reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
NC Gen Stat § 159E-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159E - Registered Public Obligations Act|§ 159E-11 - Public records; locations.

 159E-11. Public records; locations.(a) Records, with regard to the ownership of or security interests in registered public obligations, are not subject to inspection or copying under any law of this State relating to the right of the public to inspect or copy public records, notwithstanding any law to the contrary. This provision shall not exempt from public inspection records of ownership of a public entity's own holdings in this type of security.(b) Registration records of the issuer may be maintained at such locations within or without this State as the issuer shall determine. (1983, c. 322, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 159E-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159E - Registered Public Obligations Act|§ 159E-12 - Applicability; determination.

 159E-12. Applicability; determination.(a) Unless at any time prior to or at original issuance of a registered public obligation the official or official body of the issuer determines otherwise, this Chapter shall be applicable to such registered public obligation notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary. When this Chapter is applicable, no contrary provision shall apply.(b) Nothing in this Chapter limits or prevents issuance of obligations in any other form or manner authorized by law.(c) Unless determined otherwise pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable with respect to obligations which have heretofore been approved by vote, referendum or hearing authorizing or permitting the authorization of obligations in bearer and registered form, or in bearer form only, and such obligations need not be resubmitted for a further vote, referendum or hearing for the purpose of authorizing or permitting the authorization of registered public obligations pursuant to this Chapter. (1983, c. 322, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 159E-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159E - Registered Public Obligations Act|§ 159E-13 - Construction.

 159E-13. Construction.This Chapter shall be construed in conjunction with the Uniform Commercial Code and the principles of contract law relative to the registration and transfer of obligations. (1983, c. 322, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 159E-14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159E - Registered Public Obligations Act|§ 159E-14 - Amendment or repeal; effect.

 159E-14. Amendment or repeal; effect.The State hereby covenants with the owners of any registered public obligations that it will not amend or repeal this Chapter if the effect may be to impair the exemption from income taxation of interest on registered public obligations. (1983, c. 322, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 159E-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159E - Registered Public Obligations Act|§ 159E-15 - Severability.

 159E-15. Severability.If any provision or the application of any provision of this Chapter shall be invalid, such shall not affect the validity of other provisions or other applications, it hereby being declared that the provisions or the applications of this Chapter are separable and this Chapter would have been enacted with the invalid provision omitted or without the invalid application in any event. (1983, c. 322, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 159I-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159I - Solid Waste Management Loan Program and Local Government Special Obligation Bonds|§ 159I-30 - Reenacted, recodified and rewritten as G.S. 159-146 by Session Laws 2020-3, s. 4.30(a), effective retroactively to July 1, 2019.

 159I-30: Reenacted, recodified and rewritten as G.S. 159-146 by Session Laws 2020-3, s. 4.30(a), effective retroactively to July 1, 2019.
NC Gen Stat § 168A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-1 - Title.

 168A-1. Title.This Chapter may be cited as the North Carolina Persons With Disabilities Protection Act. (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-2 - Statement of purpose.

 168A-2. Statement of purpose.(a) The purpose of this Chapter is to ensure equality of opportunity, to promote independent living, self-determination, and economic self-sufficiency, and to encourage and enable all persons with disabilities to participate fully to the maximum extent of their abilities in the social and economic life of the State, to engage in remunerative employment, to use available public accommodations and public services, and to otherwise pursue their rights and privileges as inhabitants of this State.(b) The General Assembly finds that: the practice of discrimination based upon a disabling condition is contrary to the public interest and to the principles of freedom and equality of opportunity; the practice of discrimination on the basis of a disabling condition threatens the rights and proper privileges of the inhabitants of this State; and such discrimination results in a failure to realize the productive capacity of individuals to their fullest extent. (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1; 2002-163, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-4 - Reasonable accommodation duties.

