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions apply to this Chapter:

(1) “ Commission ” means the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission.

(1a) “ Critical incident ” means an incident involving any use of force by a law enforcement officer that results in death or serious bodily injury to a person.

(2) “ Office ” or “ department ” means the sheriff of a county, his deputies, his employees and such equipment, space, provisions and quarters as are supplied for their use.

(3) “ Justice officer ” means:

a. A person who, through the special trust and confidence of the sheriff, has taken the oath of office prescribed by Chapter 11 of the General Statutes as a peace officer in the office of the sheriff. This term includes “deputy sheriffs”, “reserve deputy sheriffs”, and “special deputy sheriffs”, but does not include clerical and support personnel not required to take an oath. The term “special deputy” means a person who, through appointment by the sheriff, becomes an unpaid criminal justice officer to perform a specific act directed by the sheriff; or

b. A person who, through the special trust and confidence of the sheriff, has been appointed as a detention officer by the sheriff; or

c. A person who is either the administrator or other custodial personnel of district confinement facilities as defined in G.S. 153A-219 ; however, nothing in this Chapter transfers any supervisory or administrative control over employees of district confinement facilities to the office of the sheriff; or

d. A person who, through the special trust and confidence of the sheriff, is under the direct supervision and control of the sheriff and serves as a telecommunicator, or who is presented to the Commission for appointment as a telecommunicator by an employing entity other than the sheriff for the purpose of obtaining certification from the Commission as a telecommunicator.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-61 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-61
§ 143A-61. The North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame; transfer
Status: reserved

The North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame, as contained in Article 50B of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes and the laws of this State, is hereby transferred by a Type I transfer to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-801 — NC Code / Chapter 160D / Section 160D-801
§ 160D-801. Authority
Status: in_force

A local government may by ordinance regulate the subdivision of land within its planning and development regulation jurisdiction. In addition to final plat approval, the regulation may include provisions for review and approval of sketch plans and preliminary plats. The regulation may provide for different review procedures for different classes of subdivisions. Decisions on approval or denial of preliminary or final plats may be made only on the basis of standards explicitly set forth in the subdivision or unified development ordinance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 39-6-7 — NC Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-6-7
§ 39-6.7. Construction of conveyances to or by trusts
Status: reserved

(a) A deed, will, beneficiary designation, or other instrument that purports to convey, devise, or otherwise transfer any ownership or security interest in real or personal property to a trust shall be deemed to be a transfer to the trustee or trustees of that trust.

(b) A deed or other instrument which purports to convey or otherwise transfer any ownership or security interest in real or personal property by a trust shall be deemed to be a transfer by the trustee or trustees of that trust. This rule of construction shall apply:

(1) Regardless of whether the instrument is signed by the trustee or trustees as such, or by the trustee or trustees purportedly for or on behalf of the trust; and

(2) Regardless of whether the instrument by which the trustee or trustees acquired title transferred that title to the trustee or trustees as such, or purportedly to the trust.

(c) A deed or other instrument by which the trustee or trustees of a trust convey or otherwise transfer any ownership or security interest in real or personal property shall be deemed sufficient:

(1) Regardless of whether the instrument is signed by the trustee or trustees as such, or by the trustee or trustees purportedly for or on behalf of the trust; and

(2) Regardless of whether the instrument by which the trustee or trustees acquired title transferred that title to the trustee or trustees as such, or purportedly to the trust.

(d) The trustee or trustees of a trust may convey or otherwise transfer any ownership or security interest in real or personal property as trustee or trustees even though the deed or instrument by which the trustee or trustees acquired title purported to convey or transfer that title to the trust.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the manner in which title to real or personal property may be conveyed or transferred to or by trustees.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-2 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-2
§ 7A-2. Purpose of Chapter
Status: in_force

This Chapter is intended to implement Article IV of the Constitution of North Carolina and promote the just and prompt disposition of litigation by:

(1) Providing a new chapter in the General Statutes into which, at a time not later than January 1, 1971, when the General Court of Justice is fully operational in all counties of the State, all statutes concerning the organization, jurisdiction and administration of each division of the General Court of Justice may be placed;

(2) Amending certain laws with respect to the superior court division to conform them to the laws set forth in this Chapter, to the end that each trial division may be a harmonious part of the General Court of Justice;

