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NC Gen Stat § 7B-3900 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 39 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.|§ 7B-3900 - Legislative findings and purposes.

 7B-3900. Legislative findings and purposes.(a) Finding adoptive families for children, for whom state assistance is desirable pursuant to G.S. 108A-49 and G.S. 108A-50, and assuring the protection of the interests of the children affected during the entire assistance period require special measures when the adoptive parents move to another state or are residents of another state. Additionally, the provision of medical and other necessary services for children receiving State assistance encounters special difficulties when the provision of services takes place in another state.(b) In recognition of the need for special measures, the General Assembly authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the Department of Health and Human Services and to provide procedures for interstate adoption assistance payments, including payments for medical services. (1999-190, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 7B-3901 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 39 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.|§ 7B-3901 - Definitions.

 7B-3901. Definitions.Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this Article:(1) "Adoption assistance state" means the state that is a signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.(2) "Residence state" means the state where the child is living.(3) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any territory or possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (1999-190, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 7B-3902 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 39 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.|§ 7B-3902 - Compacts authorized.

 7B-3902. Compacts authorized.The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this State with other states to implement this Article. When entered into, and for so long as it remains in force, such a compact shall have the full force and effect of law. (1999-190, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 7B-3903 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 39 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.|§ 7B-3903 - Content of compacts.

 7B-3903. Content of compacts.(a) A compact under this Article shall contain all of the following provisions:(1) A provision making it available for joinder by all states.(2) A provision for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, with a period of at least one year between the date of the notice and effective date of the withdrawal.(3) A requirement that the protections afforded by or under the compact continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance and apply to all children and their adoptive parents who, on the effective date of the withdrawal, are receiving adoption assistance from a party state other than the state in which they are a resident and have their principal place of abode.(4) A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to which the compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance and that any such agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency providing the adoption assistance.(5) Any other provisions appropriate to implement the proper administration of the compact.(b) A compact entered into under this Article may contain any of the following provisions:(1) Provisions establishing procedures and entitlement to medical and other necessary social services for the child in accordance with applicable laws, even though the child and the adoptive parents are in a state other than the one responsible for or providing the services or the funds to defray part or all of the expense thereof.(2) Any other provisions appropriate or incidental to the proper administration of the compact. (1999-190, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 7B-3904 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 39 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.|§ 7B-3904 - Medical assistance.

 7B-3904. Medical assistance.(a) A child with special needs who is a resident of this State who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state shall be accepted as being entitled to receive medical assistance certification from this State upon the filing in the department of social services of the county in which the child resides a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement obtained from the adoption assistance state.(b) The Division of Health Benefits shall consider the holder of a medical assistance certification under this section to be entitled to the same medical benefits under the laws of this State as any other holder of a medical assistance certification and shall process and make payment on claims on account of that holder in the same manner and under the same conditions and procedures that apply to other recipients of medical assistance.(c) The provisions of this section apply only to medical assistance for children under adoption assistance agreements from states that have entered into a compact with this State under which the other state provides medical assistance to children with special needs under adoption assistance agreements made by this State.  (1999-190, s. 5; 2019-81, s. 15(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 7B-3905 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 39 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.|§ 7B-3905 - Federal participation.

 7B-3905. Federal participation.The Department of Health and Human Services, in connection with the administration of this Article and any compact entered into pursuant to this Article, shall include the provision of adoption assistance and medical assistance for which the federal government pays some or all of the cost in any state plan made pursuant to the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272), Titles IV (E) and XIX of the Social Security Act and any other applicable federal laws. The Department shall apply for and administer all relevant federal aid in accordance with law. (1999-190, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 7B-3906 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 39 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.|§ 7B-3906 - Compact Administrator.

 7B-3906. Compact Administrator.The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may appoint a Compact Administrator who shall be the general coordinator of activities under this Compact in this State and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, may promulgate rules to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this Compact. (1999-190, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 7B-4000 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 40 - Interstate Compact for Juveniles.|§ 7B-4000 - (For effective date - see note) Short title.