 168A-4. Reasonable accommodation duties.(a) A qualified person with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation must apprise the employer, employment agency, labor organization, place of public accommodation, or covered governmental entity of his or her disabling condition, submit any necessary medical documentation, make suggestions for such possible accommodations as are known to such person with a disability, and cooperate in any ensuing discussion and evaluation aimed at determining possible or feasible accommodations.(b) Once a qualified person with a disability has requested an accommodation, or if a potential accommodation is obvious in the circumstances, an employer, employment agency, labor organization, place of public accommodation, or covered governmental entity shall investigate whether there are reasonable accommodations that can be made and make reasonable accommodations as defined in G.S. 168A-3(10).  (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1; 2011-94, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-6 - Discrimination in public accommodations.

 168A-6. Discrimination in public accommodations.It is a discriminatory practice for a person to deny a qualified person with a disability the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation on the basis of a disabling condition. In the area of structural modifications, this section may be satisfied by compliance with the North Carolina Building Code. (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-7 - Discrimination in public service.

 168A-7. Discrimination in public service.(a) It is a discriminatory practice for a covered governmental entity to exclude a qualified person with a disability from participation in or deny the benefits of services, programs, or activities because of a disability or to refuse to provide reasonable accommodations, including auxiliary aids and services necessary for a known qualified person with a disability to use or benefit from existing public services operated by such entity; provided that the accommodations do not impose an undue hardship on the entity involved. This subsection includes equivalent services provided via information technology.(b) A covered governmental entity shall administer its services, programs, and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of persons with disabilities.  (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1; 2002-163, s. 3; 2011-94, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-8 - Discrimination in public transportation.

 168A-8. Discrimination in public transportation.It is a discriminatory practice for any transportation system providing transportation to the general public to fail to ensure access to and the benefits of public transportation to a qualified person with a disability; however, public transportation systems may use alternative methods to provide transportation for persons with a disability, as long as persons with a disability are offered transportation that, in relation to the transportation offered to other persons, is:(1) In a similar geographic area of operation;(2) For fares not greater in price;(3) With similar or no restrictions as to trip purpose;(4) With reasonable response time; and(5) With similar hours of operations.Nothing in this section shall apply to privately owned, local transit or transportation systems existing on October 1, 1985, or to interstate air carriers complying with federal regulations promulgated by the Civil Aeronautics Board and administered by the United States Department of Transportation. (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-9 - Affirmative defenses.

 168A-9. Affirmative defenses.Any employer may assert affirmative defenses in any action brought under this Chapter. This section shall not create any inference that an employment action which is not listed as an affirmative defense is therefore, by implication, a discriminatory practice, so long as the employment action is not otherwise prohibited by this Chapter. The following is a non-exclusive list of affirmative defenses:(1) The failure of the qualified person with a disability to comply with or meet the employer's work rules and policies or performance standards, absent a reasonable accommodation excusing noncompliance, provided that the person is not held to rules or standards different from other employees without a disability similarly employed;(2) The excessive, willful or habitual tardiness or absence of a qualified person with a disability, absent a reasonable accommodation that allows for flexible working hours, provided that the standard used by the employer in determining whether such tardiness or absence is excessive is the same as that applied by the employer to employees without a disability similarly employed; or(3) A bona fide seniority or merit system, or a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of work or production, or differences in location of employment.  (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1; 2011-94, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-10 - Retaliation prohibited.

 168A-10. Retaliation prohibited.(a) No employer shall discharge, expel, refuse to hire, or otherwise discriminate against any person or applicant for employment, nor shall any employment agency discriminate against any person, nor shall a labor organization discriminate against any member or applicant for membership because the person has opposed any practice made a discriminatory practice by this Chapter or because the person has testified, assisted or participated in any manner in proceedings under this Chapter.(b) No entity or person covered under this Chapter shall retaliate against or coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with a person who exercises rights under this Chapter or assists a person in exercising the person's rights under this Chapter.  (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 2011-94, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-10.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-10.1 - Dispute resolution in public services discrimination cases.

