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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-137-3 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-137-3
§ 20-137.3. Unlawful use of a mobile phone by persons under 18 years of age
Status: in_force

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

(1) Additional technology.--Any technology that provides access to digital media including, but not limited to, a camera, music, the Internet, or games. The term does not include electronic mail or text messaging.

(2) Mobile telephone.--A device used by subscribers and other users of wireless telephone service to access the service. The term includes: (i) a device with which a user engages in a call using at least one hand, and (ii) a device that has an internal feature or function, or that is equipped with an attachment or addition, whether or not permanently part of the mobile telephone, by which a user engages in a call without the use of either hand, whether or not the use of either hand is necessary to activate, deactivate, or initiate a function of such telephone.

(3) Wireless telephone service.--A service that is a two-way real-time voice telecommunications service that is interconnected to a public switched telephone network and is provided by a commercial mobile radio service, as such term is defined by 47 C.F.R. § 20.3 .

(b) Offense.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person under the age of 18 years shall operate a motor vehicle on a public street or highway or public vehicular area while using a mobile telephone or any additional technology associated with a mobile telephone while the vehicle is in motion. This prohibition shall not apply to the use of a mobile telephone or additional technology in a stationary vehicle.

(c) Seizure.--The provisions of this section shall not be construed as authorizing the seizure or forfeiture of a mobile telephone, unless otherwise provided by law.

(d) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply if the use of a mobile telephone is for the sole purpose of communicating with:

(1) Any of the following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response operator; a hospital, physician's office, or health clinic; a public or privately owned ambulance company or service; a fire department; or a law enforcement agency.

(2) The motor vehicle operator's parent, legal guardian or spouse.

(e) Penalty.--Any person violating this section shall have committed an infraction and shall pay a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). This offense is an offense for which a defendant may waive the right to a hearing or trial and admit responsibility for the infraction pursuant to G.S. 7A-148 . No drivers license points, insurance surcharge, or court costs shall be assessed as a result of a violation of this section.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-4-412 — NC Code / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-4-412
§ 36C-4-412. Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively
Status: reserved

(a) The court may modify the administrative or dispositive terms of a trust or terminate the trust if, because of circumstances not anticipated by the settlor, modification or termination will further the purposes of the trust. To the extent practicable, the modification must be made in accordance with the settlor's probable intention.

(b) The court may modify the administrative terms of a trust if continuation of the trust on its existing terms would be impracticable or wasteful or impair the trust's administration.

(c) Repealed by S.L. 2006-259, § 13(e), eff. Oct. 1, 2006 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-31 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-31
§ 20-31. Making false affidavits perjury
Status: in_force

Any person who shall make any false affidavit, or shall knowingly swear or affirm falsely, to any matter or thing required by the terms of this Article to be sworn to or affirmed shall be guilty of a Class I felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-85-15 — NC Code / Chapter 90 / Section 90-85-15
§ 90-85.15. Application, qualifications, and criminal record check for licensure as a pharmacist; prerequisites
Status: in_force

(a) Each applicant for licensure under this Article as a pharmacist shall file an application with the Executive Director on the form furnished by the Board, verified under oath, setting forth all of the following:

(1) The applicant's name.

(2) The applicant's age.

(3) The place at which and the time that the applicant has spent in the study of pharmacy.

(4) The applicant's experience in compounding and dispensing prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist.

(b) The Board shall license an applicant to practice pharmacy if, in addition to completing an application as specified in subsections (a) of this section, the applicant meets all of the following qualifications:

(1) Holds an undergraduate degree from a school of pharmacy approved by the Board.

(2) Has had up to one year of experience, approved by the Board, under the supervision of a pharmacist.

(3) Has passed the required examination offered by the Board.

(4) Has appeared at a time and place designated by the Board and submitted to an examination as to the applicant's qualifications for being licensed. The applicant must demonstrate to the Board the physical and mental competency to practice pharmacy.

