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2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 101 - Names of Persons › § 101-8 - Resumption of name by widow or widower.

§ 101-8. Resumption of name by widow or widower.
A person at any time after the person is widowed may, upon application to the clerk of court of the county in which the person resides setting forth the person's intention to do so, resume the use of her maiden name or the name of a prior deceased husband or of a previously divorced husband in the case of a widow, or his premarriage surname in the case of a widower. The application shall set forth the full name of the last spouse of the applicant, shall include a copy of the spouse's death certificate, and shall be signed by the applicant in the applicant's full name. The clerks of court of the several counties of this State shall record and index such applications in the manner required by the Administrative Office of the Courts. (1979, c. 768; 1981, c. 564, s. 2; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 565, s. 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-1 - Name and description.

§ 102-1. Name and description.
The official survey base for the State of North Carolina shall be a system of plane coordinates to be known as the "North Carolina Coordinate System," said system being defined as a Lambert conformal projection of Clarke's spheroid of 1866, having a central meridian of 79º-00' west from Greenwich and standard parallels of latitude of 34º-20' and 36º-10' north of the equator, along which parallels the scale shall be exact. All coordinates of the system are expressed in feet, the x coordinate being measured easterly along the grid and the y coordinate being measured northerly along the grid. The origin of the coordinates is hereby established on the meridian 79º-00' west from Greenwich at the intersection of the parallels 33º-45' north latitude, such origin being given the coordinates x=2,000,000 feet, y=0 feet. The precise position of said system shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations or monuments established in conformity with the standards adopted by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for first-and second-order work, whose geodetic positions have been rigidly on the North American datum of 1927, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the system defined. (1939, c. 163, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-1.2 - Name and description in relation to the North American Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022.

§ 102-1.2. Name and description in relation to the North American Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022.
From and after the date and time the North Carolina Geodetic Survey Section in the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety receives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) official notice of a complete, published definition of the North American Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022 (NATRF2022), including the State plane coordinate constants applicable to North Carolina, the official survey base for North Carolina shall be a system of plane coordinates to be known as the "North Carolina Coordinate System of 2022," said system being defined as a one-parallel Lambert conformal conic projection of the "Geodetic Reference System (GRS 80) ellipsoid" having a central meridian of 79° - 00' west from the prime meridian and a central parallel of latitude of 35° - 15' north of the equator, along which parallel the scale shall be exactly 0.999 96 or 1 part in 25,000 smaller than unity. All coordinates of the system are expressed in meters, the east or x coordinate being measured easterly along the grid and the north or y coordinate being measured northerly along the grid. The International Foot, 1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly, shall be used as a conversion factor. The origin of the coordinates is hereby established at the intersection of the central meridian and the central parallel, such origin being given the coordinates of east or x = 1,000,000 meters and north or y = 200,000 meters. The precise position of said system shall be as marked on the ground by geodetic monuments and Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORSs) established in conformity with the standards adopted by NGS, whose geodetic positions have been adjusted on NATRF2022, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the system defined. Whenever plane coordinates are used in the description or identification of surface area or location within this State, the coordinates shall be identified as "NATRF2022," indicating North American Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022, or as "NAD 83," indicating North American Datum of 1983, or as "NAD 27," indicating North American Datum of 1927. (2023-92, s. 2(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-1.3 - Name and description of future horizontal and vertical reference frames.

§ 102-1.3. Name and description of future horizontal and vertical reference frames.
From and after the date and time that the North Carolina Geodetic Survey Section in the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety receives an official notice from the National Geodetic Survey of a change or adjustment to NATRF2022 or any other part of the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), the North Carolina Geodetic Survey will have the authority, as described in G.S. 102-9, to adopt rules, regulations, and specifications on the official use or characteristics of any future horizontal or vertical reference frames and associated coordinate systems of the NSRS. (2023-92, s. 2(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-3 - Use of name.

§ 102-3. Use of name.
The use of the term "North Carolina Coordinate System" on any map, report, or survey, or other document, shall be limited to coordinates based on the North Carolina Coordinate System as defined in this Chapter. (1939, c. 163, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-4 - Damaging, defacing, or destroying monuments.