 7B-4000. (For effective date - see note) Short title.This Article may be cited as "The Interstate Compact for Juveniles". (2005-194, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7B-4002 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7B - Juvenile Code|Article 40 - Interstate Compact for Juveniles.|§ 7B-4002 - Implementation of the Compact.

 7B-4002. Implementation of the Compact.(a) The North Carolina State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision is hereby established. The Secretary of Public Safety, or the Secretary's designee, shall serve as the Compact Administrator for the State of North Carolina and as North Carolina's Commissioner to the Interstate Commission. The Secretary of Public Safety, or the Secretary's designee, is a member of the State Council and serves as chairperson of the State Council. In addition to the chairperson, the State Council shall consist of 10 members as follows:(1) One member representing the executive branch, to be appointed by the Governor;(2) One member from a victim's assistance group, to be appointed by the Governor;(3) One at-large member, to be appointed by the Governor;(4) One member of the Senate, to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;(5) One member of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;(6) A district court judge, to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and(7) Four members representing the juvenile court counselors, to be appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety.(b) The State Council shall meet at least twice a year and may also hold special meetings at the call of the chairperson. All terms are for three years.(c) The State Council may advise the Compact Administrator on participation in the Interstate Commission activities and administration of the Compact.(d) The members of the State Council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the policies of the Office of State Budget and Management.(e) The State Council shall act in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of Public Safety concerning this State's participation in Interstate Commission activities and other duties as may be determined by each member state, including recommendations for policy concerning the operations and procedures of the Compact within this State.(f) The Governor shall by executive order provide for any other matters necessary for implementation of the Compact at the time that it becomes effective, and, except as otherwise provided for in this section, the State Council may promulgate rules or regulations necessary to implement and administer the Compact.  (2005-194, s. 1; 2012-194, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 1 - Statutes.|§ 8-1 - Printed statutes and certified copies evidence.

 8-1. Printed statutes and certified copies evidence.All statutes, or joint resolutions, passed by the General Assembly may be read in evidence from the printed statute book; or a copy of any act of the General Assembly certified by the Secretary of State shall be received in evidence in every court. (1826, c. 7; R.C., c. 44, ss. 4, 5; Code, ss. 1339, 1340; Rev., ss. 1592, 1593; C.S., s. 1747.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 1 - Statutes.|§ 8-2 - Martin's collection of private acts.

 8-2. Martin's collection of private acts.Any private act published by Francis X. Martin, in his collection of private acts, shall be received in evidence in every court. (1826, c. 7, s. 2; R.C., c. 44, s. 5; Code, s. 1340; Rev., s. 1593; C.S., s. 1748.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 1 - Statutes.|§ 8-3 - Laws of other states or foreign countries.

 8-3. Laws of other states or foreign countries.(a) A printed copy of a statute, or other written law, of another state, or of a territory, or of a foreign country, or a printed copy of a proclamation, edict, decree or ordinance, by the executive thereof, contained in a book or publication purporting or proved to have been published by the authority thereof, or proved to be commonly admitted as evidence of the existing law, in the judicial tribunals thereof, shall be evidence of the statute law, proclamation, edict, decree, or ordinance. The unwritten or common law of another state, or of a territory, or of a foreign country, may be proved as a fact by oral evidence. The books of the reports of cases, adjudged in the courts thereof, shall also be admitted as evidence of the unwritten or common law thereof.(b) Any party may exhibit a copy of the law of another state, territory, or foreign country copied from a printed volume of the laws of such state, territory, or country on file in(1) The offices of the Governor or the Secretary of State, and duly certified by the Secretary of State, or(2) The State Library and certified as provided in G.S. 125-6, or(3) The Supreme Court Library and certified as provided in G.S. 7A-13 (f). (1823, c. 1193, ss. 1, 3, P.R.; R.C., c. 44, s. 3; C.C.P., s. 360; Code, s. 1338; Rev., s. 1594; C.S., s. 1749; 1967, c. 565.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 1 - Statutes.|§ 8-4 - Judicial notice of laws of United States, other states and foreign countries.