(c) The Board shall require each applicant to provide the Board with a criminal record report. All applicants shall obtain criminal record reports from one or more reporting services designated by the Board to provide criminal record reports. The Board shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this subsection privileged, in accordance with applicable State law and federal guidelines, and the information shall be confidential and shall not be a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes . Applicants are required to pay the designated reporting service for the cost of these reports.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-622 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-622
§ 106-622. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to commit a prohibited act under G.S. 106-122 with adulterated grain as defined in this Article and as the particular grain qualifies as adulterated food under G.S. 106-129 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-97 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-97
§ 47-97. Validation of corporate deed with mistake as to officer's name
Status: in_force

In all cases where the deed of a corporation executed before April 1, 2021, is properly executed, properly recorded and there is error in the probate of the corporation's deed as to the name or names of the officers in the probate, the deed has the same force and effect as if the probate were in every way proper.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-323 — NC Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143-323
§ 143-323. Functions of Department of Environmental Quality
Status: reserved

(a) Recodified as § 143B-50.1(b) by S.L. 2019-20, § 4(a), eff. June 3, 2019 .

(b) Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 70, § 32.

(c) Repealed by Laws 1989, c. 751, § 5.

(d) Recodified as § 143B-50.1(c) by S.L. 2019-20, § 4(a), eff. June 3, 2019 .

(e) General.--The Department shall have the following general powers and duties.

(1) To study and to sponsor research on all aspects of local government and of relationships between the federal government, the State and local governments in North Carolina.

(2) To collect, collate, analyze, publish, and disseminate information necessary for the effective operation of the Department and useful to local government.

(3) To maintain an inventory of data and information, and to act as a clearinghouse of information and as a referral agency with respect to State, federal, and private services and programs available to local government; and to facilitate local participation in those programs by furnishing information, education, guidance, and technical assistance with respect to those programs.

(4) To assist in coordinating State and federal activities relating to local government.

(5) To assist local governments in the identification and solution of their problems.

(6) To assist local officials in bringing specific governmental problems to the attention of the appropriate State, federal, and private agencies.

(7) To advise and assist local governments with respect to intergovernmental contracts, joint service agreements, regional service arrangements, and other forms of intergovernmental cooperation.

(8) To inform and advise the Governor on the affairs and problems of local government and on the need for the administrative and legislative action with respect to local government.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-354-9 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-354-9
§ 20-354.9. Remedies
Status: in_force

Any customer injured by a violation of this Article may bring an action in the appropriate court for relief. The prevailing party in that action may be entitled to damages plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. The customer may also bring an action for injunctive relief in the appropriate court. A violation of this Article is not punishable as a crime; however, this Article does not limit the rights or remedies which are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-54-50 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-54-50
§ 58-54-50. Rules for compliance with federal law and regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner may adopt temporary rules necessary to conform Medicare supplement policies and certificates to the requirements of federal law and regulations, including:

(1) Requiring refunds or credits if the policies or certificates do not meet loss ratio requirements.

(2) Establishing a uniform methodology for calculating and reporting loss ratios.

(3) Assuring public access to policies, premiums, and loss ratio information of issuers of Medicare supplement insurance.

(4) Establishing standards for Medicare Select policies and certificates.

(5) Any other changes required by Congress or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or any successor agency.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-108-18 — NC Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-108-18
§ 47-108.18. Registration of certain instruments containing a notarial jurat validated
Status: in_force

A notarial jurat constitutes an acknowledgment in due form for all plats or maps that have heretofore been accepted for filing and registration under G.S. 47-30 as amended. No plat or map heretofore accepted for filing and registration, that contains a notarial jurat instead of an acknowledgment may be held to be improperly registered solely for lack of a proper acknowledgment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116D-13 — NC Code / Chapter 116D / Section 116D-13
§ 116D-13. Other agreements
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer may authorize, execute, obtain, or otherwise provide for bond insurance, investment contracts, credit and liquidity facilities, interest rate swap agreements and other derivative products, and any other related instruments and matters the State Treasurer determines are desirable in connection with the issuance of bonds or notes. The State Treasurer is authorized to employ and designate any financial consultants, underwriters, and bond attorneys to be associated with any bond issue under this Article as the State Treasurer considers necessary.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-34 — NC Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-34
§ 17-34. When party remanded
Status: reserved

It is the duty of the court or judge forthwith to remand the party, if it appears that he is detained in custody, either--

(1) By virtue of process issued by any court or judge of the United States, in a case where such court or judge has exclusive jurisdiction.