§ 102-4. Damaging, defacing, or destroying monuments.
If any person shall willfully damage, deface, destroy, or otherwise injure a station, monument or permanent mark of the North Carolina Coordinate System, or shall oppose any obstacles to the proper, reasonable, and legal use of any such station or monument, such person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1939, c. 163, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 683; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-6 - Legality of use in descriptions.

§ 102-6. Legality of use in descriptions.
For the purpose of describing the location of any survey station or land boundary corner in the State of North Carolina, it shall be considered a complete, legal, and satisfactory description to define the location of such point or points by means of coordinates of the North Carolina Coordinate System as described herein. (1963, c. 163, s. 6; c. 783.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-8 - Administrative agency.

§ 102-8. Administrative agency.
The administrative agency of the North Carolina Coordinate System shall be the Department of Public Safety through its appropriate division hereinafter called the "agency." (1939, c. 163, s. 8; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(34); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2012-142, s. 12.4(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-9 - Duties and powers of the agency.

§ 102-9. Duties and powers of the agency.
It shall be the duty of the agency to make or cause to be made from time to time such surveys and computations as are necessary to further or complete the North Carolina Coordinate System. The agency shall endeavor to carry to completion as soon as practicable the field monumentation and office computations of the coordinate system. For the purpose of this work the agency shall have the power to accept grants for the specific purpose of carrying on the work; to coordinate, organize, and direct any federal or other assistance which may be offered to further the work; to cooperate with any individual, firm, company, public or private agency, State or federal agencies, in the prosecution of the work; to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with other state or federal agencies in promoting the work of the coordinating system. The agency shall further have the power to adopt necessary rules, regulations, and specifications relating to the establishment and use of the coordinate system as defined in this Chapter, consistent with the standards and practice of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. (1939, c. 163, s. 9; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-10 - Prior work.

§ 102-10. Prior work.
The system of stations, monuments, traverses, computations, and other work which has been done or is under way in North Carolina by the so-called North Carolina Geodetic Survey, under the supervision of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, is, where consistent with the provisions of this Chapter, hereby made a part of the North Carolina Coordinate System. The surveys, notes, computations, monuments, stations, and all other work relating to the coordinate system, which has been done by said North Carolina Geodetic Survey, under the supervision of and in cooperation with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and federal relief agencies, hereby are placed under the direction of, and shall become the property of, the administrative agency. All persons or agencies having in their possession any surveys, notes, computations, or other data pertaining to the aforementioned coordinate system, shall turn over to the Department of Public Safety such data upon request. (1939, c. 163, s. 10; 1959, c. 1315, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(35); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2012-142, s. 12.4(d).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-11 - Vertical control.

§ 102-11. Vertical control.
Whereas the foregoing provisions of this Chapter heretofore are related to horizontal control only, the administrative agency may adopt standards for vertical control or levying surveys consistent with those recommended by and used by the United States National Geodetic Survey, and make or cause to be made such surveys as are necessary to complete the vertical control of North Carolina, in accordance with the provisions for horizontal control surveys as defined in this Chapter. The administrative agency shall have the authority to determine the official vertical datum used in this State. (1939, c. 163, s. 11; 2023-92, s. 2(d).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-12 - Control system map.

§ 102-12. Control system map.
The agency shall prepare for publication and cause to be published a map or maps setting forth the location of monuments for both horizontal and vertical control, together with such other pertinent data as the agency may direct for implementation of the North Carolina Coordinate System. The agency shall furnish such map or maps to any person or may make such charge as will defray the expense of printing and distribution. It shall be the responsibility of the agency to maintain this map, make revisions as often as necessary to provide up-to-date information and furnish up-to-date copies to the register of deeds of each county in the State. (1959, c. 1315, s. 2; 2012-142, s. 12.4(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-15 - Improvement of land records.

