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NC Gen Stat § 15B-18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-18 - Subrogation by State.

 15B-18. Subrogation by State.(a) If compensation is awarded, the Crime Victims Compensation Fund is subrogated to all the claimant's rights to receive or recover benefits or advantages for economic loss from a source that is, or if readily available to the victim or claimant would be, a collateral source, to the extent of the compensation awarded.(b) The Crime Victims Compensation Fund is an eligible recipient for restitution under G.S. 15A-1021, 15A-1343, 148-33.1, 148-33.2, 148-57.1, and any other applicable statutes.(c) As a prerequisite to bringing an action to recover damages related to criminally injurious conduct for which compensation is claimed or awarded, the claimant shall give the Commission prior written notice of the proposed action. After receiving the notice the Commission shall immediately notify the Attorney General who shall promptly:(1) Join in the action as a party plaintiff to recover compensation awarded;(2) Require that the claimant bring the action in his individual name as a trustee in behalf of the State to recover compensation awarded; or(3) Reserve its rights and do neither in the proposed action. If, as requested by the Attorney General, the claimant brings the action as trustee and recovers compensation awarded from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, he may deduct from the compensation recovered in behalf of the State the reasonable expenses, including attorney fees, allocable by the court for that recovery.(d) If a judgment or verdict separately indicates economic loss and noneconomic detriment, payments on the judgment shall be allocated between them in proportion to the amounts indicated. In an action in a court of this State arising out of criminally injurious conduct, the judge, on timely motion, shall direct the jury to return a special verdict, indicating separately the awards for noneconomic detriment, punitive damages, and economic loss.(e) Any funds recovered by the Crime Victims Compensation Fund pursuant to this section shall be paid to the general fund.(f) The Director may pursue any claim of the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund or the Commission set forth in this Article. At the request of the Director, or otherwise, the Attorney General is authorized to assert the rights of the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund or Commission before any administrative or judicial tribunal for purposes of enforcing a claim or right set forth in this Article. (1983, c. 832, s. 1; 1987, c. 819, s. 27; 1989, c. 679, s. 6; 1991, c. 301, s. 1; 2004-159, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-19 - Subrogation by collateral sources prohibited.

 15B-19. Subrogation by collateral sources prohibited.Subrogation rights that a collateral source may have may not extend to a recovery from a claimant of all or any part of an award made under this Article. A collateral source may not apply in the name of a claimant or otherwise for an award of compensation based upon injury to a claimant to whose rights the collateral source may be subrogated. (1983, c. 832, s. 1; 1991, c. 301, s. 1; 2004-159, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-20 - Publicity.

 15B-20. Publicity.Law enforcement agencies responsible for investigating offenses committed in the State may provide information to victims of those offenses and to their dependents concerning the existence of the Crime Victims Compensation Fund and the source of applications for compensation from the Fund. (1983, c. 832, s. 1; 1987, c. 819, s. 28; 1991, c. 301, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-21 - Annual report.

 15B-21. Annual report.The Commission shall, by March 15 each year, prepare and transmit to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and to the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety a report of its activities in the prior fiscal year and the current fiscal year to date. The report shall include:(1) The number of claims filed;(2) The number of awards made;(2a) The number of pending cases by year received;(3) The amount of each award;(4) A statistical summary of claims denied and awards made;(5) The administrative costs of the Commission, including the compensation of commissioners;(6) The current unencumbered balance of the North Carolina Crime Victims Compensation Fund;(7) The amount of funds carried over from the prior fiscal year;(8) The amount of funds received in the prior fiscal year from the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety and from the compensation fund established pursuant to the Victims Crime Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 10601, et seq.; and(9) The amount of funds expected to be received in the current fiscal year, as well as the amount actually received in the current fiscal year on the date of the report, from the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety and from the compensation fund established pursuant to the Victims Crime Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 10601, et seq.The Attorney General and State Auditor shall assist the Commission in the preparation of the report required by this section.  (1983, c. 832, s. 1; 1987, c. 819, s. 29; 1991, c. 301, s. 1; 1999-237, s. 20.2; 2001-424, s. 26.5; 2004-159, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2015-241, s. 16A.2; 2017-186, s. 2(ffff).)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-22 - Disbursements.

 15B-22. Disbursements.If compensation awarded under this Article cannot be paid due to insufficient funds in the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, payment shall be delayed until sufficient funds are available and no further awards of compensation shall be made until sufficient funds are available. (1983, c. 832, s. 1; 1987, c. 819, s. 31; 1991, c. 301, s. 1; 2004-159, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-23 - Crime Victims Compensation Fund.

