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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 19A-36 — NC Code / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-36
§ 19A-36. Penalty for violation of Article by dog warden
Status: in_force

Violation of any provision of this Article which relates to the seizing, impoundment, and custody of an animal by a dog warden shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor and the person convicted thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and each animal handled in violation shall constitute a separate offense.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-303-1 — NC Code / Chapter 115C / Section 115C-303-1
§ 115C-303.1. Public recognition program for teachers who have taught for 40 years
Status: in_force

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop a program to publicly recognize individuals who have engaged in at least 40 years of licensed teaching in North Carolina. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year and annually thereafter, the program shall include public recognition of any qualifying teachers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1409 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-1409
§ 143B-1409. Conditions for providing enhanced 911 service
Status: in_force

No CMRS provider is required to provide enhanced 911 service until all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The CMRS provider receives a request for the service from the administrator of a PSAP that is capable of receiving and utilizing the data elements associated with the service.

(2) Funds for reimbursement of the CMRS provider's costs are available pursuant to G.S. 143B-1405 .

(3) The local exchange carrier is able to support the requirements of enhanced 911 service.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-70-95 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-70-95
§ 58-70-95. Threats and coercion
Status: in_force

No collection agency shall collect or attempt to collect any debt alleged to be due and owing from a consumer by means of any unfair threat, coercion, or attempt to coerce. Such unfair acts include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Using or threatening to use violence or any illegal means to cause harm to the person, reputation or property of any person;

(2) Falsely accusing or threatening to accuse any person of fraud or any crime, or of any conduct that would tend to cause disgrace, contempt or ridicule;

(3) Making or threatening to make false accusations to another person, including any credit reporting agency, that a consumer has not paid, or has willfully refused to pay a just debt;

(4) Threatening to sell or assign, or to refer to another for collection, the debt of the consumer with an attending representation that the result of such sale, assignment or reference would be that the consumer would lose any defense to the debt or would be subject to harsh, vindictive, or abusive collection attempts;

(5) Representing that nonpayment of an alleged debt may result in the arrest of any person;

(6) Representing that nonpayment of an alleged debt may result in the seizure, garnishment, attachment, or sale of any property or wages unless such action is in fact contemplated by the debt collector and permitted by law;

(7) Threatening to take any action not in fact taken in the usual course of business, unless it can be shown that such threatened action was actually intended to be taken in the particular case in which the threat was made;

(8) Threatening to take any action not permitted by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-10-4 — NC Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148-10-4
§ 148-10.4. Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Fund
Status: reserved

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

(1) Division .--Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction.

(2) Fund .--The Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Fund established by this section.

(3) Program .--Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program established under G.S. 148-32.1(b3) [ G.S. 148-32.1(b2) ].

(4) Sheriffs’ Association .--North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association, Inc.

(b) Intent and Purpose.--It is the intent of the General Assembly that the funds in the Fund established by this section be used to reimburse local governments for expenses incurred for housing misdemeanants under the Program, and other related expenses; and to cover administrative costs incurred by the Sheriffs' Association for services provided by it regarding the housing of these misdemeanants.

(c) Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Fund established.--There is created within the Division of Prisons a special nonreverting fund called the Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Fund.

(d) Fund Uses.--Moneys in the Fund may be used for the following:

(1) Reimbursements by the Sheriffs' Association to counties for the costs of housing misdemeanants under the Program, including the care, supervision, and transportation of those misdemeanants.

(2) Reimbursements to the Division of Prisons for the cost of housing misdemeanants transferred to the Division pursuant to G.S. 148-32.1(b3) , including the care, supervision, and transportation of those misdemeanants.

(3) To pay the Sheriffs' Association for administrative and operating expenses pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.

(4) To pay the Division of Prisons for administrative and operating expenses pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.

(e) Repealed by S.L. 2016-94, § 17C.1(b), eff. July 1, 2016 .