§ 102-15. Improvement of land records.
There is hereby established a statewide program for improvement of county land records to be administered by the Secretary of State (hereafter called the Secretary). First emphasis shall be given to the completion of countywide base maps. Counties with a base map system prepared to acceptable standards will be encouraged to undertake subsequent logical improvements in their respective land records systems. Work undertaken by any county under this program will be eligible for financial assistance out of funds appropriated for this purpose to the Department of the Secretary of State. The amount allotted to each project is to be determined by the Secretary, but in no case shall such allotments exceed one dollar for every dollar of local tax funds expended on the project by the county. Federal or other State funds available to the project will not be eligible as matching money under the State program. (1977, c. 1099, s. 1; 1985, c. 479, s. 165(b); 1989, c. 727, s. 218(36); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 19(b); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 1999-119, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 102 - Official Survey Base › § 102-16 - Board of county commissioners to apply for assistance.

§ 102-16. Board of county commissioners to apply for assistance.
The board of county commissioners of each county may apply to the Secretary, upon forms provided by him and in accordance with directives and requirements outlined in G.S. 102-17, for assistance in completing one or more projects. Such project or projects shall constitute one or more phases of a plan for the improvement of the county's land records. The work to be undertaken shall be described in relation to the county's revaluation schedule, and it shall be shown to be a part of a larger undertaking for achieving ultimate long-term improvements in the land records maintained by the county register of deeds, the county tax supervisor, or other county office. (1977, c. 1099, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 103 - Sundays, Holidays and Special Days › § 103-2 - Method of take when hunting on Sunday.

§ 103-2. Method of take when hunting on Sunday.
(a) Any landowner or member of the landowner's family, or any person with written permission from the landowner, may, subject to rules established by the Wildlife Resources Commission, hunt wild animals and upland game birds with the use of firearms on Sunday on the landowner's property, except that all of the following limitations apply:
(1) Hunting on Sunday between 9:30 A.M. and 12:30 P.M. is prohibited, except on controlled hunting preserves licensed pursuant to G.S. 113-273(g).
(2) Repealed by Session Laws 2017-182, s. 1, effective July 25, 2017.
(3) The use of a firearm to take deer that are run or chased by dogs on Sunday is prohibited.
(4) Hunting on Sunday within 500 yards of a place of religious worship, as defined by G.S. 14-54.1(b), or any accessory structure thereof, is prohibited.
(5) Repealed by Session Laws 2017-182, s. 1, effective July 25, 2017.
(a1) Any person may, subject to rules established by the Wildlife Resources Commission, hunt wild animals and upland game birds with the use of firearms on Sunday on public lands of the State managed for hunting, except that the following limitations apply:
(1) Hunting on Sunday between 9:30 A.M. and 12:30 P.M. is prohibited.
(2) The use of a firearm to take deer that are run or chased by dogs on Sunday is prohibited.
(3) Hunting on Sunday within 500 yards of a place of religious worship, as defined by G.S. 14-54.1(b), or any accessory structure thereof, is prohibited.
(a2) The hunting of migratory birds on Sunday is prohibited unless authorized by proclamation or rules of the Wildlife Resources Commission, subject to the following limitations:
(1) Hunting on Sunday between 9:30A.M. and 12:30 P.M. is prohibited, except on controlled hunting preserves licensed pursuant to G.S. 113-273(g).
(2) Hunting on Sunday within 500 yards of a place of religious worship, as defined by G.S. 14-54.1(b), or any accessory structure thereof, is prohibited.
(3) The Wildlife Resources Commission shall not authorize hunting of migratory birds on Sunday prior to March 1, 2018.
(b) A person who hunts on Sunday in a manner prohibited under this section or rules adopted by the Wildlife Resources Commission shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Provided, that the provisions of this section are not applicable to military reservations, the jurisdiction of which is exclusively in the federal government, to field trials authorized by the Wildlife Resources Commission, or to actions taken in defense of a person's property. Wildlife protectors are granted authority to enforce the provisions of this section. (1868-9, c. 18, ss. 1, 2; Code, s. 3783; Rev., s. 3842; C.S., s. 3956; 1945, c. 1047; 1967, c. 1003; 1979, c. 830, s. 13; 1989, c. 642, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 684; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2015-144, s. 5(a); 2017-182, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 103 - Sundays, Holidays and Special Days › § 103-3 - Execution of process on Sunday.