(3) Creating the district court division of the General Court of Justice, and the Administrative Office of the Courts;

(4) Establishing in accordance with a fixed schedule the various district courts of the district court division;

(5) Providing for the organization, jurisdiction and procedures necessary for the operation of the district court division;

(6) Providing for the financial support of the judicial department, and for uniform costs and fees in the trial divisions of the General Court of Justice;

(7) Providing for an orderly transition from the present system of courts to a uniform system completely operational in all counties of the State not later than January 1, 1971;

(8) Repealing certain laws inconsistent with the foregoing purposes; and

(9) Effectuating other purposes incidental and supplemental to the foregoing enumerated purposes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127B-26 — NC Code / Chapter 127B / Section 127B-26
§ 127B-26. Purpose
Status: in_force

This Article is intended to incorporate into State law the rights, benefits, and protections of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, Chapter 50 of Title 50 of the United States Code, and to extend those rights, benefits, and protections to members of the North Carolina National Guard serving on State active duty and to members of the National Guard of other states serving on state active duty who reside in North Carolina. Nothing in this Article is a restriction or limitation on any of the rights, benefits, and protections granted to a servicemember under federal law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 145-25 — NC Code / Chapter 145 / Section 145-25
§ 145-25. State Christmas tree
Status: in_force

The Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) is adopted as the official Christmas tree of the State of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-73 — NC Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65-73
§ 65-73. Validation of certain deeds for cemetery lots executed by suspended corporations
Status: in_force

Any deed for a cemetery lot or lots which was executed prior to January 1, 1979, and which would have been valid if the charter of the grantor corporation had not been suspended at the time the deed was executed, is hereby validated.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 19A-33 — NC Code / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-33
§ 19A-33. Penalty for operation of pet shop, kennel or auction without license
Status: in_force

Operation of a pet shop, kennel, or public auction without a currently valid license shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor subject only to a penalty of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and each day of operation shall constitute a separate offense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-136 — NC Code / Chapter 159 / Section 159-136
§ 159-136. Issuing unit to make and report debt service payments
Status: in_force

The finance officer of each unit having outstanding bonds or notes shall remit the funds necessary for the payment of maturing installments of principal and interest on the bonds or notes to the fiscal agent or agreed upon place of payment in sufficient time for the payment thereof, together with the agreed upon fiscal agency fees, and shall at the same time report the payment to the secretary on forms to be provided by the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-580 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-580
§ 143-580. Definition
Status: in_force

As used in this Article, “ State agency ” means any department, commission, division, board, or institution of the State within the executive branch of government, including The University of North Carolina system, and the Office of Administrative Hearings.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-746 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-746
§ 90-746. Prohibited acts and penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Except as permitted in G.S. 90-745 , it shall be a violation of this Article for any individual not licensed under this Article to practice behavior analysis or to hold oneself out to the public as an individual practicing behavior analysis.

(b) Any individual not licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Article practicing behavior analysis or holding oneself out to the public as an individual practicing behavior analysis in violation of this Article is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Each violation shall count as a separate offense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-171-41 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-171-41
§ 90-171.41. Baccalaureate in nursing candidate credits
Status: in_force

Every graduate of a diploma or associate degree school of nursing in this State who has passed the registered nurse examination shall, upon admission to any State-supported institution of higher learning offering baccalaureate education in nursing, be granted credit for previous experience in the diploma or associate degree school of nursing on an individual basis by the utilization of the most effective method of evaluation to the end that the applicant shall receive optimum credit and that upon graduation the applicant will have earned the baccalaureate degree in nursing.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59B-2 — NC Code / Chapter 59B / Section 59B-2
§ 59B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

In this Chapter:

(1) “ Member ” means a person who, under the rules or practices of a nonprofit association, may participate in the selection of persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association or in the development of policy of the nonprofit association.

(2) “ Nonprofit association ” means an unincorporated organization, other than one created by a trust and other than a limited liability company, consisting of two or more members joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose. However, joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entireties does not by itself establish a nonprofit association, even if the co-owners share use of the property for a nonprofit purpose.