(f) Upon notification from the Division of Prisons that an amount owed by a county for safekeeper reimbursements authorized under G.S. 162-39 is more than 120 days overdue, the Sheriffs' Association shall withhold funds from any reimbursements due to a county under this section and transmit those funds to the Division until that overdue safekeeper reimbursement is satisfied.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99E-72 — NC Code / Chapter 99E / Section 99E-72
§ 99E-72. Applicability
Status: in_force

This Article applies to claims arising no later than 180 days after the expiration or rescission of Executive Order No. 116 issued March 10, 2020.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-8-304 — NC Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-8-304
§ 25-8-304. Indorsement
Status: reserved

(a) An indorsement may be in blank or special. An indorsement in blank includes an indorsement to bearer. A special indorsement specifies to whom a security is to be transferred or who has power to transfer it. A holder may convert a blank indorsement to a special indorsement.

(b) An indorsement purporting to be only part of a security certificate representing units intended by the issuer to be separately transferable is effective to the extent of the indorsement.

(c) An indorsement, whether special or in blank, does not constitute a transfer until delivery of the certificate on which it appears or, if the indorsement is on a separate document, until delivery of both the document and the certificate.

(d) If a security certificate in registered form has been delivered to a purchaser without a necessary indorsement, the purchaser may become a protected purchaser only when the indorsement is supplied. However, against a transferor, a transfer is complete upon delivery and the purchaser has a specifically enforceable right to have any necessary indorsement supplied.

(e) An indorsement of a security certificate in bearer form may give notice of an adverse claim to the certificate, but it does not otherwise affect a right to registration that the holder possesses.

(f) Unless otherwise agreed, a person making an indorsement assumes only the obligations provided in G.S. 25-8-108 and not an obligation that the security will be honored by the issuer.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-344-62 — NC Code / Chapter 143B / Section 143B-344-62
§ 143B-344.62. Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council--executive director; staff
Status: in_force

The Council may, subject to appropriations or other funds that accrue to it, employ an executive director to carry out the day-to-day responsibilities and business of the Council. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Council. The executive director, also subject to appropriations or other funds that accrue to the Council, may hire additional staff and consultants to assist in the discharge of the executive director's responsibilities, as determined by the Council.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-480 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-480
§ 105-480. Short title
Status: in_force

This Article shall be known as the First One-Half Cent ( 1 / 2 ¢) Local Government Sales and Use Tax Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-7-26 — NC Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-7-26
§ 55-7-26. Action by single and multiple voting groups
Status: in_force

(a) If the articles of incorporation, a bylaw adopted by the shareholders, or this Chapter provides for voting by a single voting group on a matter, action on that matter is taken when voted upon by that voting group as provided in G.S. 55-7-25 .

(b) If the articles of incorporation, a bylaw adopted by the shareholders, or this Chapter provides for voting by two or more voting groups on a matter, action on that matter is taken only when voted upon by each of those voting groups counted separately as provided in G.S. 55-7-25 . Action may be taken by one voting group on a matter even though no action is taken at the same time by another voting group entitled to vote on the matter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-603 — NC Code / Chapter 120C / Section 120C-603
§ 120C-603. Enforcement by district attorney and Attorney General
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, may investigate complaints of violations of this Chapter and shall report apparent violations of this Chapter to the district attorney of the prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 of which Wake County is a part, who shall prosecute any person or governmental unit who violates any provisions of this Chapter.

(b) Complaints of violations of this Chapter involving the Commission or any member employee of the Commission shall be referred to the Attorney General for investigation. The Attorney General shall, upon receipt of a complaint, make an appropriate investigation thereof, and the Attorney General shall forward a copy of the investigation to the district attorney of the prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 of which Wake County is a part, who shall prosecute any person or governmental unit who violates any provisions of this Chapter.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-130-12 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-130-12
§ 105-130.12. Real estate investment trusts
Status: in_force

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

(1) Captive REIT.--A REIT whose shares or certificates of beneficial interest are not regularly traded on an established securities market and are owned or controlled, at any time during the last half of the tax year, by a person that is subject to tax under this Part and is not a REIT or a listed Australian property trust.

(2) Own or control.--To own or control directly, indirectly, beneficially, or constructively more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power or value of an entity. The attribution rules of section 318 of the Code , as modified by section 856(d)(5) of the Code , apply in determining ownership and control.

(3) REIT.--A trust or another entity that qualifies as a real estate investment trust under section 856 of the Code .