§ 103-3. Execution of process on Sunday.
It shall be lawful for any sheriff or other lawful officer to execute any summons, capias, or other process on Sunday. (1957, c. 1052; 1973, c. 108, s. 47.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 103 - Sundays, Holidays and Special Days › § 103-4 - Dates of public holidays.

§ 103-4. Dates of public holidays.
(a) The following are declared to be legal public holidays:
(1) New Year's Day, January 1.
(1a) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, Birthday, the third Monday in January.
(2) Robert E. Lee's Birthday, January 19.
(3) Washington's Birthday, the third Monday in February.
(3a) Greek Independence Day, March 25.
(4) Anniversary of signing of Halifax Resolves, April 12.
(5) Confederate Memorial Day, May 10.
(6) Anniversary of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20.
(7) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
(8) Good Friday.
(9) Independence Day, July 4.
(10) Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
(10a) First Responders Day, September 11.
(11) Columbus Day, the second Monday in October.
(11a) Yom Kippur.
(12) Veterans Day, November 11.
(13) Tuesday after the first Monday in November in years in which a general election is to be held.
(14) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
(15) Christmas Day, December 25.
(b) Whenever any public holiday shall fall upon Sunday, the Monday following shall be a public holiday. (1881, c. 294; Code, s. 3784; 1891, c. 58; 1899, c. 410; 1901, c. 25; Rev., s. 2838; 1907, c. 996; 1909, c. 888; 1919, c. 287; C.S., s. 2959; 1935, c. 212; 1959, c. 1011; 1969, c. 521; 1973, c. 53; 1979, c. 84; 1981, c. 135; 1983, c. 1; 1987, c. 25, s. 1; c. 851, ss. 1, 2; c. 853, s. 2; 2017-57, s. 16B.6.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 103 - Sundays, Holidays and Special Days › § 103-5 - Acts to be done on Sunday or holidays.

§ 103-5. Acts to be done on Sunday or holidays.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, when the day or the last day for doing any act required or permitted by law to be performed in a public office or courthouse falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday when the public office or courthouse is closed for transactions, the act may be performed on the next day that the public office or courthouse is open for transactions.
(b) This section does not apply where the act required or permitted by law to be done is prescribed by Section 22 of Article II, or Section 5(11) of Article III, of the Constitution of North Carolina. (Code, ss. 3784, 3785, 3786; 1899, c. 733, s. 194; Rev., s. 2839; C.S., s. 3960; 1951, c. 1176, s. 1; 1995, c. 20, s. 16; 2003-337, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 103 - Sundays, Holidays and Special Days › § 103-12 - Organ Donation Awareness/Donate Life Month.

§ 103-12. Organ Donation Awareness/Donate Life Month.
The month of April of each year is designated as Organ Donation Awareness/Donate Life Month in North Carolina. (2013-22, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 103 - Sundays, Holidays and Special Days › § 103-17 - North Carolina Farmers Appreciation Day.

§ 103-17. North Carolina Farmers Appreciation Day.
(a) The General Assembly makes the following findings:
(1) The people of North Carolina should never forget that to remain a free nation we must maintain and improve our ability to feed and clothe ourselves.
(2) The food and fiber we produce to feed and clothe ourselves must necessarily be safe, reliable, and economically affordable.
(3) From the beginning of our nation, the agriculture sector has served the people of North Carolina well in these and many other areas.
(4) The people of North Carolina must continue to use our land, water, and air to produce food and fiber in environmentally responsible and sustainable ways.
(5) Many North Carolina citizens no longer reside near working farms and are therefore unfamiliar with how our food and fiber are produced.
(6) North Carolina farmers are dedicated to producing the food and fiber to feed and clothe our population.
(7) The farmers of North Carolina have set the pace and performed exceptionally well in many parts of the agriculture sector.
(8) Countless people across the United States and in many other nations depend on food and fiber produced here in North Carolina.
(9) It is important to properly acknowledge and express gratitude for the efforts of North Carolina farmers.
(b) The second Wednesday in November of each year, beginning in 2024, is designated as North Carolina Farmers Appreciation Day. (2023-63, s. 8.1(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-2 - Unused lands to revert to State.