 8-4. Judicial notice of laws of United States, other states and foreign countries.When any question shall arise as to the law of the United States, or of any other state or territory of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, or of any foreign country, the court shall take notice of such law in the same manner as if the question arose under the law of this State. (1931, c. 30.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 1 - Statutes.|§ 8-5 - Town ordinances certified.

 8-5. Town ordinances certified.In a trial in which the offense charged is the violation of a town ordinance, a copy of the ordinance alleged to have been violated, proven as provided in G.S. 160A-79, shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of such ordinance. (1899, c. 277, s. 2; Rev., s. 1595; C.S., s. 1750; 1971, c. 381, s. 3; 1973, c. 1446, s. 17.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-6 - Copies certified by Secretary of State or State Archivist.

 8-6. Copies certified by Secretary of State or State Archivist.Copies of the plats and certificates of survey, or their accompanying warrants, and all abstracts of grants, which may be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, or in the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, which copies, upon certification by the Secretary of State as to those records in his office, or the State Archivist as to those records in the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, as true copies, shall be as good evidence, in any court, as the original.  (1822, c. 1154, P.R.; R.C., c. 44, s. 6; Code, s. 1341; Rev., s. 1596; C.S., s. 1751; 1961, c. 740, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
NC Gen Stat § 8-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-7 - Certified copies of grants and abstracts.

 8-7. Certified copies of grants and abstracts.For the purpose of showing title from the State of North Carolina to the grantee or grantees therein named and for the lands therein described, duly certified copies of all grants and of all memoranda and abstracts of grants on record in the office of the Secretary of State, or in the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, given in abstract or in full, and with or without the signature of the Governor and the great seal of the State appearing upon such record, shall be competent evidence in the courts of this State or of the United States or of any territory of the United States, and in the absence of the production of the original grant shall be conclusive evidence of a grant from the State to the grantee or grantees named and for the lands described therein.  (1915, c. 249, s. 1; C.S., s. 1752; 1961, c. 740, s. 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
NC Gen Stat § 8-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-8 - Certified copies of grants and abstracts recorded.

 8-8. Certified copies of grants and abstracts recorded.Duly certified copies of such grants and of such memoranda and abstracts of grants may be recorded in the county where the lands therein described are situated, and the records thereof in such counties, or certified copies thereof, shall likewise be competent evidence for the purpose of showing title from the State of North Carolina to the grantee or grantees named and for the lands described therein. (1915, c. 249, s. 2; C.S., s. 1753.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-9 - Copies of grants certified by clerk of Secretary of State validated.

 8-9. Copies of grants certified by clerk of Secretary of State validated.All copies of grants heretofore issued from the office of the Secretary of State, duly certified under the great seal of the State, and to which the name of the Secretary has been written or affixed by the clerk of the said Secretary of State, are hereby ratified and approved and declared to be good and valid copies of the original grants and admissible in evidence in all courts of this State when duly registered in the counties in which the land lies; all such copies heretofore registered in said counties are hereby declared to be lawful and regular in all respects as if the same had been signed by the Secretary of State in person and duly registered. (1901, c. 613; Rev., s. 1597; C.S., s. 1754.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-10 - Copies of grants in Burke.

 8-10. Copies of grants in Burke.Copies of grants issued by the State within the County of Burke prior to the destruction of the records of said county by General Stoneman in the year 1865, shall be admitted in evidence in all actions when the same are duly registered; and when the original grants are lost, destroyed or cannot be found after due search, it shall be presumed that the same were duly registered within the time prescribed by law, as provided upon the face of original grant. (1901, c. 513; Rev., s. 1610; C.S., s. 1755.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-11 - Copies of grants in Moore.