 15B-23. Crime Victims Compensation Fund.There is established the Crime Victims Compensation Fund. Revenue in the Crime Victims Compensation Fund includes amounts credited to the Fund under G.S. 148-2 and other funds. Any surplus in the Crime Victims Compensation Fund shall not revert. The Crime Victims Compensation Fund shall be kept on deposit with the State Treasurer, as in the case of other State funds, and may be invested by the State Treasurer in any lawful security for the investment of State money. The Crime Victims Compensation Fund is subject to the oversight of the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes. (1987, c. 819, s. 30; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 769, s. 21.5(b); 2004-159, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-24 - Requiring defendant to pay restitution encouraged.

 15B-24. Requiring defendant to pay restitution encouraged.Pursuant to a Court's power to require restitution as a condition of probation, parole or work-release privileges, a Court may require a defendant to pay restitution to a victim, regardless of whether the victim receives compensation from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, or to the Fund. It is the intent of the General Assembly that a victim's receipt of compensation from the Fund shall not discourage a Court from considering, where appropriate, payment of restitution by the defendant and alternatives to incarceration of the defendant. (1987, C. 819, S. 33.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-25 - Compensation limits.

 15B-25. Compensation limits.This Article shall not be construed to create a right to receive compensation. Compensation payable under Chapter 15B shall only be available to the extent that the General Assembly appropriates funds that purpose. (1987, c. 819, s. 36; 2004-159, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 1 - Crime Victims Compensation Act.|§ 15B-26 - Crime victims credit protection.

 15B-26. Crime victims credit protection.(a) A creditor that is owed money for services provided to a victim as a result of the criminally injurious conduct inflicted on the victim shall not communicate any information about the debt to a consumer reporting agency during the pendency of an application for an award filed pursuant to G.S. 15B-7 or during the pendency of an appeal from a decision related to such an application.(b) The victim bears the burden of notifying the creditor that the debt is subject to subsection (a) of this section.(c) A creditor may request monthly verification from the Commission that the application or appeal is still pending, and the Commission shall provide this verification.  (2009-355, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 2 - The Crime Victims Financial Recovery Assistance Act.|§ 15B-30 - Declaration of policy and purpose.

 15B-30. Declaration of policy and purpose.The General Assembly of North Carolina hereby declares as a matter of public policy that:(1) No person who commits a crime should thereafter gain monetary profit as the result of committing the crime.(2) Victims of crime have a special relationship to any profit from the crime committed against them, including the personal belongings and memorabilia of a convicted felon whose criminal actions and resulting notoriety enhance the value of those belongings and memorabilia.(3) To the extent profit from crime would not have been realized but for an offender's commission of illegal acts, an offender does not have an equitable interest in the profit and allowing the offender to retain the profit would result in the offender's unjust enrichment.The General Assembly finds that the State has a compelling interest in ensuring that persons convicted of crimes do not profit from those crimes, and that victims of crime are compensated by those who have harmed them.The General Assembly further finds that crime victims have difficulty satisfying restitution orders or civil judgments entered against their offenders because the victims often lack the expertise and resources to identify or locate assets that an offender may have.In order to carry out this public policy and to satisfy these compelling interests, the General Assembly has enacted the provisions of this Article providing a mechanism by which crime victims are notified of the existence of an offender's assets and are authorized to bring an action to recover those assets. (2004-159, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 2 - The Crime Victims Financial Recovery Assistance Act.|§ 15B-32 - Notice of contract or agreement to pay.