§ 104-2. Unused lands to revert to State.
The consent given in G.S. 104-1 is upon consideration of the United States building lighthouses, lighthouse keepers' dwellings, lifesaving stations, buoys, coal depots, fish stations, post offices, customhouses, and other buildings connected therewith, on the tracts or parcels of land so purchased, or that may be purchased; and that the title to land so conveyed to the United States shall revert to the State unless the construction of the aforementioned buildings be completed thereon within 10 years from the date of the conveyance from the grantor. (1870-1, c. 44, s. 5; Code, ss. 3080, 3083; 1887, c. 136; 1899, c. 10; Rev., s. 5426; C.S., s. 8054.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-3 - Exemption of such lands from taxation.

§ 104-3. Exemption of such lands from taxation.
The lots, parcels, or tracts of land acquired under this Chapter, together with the tenements and appurtenances for the purpose mentioned in this Chapter, shall be exempt from taxation. (1870-1, c. 44, s. 3; Code, s. 3082; Rev., s. 5428; C.S., s. 8055.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-4 - Conveyances of such lands to be recorded.

§ 104-4. Conveyances of such lands to be recorded.
All deeds, conveyances, or other title papers for the same shall be recorded, as in other cases, in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the lands so conveyed may lie, in the same manner and under the same regulations as other deeds and conveyances are now recorded, and in like manner may be recorded a sufficient description by metes and bounds, courses and distances, of any tract or legal division of any public land belonging to the United States, which may be set apart by the general government for the purpose before mentioned, by an order, patent, or other official document or paper so describing such land. (1870-1, c. 44, s. 2; 1872-3, c. 201; Code, s. 3081; Rev., s. 5429; C.S., s. 8056.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-5 - Forest reserve in North Carolina authorized; powers conferred.

§ 104-5. Forest reserve in North Carolina authorized; powers conferred.
The United States is authorized to acquire by purchase, or by condemnation with adequate compensation, except as hereinafter provided, such lands in North Carolina as in the opinion of the federal government may be needed for the establishment of a national forest reserve in that region. This consent is given upon condition that the State of North Carolina shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State of North Carolina against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this consent had not been given. Power is hereby conferred upon the Congress of the United States to pass such laws as it may deem necessary to the acquisition as hereinbefore provided, for incorporation in such national forest reserve such forest-covered lands lying in North Carolina as in the opinion of the federal government may be needed for this purpose, but as much as 200 acres of any tract of land occupied as a home by bona fide residents in this State on the eighteenth day of January, 1901, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section. Power is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass such laws and to make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations, of both civil and criminal nature, and to provide punishment therefor, as in its judgment may be necessary for the management, control, and protection of such lands as may be from time to time acquired by the United States under the provisions of this section. (1901, c. 17; Rev., s. 5430; C.S., s. 8057; 1929, c. 67, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-6 - Acquisition of lands for river and harbor improvement; reservation of right to serve process.

§ 104-6. Acquisition of lands for river and harbor improvement; reservation of right to serve process.
The consent of the legislature of the State is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States of any tracts, pieces, or parcels of land within the limits of the State, by purchase or condemnation, for use as sites for locks and dams, or for any other purpose in connection with the improvement of rivers and harbors within and on the borders of the State. The consent hereby given is in accordance with the seventeenth clause of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, and with the acts of Congress in such cases made and provided; and this State retains concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over any lands acquired and held in pursuance of the provisions of this section, so far as that all civil and criminal process issued under authority of any law of this State may be executed in any part of the premises so acquired, or the buildings or structures thereon erected. (1907, c. 681; C.S., s. 8058.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-8 - Further authorization of acquisition of land.

§ 104-8. Further authorization of acquisition of land.
The United States is hereby authorized to acquire lands by condemnation or otherwise in this State for the purpose of preserving the navigability of navigable streams and for holding and administering such lands for national park purposes: Provided, that this section and G.S. 104-9 shall in nowise affect the authority conferred upon the United States and reserved to the State in G.S. 104-5 and 104-6. (1925, c. 152, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-9 - Condition of consent granted in preceding section.