 168A-10.1. Dispute resolution in public services discrimination cases.The North Carolina Office on the Americans with Disabilities Act shall adopt rules to provide a consistent and comprehensive mechanism for accommodating requests regarding accessibility to public services, and shall adopt dispute resolution procedures to govern responsiveness to those requests. This section does not authorize the North Carolina Office on the Americans with Disabilities Act to adopt rules or procedures that apply to the resolution of matters constituting grounds for a contested case under Chapter 126 of the General Statutes. (2002-163, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-11 - Civil action.

 168A-11. Civil action.(a) A person with a disability aggrieved by a discriminatory practice prohibited by G.S. 168A-5 through 168A-8, or a person aggrieved by conduct prohibited by G.S. 168A-10, may bring a civil action to enforce rights granted or protected by this Chapter against any person described in G.S. 168A-5 through 168A-8 or in G.S. 168A-10 who is alleged to have committed such practices or engaged in such conduct. The action shall be commenced in superior court in the county where the alleged discriminatory practice or prohibited conduct occurred or where the plaintiff or defendant resides. Such action shall be tried to the court without a jury.(b) Any relief granted by the court shall be limited to declaratory and injunctive relief, including orders to hire or reinstate an aggrieved person or admit such person to a labor organization. In a civil action brought to enforce provisions of this Chapter relating to employment, the court may award back pay. Any such back pay liability shall not accrue from a date more than two years prior to the filing of an action under this Chapter. Interim earnings or amounts earnable with reasonable diligence by the aggrieved person shall operate to reduce the back pay otherwise allowable.(c) No court shall have jurisdiction over an action filed under this Chapter where the plaintiff has commenced federal judicial or administrative proceedings under Section 503 or Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 793 and 794, as amended, or federal regulations promulgated under those sections; or under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12101, et seq., as amended, or federal regulations promulgated under that Act, involving or arising out of the facts and circumstances involved in the alleged discriminatory practice under this Chapter. If such proceedings are commenced after a civil action has been commenced under this Chapter, the State court's jurisdiction over the civil action shall end and the action shall be forthwith dismissed.(d) In any civil action brought under this Chapter, the court, in its discretion, may award reasonable attorney's fees to the substantially prevailing party as part of costs. (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 168A-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 168A - Persons with Disabilities Protection Act|§ 168A-12 - Statute of limitations.

 168A-12. Statute of limitations.A civil action regarding employment discrimination brought pursuant to this Chapter shall be commenced within 180 days after the date on which the aggrieved person became aware of or, with reasonable diligence, should have become aware of the alleged discriminatory practice or prohibited conduct. A civil action brought pursuant to this Chapter regarding any other complaint of discrimination shall be commenced within two years after the date on which the aggrieved person became aware of or, with reasonable diligence, should have become aware of the alleged discriminatory practice or prohibited conduct. (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 1 - Definitions.|§ 1-1 - Remedies.

 1-1. Remedies.Remedies in the courts of justice are divided into -(1) Actions.(2) Special proceedings. (C.C.P., s. 1; Code, s. 125; Rev., s. 346; C.S., s. 391.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 1 - Definitions.|§ 1-2 - Actions.

 1-2. Actions.An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment or prevention of a public offense. (C.C.P., s. 2; 1868-9, c. 277, s. 2; Code, s. 126; Rev., s. 347; C.S., s. 392.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 1 - Definitions.|§ 1-3 - Special proceedings.

 1-3. Special proceedings.Every other remedy is a special proceeding. (C.C.P., s. 3; Code, s. 127; Rev., s. 348; C.S., s. 393.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 1 - Definitions.|§ 1-4 - Kinds of actions.

 1-4. Kinds of actions.Actions are of two kinds -(1) Civil.(2) Criminal. (C.C.P., s. 4; Code, s. 128; Rev., s. 349; C.S., s. 394.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 1 - Definitions.|§ 1-5 - Criminal action.