(3) “ Person ” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(4) “ State ” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-16-15 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-16-15
§ 58-16-15. Foreign companies; requirements for admission
Status: in_force

A company organized under the laws of any other of these United States for the transaction of life insurance may be admitted to do business in this State if it complies with the other provisions of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter regulating the terms and conditions upon which foreign life insurance companies may be admitted and authorized to do business in this State, and, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is in sound financial condition and has policies in force upon not less than 500 lives for an aggregate amount of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). Any life company organized under the laws of any other country than the United States, in addition to the above requirements, must make and maintain the deposit required of such companies by Article 5 of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-28 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-28
§ 14-28. Malicious castration
Status: in_force

If any person, of malice aforethought, shall unlawfully castrate any other person, or cut off, maim or disfigure any of the privy members of any person, with intent to murder, maim, disfigure, disable or render impotent such person, the person so offending shall be punished as a Class C felon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32A-19 — NC Code / Chapter 32A / Section 32A-19
§ 32A-19. Extent of authority; limitations of authority
Status: in_force

(a) A principal, pursuant to a health care power of attorney, may grant to the health care agent full power and authority to make health care decisions to the same extent that the principal could make those decisions for himself or herself if he or she had capacity to make and communicate health care decisions, including without limitation, the power to authorize withholding or discontinuing life-prolonging measures and the power to authorize the giving or withholding of mental health treatment. A health care power of attorney may also contain or incorporate by reference any lawful guidelines or directions relating to the health care of the principal as the principal deems appropriate.

(a1) A health care power of attorney may incorporate or be combined with an advance instruction for mental health treatment prepared pursuant to Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 122C of the General Statutes. A health care agent's decisions about mental health treatment shall be consistent with any statements the principal has expressed in an advance instruction for mental health treatment if one so exists, and if none exists, shall be consistent with what the agent believes in good faith to be the manner in which the principal would act if the principal did not lack capacity to make or communicate health care decisions. A health care agent is not subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or professional disciplinary action for any action taken in good faith pursuant to an advance instruction for mental health treatment.

(b) A health care power of attorney may authorize the health care agent to exercise any and all rights the principal may have with respect to anatomical gifts, the authorization of any autopsy, and the disposition of remains; provided this authority is limited to incurring reasonable costs related to exercising these powers, and a health care power of attorney does not give the health care agent general authority over a principal's property or financial affairs.

(c) A health care power of attorney may contain, and the authority of the health care agent shall be subject to, the specific limitations or restrictions as the principal deems appropriate.

(d) The powers and authority granted to the health care agent pursuant to a health care power of attorney shall be limited to the matters addressed in it, and, except as necessary to exercise such powers and authority relating to health care, shall not confer any power or authority with respect to the property or financial affairs of the principal.

(e) This Article shall not be construed to invalidate a power of attorney that authorizes an agent to make health care decisions for the principal, which was executed prior to October 1, 1991.

(f) A health care power of attorney does not limit any authority in Article 5 of Chapter 122C of the General Statutes either to take a person into custody or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a facility.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-312 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-312
§ 106-312. Shipping hogs from cholera-infected territory
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in any district or territory infected by cholera to bring, carry, or ship hogs into any stock-law section or territory, unless such hogs have been certified to be free from cholera either by the farm demonstration agent of the county or some other suitable person to be designated by the clerk of the superior court. Any violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-12-1 — NC Code / Chapter 28A / Section 28A-12-1
§ 28A-12-1. Appointment and term
Status: in_force

There shall be a public administrator in every county, appointed by the clerk of superior court, with the written approval of the senior resident superior court judge of the district in which the appointment is made, for a term of four years.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-255 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-255
§ 115C-255. Liability insurance and waiver of immunity as to certain acts of bus drivers
Status: in_force

The securing of liability insurance and the waiver of immunity as to certain torts of school bus drivers, school transportation service vehicle drivers and school activity bus drivers, is subject to the provisions of G.S. 115C-42 , except when such vehicles are operated with funds from the State Public School Fund.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2900 — NC Code / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-2900
§ 7B-2900. Definitions
Status: in_force

The definitions of G.S. 7B-101 and G.S. 7B-1501 apply to this Subchapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-205 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-205
§ 115C-205. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Article:

(1) The term “community schools advisory council” means a committee of citizens organized to advise community school coordinators, administrators, and local boards of education in the involvement of citizens in the educational process and in the use of public school facilities.