§ 104-9. Condition of consent granted in preceding section.
This consent is given upon condition that the State of North Carolina shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State of North Carolina against any person charged with the commission of any crime, without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this consent had not been given. (1925, c. 152, s. 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-10 - Migratory bird sanctuaries or other wildlife refuges.

§ 104-10. Migratory bird sanctuaries or other wildlife refuges.
The United States is authorized to acquire by purchase, or by condemnation with adequate compensation, such lands in North Carolina as in the opinion of the federal government may be needed for the establishment of one or more migratory bird sanctuaries or other wildlife refuges. This consent is given upon condition that the State of North Carolina shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State of North Carolina against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed therein in like manner as if this consent had not been given. Power is hereby conferred upon the Congress of the United States to pass such laws as it may deem necessary to the acquisition as hereinbefore provided, for incorporation in such sanctuaries or refuges such lands lying in North Carolina as in the opinion of the federal government may be suitable and needed for this purpose. Power is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass such laws and to make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations, of both civil and criminal nature, and to provide punishment therefor, as in its judgment may be necessary for the management, control and protection of such lands as may be from time to time acquired by the United States under the provisions of this section. (1929, c. 163, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-11 - Utilities Commission to secure rights-of-way, etc., for waterway improvements by use of federal funds.

§ 104-11. Utilities Commission to secure rights-of-way, etc., for waterway improvements by use of federal funds.
Hereafter whenever any waterway improvement in North Carolina by the use of federal funds is provided for upon condition that the State or locality shall furnish rights-of-way, permits for the dumping of dredged material, or furnish or do any other thing in connection with the proposed waterway improvement, the Utilities Commission is authorized and empowered to represent the State or locality in such matter of securing the rights-of-way, permits for the dumping of dredged material, or other things so required in connection with such waterway improvement; and in prosecuting such undertaking, the Utilities Commission may follow the same procedure provided in Article 2 for the acquisition of rights-of-way for the intercoastal waterway from the Cape Fear River to the South Carolina line: Provided, however, that said Utilities Commission is not hereby authorized to enter into obligation or contract for the payment of any money or proceeds through condemnation or otherwise without the express approval of the Governor and Council of State. (1935, c. 240; 1937, c. 434.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition. › § 104-11.1 - Governor may accept a retrocession of jurisdiction over federal areas; authorization for concurrent juvenile jurisdiction.

§ 104-11.1. Governor may accept a retrocession of jurisdiction over federal areas; authorization for concurrent juvenile jurisdiction.
(a) Whenever a duly authorized official or agent of the United States, acting pursuant to authority conferred by the Congress, notifies the Governor or any other State official, department or agency, that the United States desires or is willing to relinquish to the State the jurisdiction, or a portion thereof, held by the United States over the lands designated in such notice, the Governor may, in his discretion, accept such relinquishment. Such acceptance may be made by sending a notice of acceptance to the official or agent designated by the United States to receive such notice of acceptance. The Governor shall send a signed copy of the notice of acceptance, together with the notice of relinquishment received from the United States, to the Secretary of State, who shall maintain a permanent file of said notices.
Upon the sending of said notice of acceptance to the designated official or agent of the United States, the State shall immediately have such jurisdiction over the lands designated in the notice of relinquishment as said notice shall specify.
The provisions of this subsection shall apply to the relinquishment of jurisdiction acquired by the United States under the provisions of this Chapter or any other provision of law.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the State shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over a military installation of the United States Department of Defense located within the State in a matter relating to a violation of federal law by a juvenile within the boundaries of that military installation, if all of the following criteria are met:
(1) The United States Attorney, or the United States District Court, for the applicable district in North Carolina waives exclusive jurisdiction.
(2) The violation of federal law is also a crime or infraction under State law. (1957, c. 1202; 2022-73, s. 5(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-12 - Acquisition of land for inland waterway from Cape Fear River; grant of State lands.