 1-5. Criminal action.A criminal action is -(1) An action prosecuted by the State as a party, against a person charged with a public offense, for the punishment thereof.(2) An action prosecuted by the State, at the instance of an individual, to prevent an apprehended crime against his person or property. (Const., art. 4, s. 1; C.C.P., s. 5; Code, s. 129; Rev., s. 350; C.S., s. 395.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 1 - Definitions.|§ 1-6 - Civil action.

 1-6. Civil action.Every other is a civil action. (C.C.P., s. 6; Code, s. 130; Rev., s. 351; C.S., s. 396.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 1 - Definitions.|§ 1-7 - When court means clerk.

 1-7. When court means clerk.In the following sections which confer jurisdiction or power, or impose duties, where the words "superior court," or "court," in reference to a superior court are used, they mean the clerk of the superior court, unless otherwise specially stated, or unless reference is made to a regular session of the court, in which cases the judge of the court alone is meant. (C.C.P., s. 9; Code, s. 132; Rev., s. 352; C.S., s. 397; 1971, c. 381, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 2 - General Provisions.|§ 1-8 - Remedies not merged.

 1-8. Remedies not merged.Where the violation of a right admits both of a civil and a criminal remedy, the right to prosecute the one is not merged in the other. (C.C.P., s. 7; Code, s. 131; Rev., s. 353; C.S., s. 398.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 2 - General Provisions.|§ 1-10 - Plaintiff and defendant.

 1-10. Plaintiff and defendant.In civil actions the party complaining is the plaintiff, and the adverse party the defendant. (C.C.P., s. 13; Code, s. 134; Rev., s. 355; C.S., s. 400.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 2 - General Provisions.|§ 1-11 - How party may appear.

 1-11. How party may appear.A party may appear either in person or by attorney in actions or proceedings in which he is interested. (C.C.P., s. 423; Code, s. 109; Rev., s. 356; C.S., s. 401.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 2 - General Provisions.|§ 1-13 - Jurisdiction of clerk.

 1-13. Jurisdiction of clerk.The clerk of the superior court has jurisdiction to hear and decide all questions of practice and procedure and all other matters over which jurisdiction is given to the superior court, unless the judge of the court or the court at a regular session is expressly referred to. (C.C.P., s. 108; Code, s. 251; Rev., s. 358; C.S., s. 403; 1971, c. 381, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 3 - Limitations, General Provisions.|§ 1-15 - Statute runs from accrual of action.

 1-15. Statute runs from accrual of action.(a) Civil actions can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this Chapter, after the cause of action has accrued, except where in special cases a different limitation is prescribed by statute.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 654, s. 3.(c) Except where otherwise provided by statute, a cause of action for malpractice arising out of the performance of or failure to perform professional services shall be deemed to accrue at the time of the occurrence of the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action: Provided that whenever there is bodily injury to the person, economic or monetary loss, or a defect in or damage to property which originates under circumstances making the injury, loss, defect or damage not readily apparent to the claimant at the time of its origin, and the injury, loss, defect or damage is discovered or should reasonably be discovered by the claimant two or more years after the occurrence of the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action, suit must be commenced within one year from the date discovery is made: Provided nothing herein shall be construed to reduce the statute of limitation in any such case below three years. Provided further, that in no event shall an action be commenced more than four years from the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action: Provided further, that where damages are sought by reason of a foreign object, which has no therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect, having been left in the body, a person seeking damages for malpractice may commence an action therefor within one year after discovery thereof as hereinabove provided, but in no event may the action be commenced more than 10 years from the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action. (C.C.P., s. 17; Code, s. 138; Rev., s. 360; C.S., s. 405; 1967, c. 954, s. 3; 1971, c. 1157, s. 1; 1975, 2nd Sess., c. 977, ss. 1, 2; 1979, c. 654, s. 3.)