(2) By virtue of the final judgment or decree of any competent court of civil or criminal jurisdiction, or of any execution issued upon such judgment or decree.

(3) For any contempt specially and plainly charged in the commitment by some court, officer or body having authority to commit for the contempt so charged.

(4) That the time during which such party may be legally detained has not expired.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 157-40 — NC Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157-40
§ 157-40. Finding and declaration of necessity
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations exist in various areas of the State, and that consequently many persons of low income are forced to reside in such dwelling accommodations; that these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens of the State and impair economic values; that the clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which private property may be acquired; that it is in the public interest that work on such projects be instituted as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes an emergency; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-688 — NC Code / Chapter 160A / Section 160A-688
§ 160A-688. Power of eminent domain
Status: in_force

The Authority shall have continuing power to acquire, by gift, grant, devise, exchange, purchase, lease with or without option to purchase, or any other lawful method, including the power of eminent domain, the fee or any lesser interest in real or personal property for use by the Authority. Exercise of the power of eminent domain by the Authority shall be in accordance with Chapter 40A of the General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-765 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-765
§ 15A-765. Authority and duty of official in charge of institution
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the warden or other official in charge of a penal or correctional institution in this State to give over the person of any inmate thereof whenever so required by the operation of the Agreement on Detainers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47G-1 — NC Code / Chapter 47G / Section 47G-1
§ 47G-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply in this Chapter:

(1) Covered lease agreement or lease agreement .--A residential lease agreement that is combined with, or is executed concurrently with, an option contract.

(2) Cure the default .--To perform the obligations under the lease agreement and/or option contract that are described in the notice of default and intent to forfeit required by G.S. 47G-5 and that are necessary to reinstate the lease agreement and/or the option contract. This term is synonymous with the term “cure.”

(3) Forfeiture .--The termination of an option purchaser's rights to exercise an option to purchase property that is the subject of the option contract, and those rights of persons or entities claiming by or through an option purchaser, to the extent permitted by this Chapter, because of a breach of one or more of the purchaser's obligations under the option contract and/or covered lease agreement.

(4) Option contract or contract .--An option contract for the purchase of single-family residential real property that includes or is combined with, or is executed in conjunction with, a covered lease agreement.

(5) Option fee .--Any payment, however denominated, made by the option purchaser to the option seller that constitutes the price the option purchaser pays for the right to buy the property at a specified price in the future.

(6) Option purchaser or purchaser .--An individual who purchases an interest in property under an option contract, or any legal successor in interest to that individual.

(7) Option seller or seller .--A person or entity that makes a sale of an option by means of an option contract, or the person's or entity's successor in interest. If an option contract is subsequently assigned or sold to a third party, the assignor shall be deemed to be an option seller or seller for purposes of this Chapter.

(8) Property .--Real property located in this State, upon which there is located or there is to be located a structure or structures designed principally for occupancy of from one to four families that is or will be occupied by the purchaser as the purchaser's principal dwelling.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-12-10 — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-12-10
§ 14-12.10. Holding meetings or demonstrations while wearing masks, hoods, etc.
Status: in_force

No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall while wearing a mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, hold any manner of meeting, or make any demonstration upon the private property of another unless such person or persons shall first obtain from the owner or occupier of the property his or her written permission to do so, which said written permission shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which said property is located before the beginning of such meeting or demonstration.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-73 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-73
§ 122C-73. Scope, use, and authority of advance instruction for mental health treatment
Status: in_force

(a) Any adult of sound mind may make an advance instruction regarding mental health treatment. The advance instruction may include consent to or refusal of mental health treatment.

(b) An advance instruction may include, but is not limited to, the names and telephone numbers of individuals to be contacted in case of a mental health crisis, situations that may cause the principal to experience a mental health crisis, responses that may assist the principal to remain in the principal's home during a mental health crisis, the types of assistance that may help stabilize the principal if it becomes necessary to enter a facility, and medications that the principal is taking or has taken in the past and the effects of those medications.

(c) An individual shall not be required to execute or to refrain from executing an advance instruction as a condition for insurance coverage, as a condition for receiving mental or physical health services, as a condition for receiving privileges while in a facility, or as a condition of discharge from a facility.