(b) Tax.--The income of a REIT is taxable under this Part in accordance with the Code, unless the REIT is a captive REIT. A captive REIT is required to add to its federal taxable income the amount of a dividend paid deduction allowed under the Code, as provided in G.S. 105-130.5 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-158 — NC Code / Chapter 130A / Section 130A-158
§ 130A-158. Restitution required when vaccine spoiled due to provider negligence
Status: in_force

Immunization program providers shall be liable for restitution to the State for the cost of replacement vaccine when vaccine in the provider's inventory has become spoiled or unstable due to the provider's negligence and unreasonable failure to properly handle or store the vaccine.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-48 — NC Code / Chapter 143A / Section 143A-48
§ 143A-48. Textbook Commission; transfer
Status: reserved

The Textbook Commission, as created by G.S. 115C-87 and the laws of this State, is hereby transferred by a Type I transfer to the Department of Public Instruction.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-418-5 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-418-5
§ 106-418.5. Collection of payment
Status: in_force

Collection of payment for livestock purchased at auction shall be made by the public livestock market on the same date of purchase of the livestock, and the proceeds therefrom shall be deposited by the public livestock market in their custodial account not later than the next banking business day following the date of sale. Collection for livestock purchased by auction shall be made by cash, check, or draft. There shall be no loans made from the custodial account of any public livestock market to any purchaser of livestock at said sales establishment. Payment shall be made by the public livestock market to the seller of livestock at auction not later than one banking business day after the date of sale of the animal or animals.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-2-2 — NC Code / Chapter 143C / Section 143C-2-2
§ 143C-2-2. Collection of State Budget Statistics
Status: in_force

The Director shall coordinate the efforts of governmental agencies to collect, disseminate, and analyze economic, demographic, and social statistics pertinent to State budgeting. The Director shall do all of the following:

(1) Prepare and release the official demographic and economic estimates and projections for the State.

(2) Conduct special economic and demographic analyses and studies to support statewide budgeting.

(3) Develop and coordinate cooperative arrangements with federal, State, and local governmental agencies to facilitate the exchange of data to support State budgeting.

(4) Report major trends that influence revenues and expenditures in the State budget in the current fiscal year and that may influence revenues and expenditures over the next five fiscal years.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-44 — NC Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1-44
§ 1-44. No title by possession of right-of-way
Status: in_force

No railroad, plank road, turnpike or canal company may be barred of, or presumed to have conveyed, any real estate, right-of-way, easement, leasehold, or other interest in the soil which has been condemned, or otherwise obtained for its use, as a right-of-way, depot, station house or place of landing, by any statute of limitation or by occupation of the same by any person whatever.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-186 — NC Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106-186
§ 106-186. Power to employ agents and assistants
Status: in_force

The Board of Agriculture is charged with the execution of the provisions of this Article, and has authority to employ such agents and assistants as may be necessary, fix their compensation and define their duties, and may require bonds in such amount as they may deem advisable, conditioned upon the faithful performance of duties by any employee or agent.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-4-102 — NC Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-4-102
§ 48-4-102. Consent to adoption of stepchild
Status: in_force

Except under circumstances described in G.S. 48-3-603 , a petition to adopt a minor stepchild may be granted only if consent to the adoption has been executed by the adoptee if 12 or more years of age; and

(1) The adoptee's parents as described in G.S. 48-3-601 ; and

(2) Any guardian of the adoptee.

The consent of an incompetent parent may be given pursuant to the procedures in G.S. 48-3-602 .
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-49 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-49
§ 147-49. Disposition of damaged and unsaleable publications
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and empowered to dispose of damaged and unsaleable House and Senate Journals and Session Laws of various years at a price to be determined by the Secretary of State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-68 — NC Code / Chapter 147 / Section 147-68
§ 147-68. To receive and disburse moneys; to make reports
Status: reserved

(a) It is the duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys which shall from time to time be paid into the treasury of this State; and to pay all warrants legally drawn on the Treasurer.

(b) No moneys shall be paid out of the treasury except on warrant or pursuant to an electronic transfer initiated by the State, unless one of the following applies:

(1) There is a legislative appropriation or authority to pay the same.

(2) There is an electronic debit initiated by the federal government or by the government of another state to satisfy a bona fide financial obligation of the State.