 15B-32. Notice of contract or agreement to pay.(a) Notice to Commission. -(1) Every person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity, or representative of a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or entity that knowingly contracts for, pays, or agrees to pay to an offender (i) profit from crime or (ii) funds of an offender where the value or aggregate value of the payment or payments exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall submit to the Commission a copy of the contract or reduce to writing the terms of any oral agreement or obligation to pay as soon as practicable after discovering the payment or intended payment constitutes profit from crime or funds of an offender.(2) Whenever the payment or obligation to pay involves funds of an offender that a superintendent, sheriff, or municipal officer (i) receives or will receive on behalf of an inmate serving a sentence with the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety or a prisoner confined at a local correctional facility, (ii) deposits or will deposit in an inmate account to the credit of an inmate or prisoner, and (iii) the value of such funds exceeds or will exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the State or subdivision of the State shall also give written notice to the Commission.(3) Whenever the State or a subdivision of the State makes a payment or has an obligation to pay funds of an offender and the value of such funds exceeds or will exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the State or subdivision of the State shall also give written notice to the Commission.(4) In all other instances where the payment or obligation to pay involves funds of an offender and the value or aggregate value of the funds exceeds or will exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the offender who receives or will receive the funds shall give written notice to the Commission.(b) Notice to Eligible Persons. - The Commission shall, upon receipt of a notice of a contract, an agreement to pay, or payment of profit from crime or funds of an offender, notify in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, all known eligible persons where the eligible persons' names and addresses are known to the Commission. The Commission may, in its discretion, provide for additional notice as it deems necessary.  (2004-159, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-186, s. 2(hhhh).)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 2 - The Crime Victims Financial Recovery Assistance Act.|§ 15B-34 - Civil action to recover profits or funds; responsibilities of the Commission.

 15B-34. Civil action to recover profits or funds; responsibilities of the Commission.(a) Civil Action. - Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law with respect to the timely bringing of an action, an eligible person may, within three years of the discovery of any profit from crime or funds of an offender, bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against an offender for damages arising out of the offense for which the offender was convicted.(b) Notice by Eligible Persons. - Upon filing an action under subsection (a) of this section, the eligible person shall give notice to the Commission of the filing by delivering a copy of the summons and complaint to the Commission. The eligible person may also give notice to the Commission prior to filing the action so as to allow the Commission to apply for any appropriate provisional remedies, which are otherwise authorized to be invoked prior to the commencement of an action.(c) Responsibilities of Commission. - Upon receipt of a copy of a summons and complaint, or upon receipt of notice from the eligible person prior to filing an action, the Commission shall immediately take action to:(1) Notify all other known eligible persons of the filing of the civil action by certified mail, return receipt requested, where the eligible persons' names and addresses are known to the Commission.(2) Provide, in its discretion, for additional notice as it deems necessary.(3) Avoid the wasting of the assets identified in the complaint as the profit from crime or funds of an offender in any manner consistent with subsection (d) of this section.(d) Standing; Authority to Avoid Wasting of Assets. - The Commission has standing and, acting on its own behalf or on behalf of all eligible persons, shall have the right to apply for any and all provisional remedies that are also otherwise available to the plaintiff in the civil action brought under subsection (a) of this section, including attachment, injunction, constructive trust, and receivership. On a motion for a provisional remedy, the moving party shall state whether any other provisional remedy has previously been sought in the same action against the same defendant. The court may require the moving party to elect between those remedies to which it would otherwise be entitled. (2004-159, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 2 - The Crime Victims Financial Recovery Assistance Act.|§ 15B-35 - Subrogation by the Crime Victims Compensation Fund.

 15B-35. Subrogation by the Crime Victims Compensation Fund.Claims on profit from crime or funds of an offender are subject to subrogation by the Crime Victims Compensation Fund pursuant to G.S. 15B-18. (2004-159, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 2 - The Crime Victims Financial Recovery Assistance Act.|§ 15B-36 - Conviction overturned or pardon issued.

 15B-36. Conviction overturned or pardon issued.If profit from crime is subject to a provisional remedy on behalf of eligible persons and the conviction for the criminal offense from which profit from crime is realized is reversed, vacated, or set aside, or if the offender has been granted an unconditional pardon of innocence for the criminal offense, those funds shall be returned to the rightful owner. (2004-159, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 15B-37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15B - Victims Compensation|Article 2 - The Crime Victims Financial Recovery Assistance Act.|§ 15B-37 - Evasive action void.

 15B-37. Evasive action void.Any action taken by an offender, whether by way of execution of a power of attorney, creation of corporate entities, or otherwise, to defeat the purpose of this Article shall be void as against the public policy of this State. (2004-159, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 16-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 16 - Gaming Contracts and Futures|Article 1 - Gaming Contracts.|§ 16-1 - Gaming and betting contracts void.

 16-1. Gaming and betting contracts void.All wagers, bets or stakes made to depend upon any race, or upon any gaming by lot or chance, or upon any lot, chance, casualty or unknown or contingent event whatever, shall be unlawful; and all contracts, judgments, conveyances and assurances for and on account of any money or property, or thing in action, so wagered, bet or staked, or to repay, or to secure any money, or property, or thing in action, lent or advanced for the purpose of such wagering, betting, or staking as aforesaid, shall be void. (1810, c. 796, P.R.; R.C., c. 51, ss. 1, 2; Code, ss. 2841, 2842; Rev., s. 1687; C.S., s. 2142.)
NC Gen Stat § 16-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 16 - Gaming Contracts and Futures|Article 1 - Gaming Contracts.|§ 16-2 - Players and betters competent witnesses.