(c1) A principal, through an advance instruction, may grant or withhold authority for mental health treatment, including, but not limited to, the use of psychotropic medication, electroconvulsive treatment, and admission to and retention in a facility for the care or treatment of mental illness.

(d) A principal may nominate, by advance instruction for mental health treatment, the guardian of the person of the principal if a guardianship proceeding is thereafter commenced. The court shall make its appointment in accordance with the principal's most recent nomination in an unrevoked advance instruction for mental health treatment, except for good cause shown.

(e) If, following the execution of an advance instruction for mental health treatment, a court of competent jurisdiction appoints a guardian of the person of the principal, or a general guardian with powers over the person of the principal, the guardian shall follow the advance instruction consistent with G.S. 35A-1201(a)(5) .

(f) An advance instruction for mental health treatment may be combined with a health care power of attorney or general power of attorney that is executed in accordance with the requirements of [former] Chapter 32A or Chapter 32C of the General Statutes so long as each form shall be executed in accordance with its own statute.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135-44 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-135-44
§ 143B-135.44. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “ Department ” means the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

(2) “ Park ” means any tract of land or body of water comprising part of the State Parks System under this Part, including existing State parks, State natural areas, State recreation areas, State trails, State rivers, and State lakes.

(3) “ Plan ” means State Parks System Plan.

(4) “ Secretary ” means the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources.

(5) “ State Parks System ” or “ system ” mean all those lands and waters which comprise the parks system of the State as established under this Part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-452 — NC Code / Chapter 122C / Section 122C-452
§ 122C-452. Information sharing
Status: in_force

(a) Within three business days of admitting a child into a PRTF, the admitting PRTF shall notify (i) the Department of Public Instruction and (ii) the local school administrative unit in which the child was last enrolled, if known. The PRTF shall request a copy of the child's most current Individualized Education Program and any other available documents related to the provision of appropriate educational services from the local school administrative unit. To the extent practicable, the local school administrative unit shall provide this information within three business days of receiving a request made pursuant to this subsection. Upon withdrawal or discharge of a child, the PRTF shall notify the Department of Public Instruction within three business days of such withdrawal or discharge.

(b) The PRTF and the receiving local school administrative unit shall work together to develop a transition plan, including a revised Individualized Education Program, if necessary, to be implemented upon discharge of the child residing in a PRTF.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202-5A — NC Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-202-5A
§ 14-202.5A. Liability of commercial social networking sites
Status: reserved

(a) A commercial social networking site, as defined in G.S. 14-202.5 , that complies with G.S. 14-208.15A or makes other reasonable efforts to prevent a high-risk sex offender, as defined in G.S. 14-202.5 , from using its Web site to endanger children shall not be held civilly liable for damages arising out of the sex offender's communications on the social networking site's system or network.

(b) Repealed by S.L. 2019-245, § 3(b), eff. Dec. 1, 2019 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86B-64 — NC Code / Chapter 86B / Section 86B-64
§ 86B-64. Requirements for licensure as a laser hair practitioner instructor
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who desires licensure as a laser practitioner instructor pursuant to this Chapter shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Submit an application on a form approved by the Board.

(2) Be an electrologist licensed under this Chapter or a physician licensed under Article 1 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes .

(3) Have practiced laser and light-based treatments actively for at least five years immediately before applying for licensure.

(4) Have at least 100 hours of training in laser and light-based treatments.

(b) When the Board determines that an applicant has met all qualifications for licensure as a laser hair practitioner instructor and has submitted the required fee, the Board shall issue an instructor's license to the applicant.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-498 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-498
§ 105-498. Levy and collection of additional taxes
Status: in_force

Any county subject to this Article may levy one-half percent ( 1 / 2 %) local sales and use taxes in addition to any other State and local sales and use taxes levied pursuant to law. Except as provided in this Article, the adoption, levy, collection, distribution, administration, and repeal of these additional taxes shall be in accordance with Article 39 of this Chapter. In applying the provisions of Article 39 of this Chapter to this Article, references to “this Article” mean Article 42 of this Chapter. The exemption for building materials in G.S. 105-468.1 does not apply to taxes levied under this Article.