(2) The term “community schools coordinator” means an employee of a local board of education whose responsibility it is to promote and direct maximum use of the public schools and public school facilities as centers for community development.

(3) The term “interagency council” means a committee of agency and organizational representatives appointed by the Governor to work with the Superintendent of Public Instruction concerning the involvement of statewide agencies and organizations with the public schools.

(4) The term “public school facility” means any education facility under the jurisdiction of a local board of education, whether termed an elementary school, middle school, junior high school, high school or union school.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54C-142 — NC Code / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-142
§ 54C-142. Suspension of investment and loan limitation
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any savings bank may, by resolution duly passed at a meeting of the board, request the Commissioner of Banks to suspend temporarily the limitations on loans and investments as they may apply to any particular loan or investment in excess of the limitations of G.S. 54C-130 and G.S. 54C-141 that the savings bank desires to make. Upon receipt of a duly certified copy of the resolution, the Commissioner of Banks may suspend the limitations on loans and investments insofar as they would apply to the loan or investment that the savings bank desires to make, as long as every loan or investment is amply secured and is for a period not longer than 36 months.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-20-30 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-20-30
§ 58-20-30. Financial monitoring and evaluation of clubs
Status: in_force

Each club shall be audited annually, at the Club's expense, by a certified public accounting firm. A copy of the audit report shall be furnished to each member, and to the Commissioner. The trustees shall obtain an appropriate actuarial evaluation of the loss and loss adjustment expenses reserves of the Club, including estimate of losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred but not reported. The provisions of G.S. 58-2-131 through G.S. 58-2-134 , G.S. 58-2-150 , 58-2-160 , 58-2-165 , 58-2-180 , 58-2-185 , 58-2-190 , 58-2-200 , and G.S. 58-6-5 apply to each Club and to persons that administer the Clubs.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-62-11 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-62-11
§ 58-62-11. Construction
Status: in_force

This Article shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose under G.S. 58-62-6 , which shall constitute an aid and guide to interpretation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-62-1 — NC Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148-62-1
§ 148-62.1. Entitlement of indigent parolee and post-release supervisee to counsel, in discretion of Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission
Status: in_force

Any parolee or post-release supervisee who is an indigent under the terms of G.S. 7A-450(a) may be determined entitled, in the discretion of the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission, to the services of counsel at State expense at a parole revocation hearing at which either:

(1) The parolee or post-release supervisee claims not to have committed the alleged violation of the parole or post-release supervision conditions; or

(2) The parolee or post-release supervisee claims there are substantial reasons which justified or mitigated the violation and make revocation inappropriate, even if the violation is a matter of public record or is uncontested, and that the reasons are complex or otherwise difficult to develop or present; or

(3) The parolee or post-release supervisee is incapable of speaking effectively for himself;

and where the Commission feels, on a case by case basis, that such appointment in accordance with either (1), (2) or (3) above is necessary for fundamental fairness.

If the parolee or post-release supervisee is determined to be indigent and entitled to services of counsel, counsel shall be appointed in accordance with rules adopted by the Office of Indigent Defense Services.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1354 — NC Code / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1354
§ 35A-1354. Objections to proposed declaration and gift; fact that incompetent had not previously made similar gifts
Status: in_force

If any objection is filed by one to whom notice has been given under the terms of this Article, the clerk shall bring it to the attention of the judge, who shall hear the same, and determine the validity and materiality of such objection and make his order accordingly. If no such objection is filed, the judge shall include a finding to that effect in such order as he may make. The judge shall not withhold his approval merely because the incompetent, prior to becoming incompetent, had not made gifts to the same donees or other gifts similar in amount or type.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 85B-4-6 — NC Code / Chapter 85B / Section 85B-4-6
§ 85B-4.6. Order directing payment out of Fund; compromise of claims
Status: in_force

(a) Applications for payment from the Fund shall be heard and decided by a majority of the members of the Commission. If, after a hearing, the Commission finds that the claim should be paid from the Fund, the Commission shall enter an order requiring payment from the Fund of whatever sum the Commission shall find to be payable upon the claim in accordance with the limitations contained in this Article.

(b) Subject to Commission approval, a claim based upon the application of an aggrieved person may be compromised; however, the Commission shall not be bound in any way by any compromise or stipulation of the judgment debtor.