(c) It shall be the responsibility of the Treasurer to determine that all warrants presented to him for payment are valid and legally drawn on the Treasurer.

(d) Recodified as G.S. 147-69.12(c) , by S.L. 2016-55, § 4.1(b), eff. July 1, 2016 .

(d1) Repealed by S.L. 2016-55, § 4.1(d), eff. July 1, 2016 .

(d2) Repealed by S.L. 2021-180, § 37.12(a), eff. Nov. 18, 2021 .

(e) The State Treasurer, in carrying out the responsibilities of this section, shall be independent of any fiscal control exercise by the Director of the Budget or the Department of Administration and shall be responsible to the General Assembly and the people of North Carolina for the efficient and faithful exercise of the responsibilities of his office. The State Treasurer, for all other purposes, is subject to Chapter 143C of the General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-58-40 — NC Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-58-40
§ 58-58-40. Misrepresentations of policy forbidden
Status: in_force

No life insurance company doing business in this State, and no officer, director, solicitor, or other agent thereof, shall make, issue, or circulate, or cause to be made, issued, or circulated any estimate, illustration, circular, or statement of any sort misrepresenting the terms of the policy issued by it or the dividends or share of surplus to be received thereon, or shall use any name or title of any policy or class of policies misrepresenting the true nature thereof. Nor shall any such company, agent, or broker make any misrepresentation to any person insured in said company or in any other insurer or governmental agency for the purpose of inducing or tending to induce such person to lapse, forfeit, or surrender his said insurance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-532 — NC Code / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-532
§ 15A-532. Persons authorized to determine conditions for release
Status: in_force

Judicial officials may determine conditions for release of persons in proceedings over which they are presiding, in accordance with this Article.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-44 — NC Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-44
§ 20-44. Authority to grant or refuse applications
Status: in_force

The Division shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle and for a certificate of title therefor, and of any other application lawfully made in the Division, and may in all cases make investigation as may be deemed necessary or require additional information, and shall reject any such application if not satisfied of the genuineness, regularity, or legality thereof or the truth of any statement contained therein, or for any other reason, when authorized by law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 24-1-4 — NC Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24-1-4
§ 24-1.4. Interest rates for savings and loan associations
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a savings and loan association domiciled in North Carolina may charge interest or collect fees with respect to any loan to the same extent as if the provisions of section 501 of Public Laws 96-221 , as interpreted by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board prior to the effective date of this section, were still in effect in North Carolina.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any savings and loan association in North Carolina may contract for interest on any loan, purchase money loan, advance, commitment for a loan or forbearance at any rate permitted by federal law to a savings and loan association the accounts of which are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-10 — NC Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-10
§ 29-10. Renunciation
Status: in_force

Renunciation of an intestate share shall be as provided for in Chapter 31B of the General Statutes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-72 — NC Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-72
§ 54-72. Restriction on holding real estate
Status: in_force

No land mortgage association shall acquire real estate (other than for the occupation of its offices) except to protect its interest in case any of the mortgages owned by it are foreclosed and the property therein described sold to pay the indebtedness secured thereby. All real estate so acquired shall be promptly sold.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126-16 — NC Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126-16
§ 126-16. Equal opportunity for employment and compensation by State departments and agencies and local political subdivisions
Status: in_force

All State agencies, departments, and institutions and all local political subdivisions of North Carolina shall give equal opportunity for employment and compensation, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or genetic information to all persons otherwise qualified.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-449-74 — NC Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105-449-74
§ 105-449.74. Issuance of license
Status: in_force

Upon approval of an application, the Secretary must issue a license to the applicant. A supplier's license must indicate the category of the supplier. An importer's license must indicate the category of the importer. A licensee must maintain and display a copy of the license issued under this Part in a conspicuous place at each place of business of the licensee. A license is not transferable and remains in effect until revoked or cancelled.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-7 — NC Code / Chapter 89C / Section 89C-7
§ 89C-7. Vacancies; removal of member
Status: reserved

The Governor may remove any member of the Board for misconduct, incompetency, neglect of duty, or any sufficient cause, in the manner prescribed by law for removal of State officials. Vacancies in the membership of the Board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the Governor as provided in G.S. 89C-4 .