 16-2. Players and betters competent witnesses.No person shall be excused or incapacitated from confessing or testifying touching any money or property, or thing in action, so wagered, bet or staked, or lent for such purpose, by reason of his having won, played, bet or staked upon any game, lot or chance, casualty, or unknown or contingent event aforesaid; but the confession or testimony of such person shall not be used against him, in any criminal prosecution, on account of such betting, wagering or staking. (R.C., c. 51, s. 3; Code, s. 2843; Rev., s. 1688; C.S., s. 2143.)
NC Gen Stat § 16-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 16 - Gaming Contracts and Futures|Article 2 - Contracts for "Futures."|§ 16-4 - Entering into or aiding contract for "futures" misdemeanor.

 16-4. Entering into or aiding contract for "futures" misdemeanor.If any person shall become a party to any contract declared void in this Article; or if any person shall be the agent, directly or indirectly, of any party in making or furthering or effectuating the same; or if any agent or officer of a corporation shall in any manner knowingly aid in making or furthering any such contract to which the corporation is a party, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.If any person shall, while in this State, consent to become a party to any such contract made in another state, and if any person shall, as agent of any person or corporation, become a party to any such contract made in another state, or in this State do any act or in any way aid in the making or furthering of any such contract so made in another state, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1889, c. 221, ss. 3, 4; Rev., ss. 3823, 3824; C.S., s. 2147; 1993, c. 539, s. 304; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 16-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 16 - Gaming Contracts and Futures|Article 2 - Contracts for "Futures."|§ 16-5 - Opening office for sales of "futures" misdemeanor.

 16-5. Opening office for sales of "futures" misdemeanor.If any person, corporation or other association of persons, either as principal or agent, shall establish or open an office or place of business in this State for the purpose of carrying on or engaging in making such contracts as are forbidden in this Article, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1905, c. 538, ss. 1, 2; Rev., s. 3825; C.S., s. 2148; 1993, c. 539, s. 305; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 16-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 16 - Gaming Contracts and Futures|Article 2 - Contracts for "Futures."|§ 16-6 - Evidence in prosecutions under this Article.

 16-6. Evidence in prosecutions under this Article.No person shall be excused on any prosecution under the provisions of this Article from testifying touching anything done by himself or others contrary to the provisions thereof, but no discovery made by the witness upon such examination shall be used against him in any penal or criminal prosecution, and he shall be altogether pardoned of the offense so done or participated in by him. In all such prosecutions proof that the defendant was a party to a contract, as agent or principal, to sell and deliver any article, thing or property specified or named in this Article, or that he was the agent, directly or indirectly, of any party in making, furthering or effectuating the same, or that he was the agent or officer of any corporation or association or person in making, furthering or effectuating the same, and that the article, thing or property agreed to be sold and delivered was not actually delivered, and that settlement was made or agreed to be made upon the difference in value of said article, thing or property, shall constitute against such defendant prima facie evidence of guilt. Proof that any person, corporation or other association of persons, either as principal or agent, has established an office or place where are posted or published from information received the fluctuating prices of grain, cotton, provisions, stocks, bonds and other commodities, or of any one or more of the same, shall constitute prima facie evidence of being guilty of violating the provisions of this Article. (1905, c. 538, ss. 3, 4, 5; Rev., s. 3826; C.S., s. 2149.)
NC Gen Stat § 17-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 17 - Habeas Corpus|Article 1 - Constitutional Provisions.|§ 17-1 - Remedy without delay for restraint of liberty.

 17-1. Remedy without delay for restraint of liberty.Every person restrained of his liberty is entitled to a remedy to inquire into the lawfulness thereof, and to remove the same, if unlawful; and such remedy ought not to be denied or delayed. (Const., art. 1, s. 18; Rev., s. 1819; C.S., s. 2203.)
NC Gen Stat § 17-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 17 - Habeas Corpus|Article 1 - Constitutional Provisions.|§ 17-2 - Habeas corpus not to be suspended.

 17-2. Habeas corpus not to be suspended.The privileges of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended. (Const., art. 1, s. 21; Rev., s. 1820; C.S., s. 2204.)