 8-11. Copies of grants in Moore.Copies of grants for land situated in Moore County and the counties of which Moore was a part, entered in a book, and the book being certified under the seal of the Secretary of State, shall have the force and effect of the originals and be evidence in all courts. (1903, c. 214; Rev., s. 1613; C.S., s. 1756.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-12 - Copies of grants in Onslow.

 8-12. Copies of grants in Onslow.The copies of grants made by the register of deeds of Onslow County under laws of 1907, chapter 434, of grants, abstracts of grants, and other documents pertaining to titles of land in Onslow County issued prior to the year 1800, and contained in a book called Book of Transcribed Grants Issued Prior to One Thousand Eight Hundred, duly authenticated as prescribed in said Chapter 434 of the laws of 1907, shall be received as evidence in all courts of the State, and certified copies therefrom shall be received as evidence. (1907, c. 434; C.S., s. 1757.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-13 - Certain deeds dated before 1835 evidence of due execution.

 8-13. Certain deeds dated before 1835 evidence of due execution.In all actions hereafter instituted in which the title or ownership of any lands situated in North Carolina is at issue or in dispute, any deed or release, or a duly certified copy thereof, in which the people of the State of North Carolina are grantees and bearing date prior to the year 1835 and purporting to have been filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina prior to said year and now on file and of record in said office, and executed or purporting to have been executed by any person or persons as the representatives or agents or for or on behalf of any society, tribe, nation or aggregation of persons, whether signed or executed individually or in their representative capacity, and any such deed or release having been authorized to be executed by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina by the properly authorized agents of such society, tribe, nation or aggregation of persons, shall be prima facie evidence that the person or persons signing or executing any such deed or release were the properly authorized agent or agents of such society, tribe, nation or aggregation of persons. Any recitals or statements of fact in any such deed or release shall be prima facie evidence of the truth thereof in any such actions. (1915, c. 75; C.S., s. 1758.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-14 - Certified copies of maps of Cherokee lands.

 8-14. Certified copies of maps of Cherokee lands.Certified copies by the Secretary of State of the copies, or parts thereof, of the maps of the Cherokee lands and of the Cherokee Country, as provided for and described in Chapter 175 of the laws of 1911, shall have the same force and effect and be entitled to the same force and effect as evidence as certified copies of the whole or parts of the original maps. (1911, c. 175; C.S., s. 1759.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-15 - Certified copies of certain surveys and maps obtained from the State of Tennessee.

 8-15. Certified copies of certain surveys and maps obtained from the State of Tennessee.A certified copy of the report of the survey made by the North Carolina commissioners, McDowell, Vance and Matthews, of that portion of the State of Tennessee extending from a point on the Virginia line to a point on the Smoky Mountain west of the Pigeon River, as obtained and filed by the Secretary of State under the provisions of Chapter 162 of the laws of 1913, shall, when certified under the hand and seal of the Secretary of State, be competent evidence in the trial of any action in the courts of the State. (1913, c. 162; C.S., s. 1760.)
NC Gen Stat § 8-16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 8 - Evidence|Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills.|§ 8-16 - Evidence of title under H.E. McCulloch grants.

 8-16. Evidence of title under H.E. McCulloch grants.In all actions or suits, wherein it may be necessary for either party to prove title, by virtue of a grant or grants made by the king of Great Britain or Earl Granville to Henry McCulloch, or Henry Eustace McCulloch, it shall be sufficient for such party, in the usual manner, to give evidence of the grant or conveyance from the king of Great Britain or Earl Granville to the said Henry McCulloch, or Henry Eustace McCulloch, and the mesne conveyances thereafter, without giving any evidence of the deed or deeds of release, relinquishment or confirmation of Earl Granville to the said Henry McCulloch, or Henry Eustace McCulloch, or the power or powers of attorney by which the conveyances from the said Henry McCulloch, or Henry Eustace McCulloch, purport to have been made. (1819, c. 1021, P.R.; R.C., c. 44, s. 1; Code, s. 1336; Rev., s. 1600; C.S., s. 1761.)