§ 104-12. Acquisition of land for inland waterway from Cape Fear River; grant of State lands.
For the purpose of aiding in the construction of the proposed inland waterway by the United States from the Cape Fear River at Southport to the North Carolina-South Carolina State line, the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to issue to the United States of America a grant to the land located within said inland waterway, right-of-way, which is to be 1,000 feet to 1,750 feet wide insofar as such land is subject to grant by the State of North Carolina, the said grant to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of War, or by any authorized officer of the corps of engineers of the United States Army, or by any other authorized official, exercising control over the construction of the said waterway. Whenever in the construction of such inland waterway within this State, lands theretofore submerged shall be raised above the water by the deposit of excavated material, the land so formed shall become the property of the United States if within the limits of said inland waterway, right-of-way, herein set out 1,000 feet to 1,750 feet and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to issue to the United States a grant to the land so formed within the limits above specified, the grant to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Secretary of State by some authorized official of the United States, as above provided. If said lands so required for the inland waterway right-of-way shall be marshlands, or sound lands, the title to which has heretofore been vested in the State Board of Education, the Governor of the State, as President thereof, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction as Secretary, are hereby authorized and required to execute proper conveyance to the United States of America for said marshlands or sound lands, free of cost, both to the State and to the United States government, upon a certificate furnished to said Board of Education by the Secretary of War, or by any authorized officer of the corps of engineers of the United States Army, or by any other authorized official exercising control over the construction of the said inland waterway. (1931, c. 2, s. 1; 2011-183, s. 127(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-14 - Use declared paramount public purpose.

§ 104-14. Use declared paramount public purpose.
In such condemnation proceedings the uses for which such land or property is condemned are hereby declared to be for a purpose paramount to all other public uses, and the fact that any portion of it has heretofore been condemned by a railroad company, a street railway company, telephone or telegraph company, or other public service corporation, or by any political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, for public uses, or has been conveyed by any person or corporation for any such public uses, or vested in the State Board of Education, or by any other act dedicated to any public use, shall in no way affect the right of the State of North Carolina, or the United States government, to proceed and condemn such land and property as hereinbefore provided. (1931, c. 2, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-15 - Method of payment of expenses and awards.

§ 104-15. Method of payment of expenses and awards.
Whenever said Commission has agreed with the owner of any such land or property as to the purchase price thereof, or the damage for the construction of the inland waterway has finally been determined in any condemnation proceeding necessary to secure such land or property, the said Commission is hereby authorized and directed to pay all of said sums and other expenses incident thereto by proper warrant upon the sum which may be appropriated for said purpose, and all such sums shall constitute and remain a fixed and valid claim against the State of North Carolina until paid and satisfied in full. (1931, c. 2, s. 4.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-16 - State and United States may enter upon lands for survey, etc.

§ 104-16. State and United States may enter upon lands for survey, etc.
For the purpose of determining the lands necessary for the uses herein set out, the Utilities Commission or the United States government, or the agents of either, shall have the right to enter upon any lands along the general line of the right-of-way in this Article specified, and make such surveys, and do such other acts as in their judgment may be necessary for the purpose of definitely locating the specific lines of said right-of-way and the lands required for said purposes, and there shall be no claim against the State of North Carolina or the United States for such acts as may be done in making said surveys. (1931, c. 2, s. 5; 1937, c. 434.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-17 - Construction, maintenance, etc., of bridges over waterway.

§ 104-17. Construction, maintenance, etc., of bridges over waterway.
The Board of Transportation or the road governing body of any political subdivision of the State of North Carolina is hereby authorized and directed to construct, maintain and operate in perpetuity, all bridges over the waterway without cost to the United States. (1931, c. 2, s. 7; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-18 - Concurrent jurisdiction over waterway.

§ 104-18. Concurrent jurisdiction over waterway.
The State of North Carolina retains concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over any lands acquired and held in pursuance of the provisions of this Chapter, so far as that all civil and criminal process issued under authority of any law of this State may be executed in any part of the premises so acquired for such inland waterway, or for the buildings or constructions thereon erected for the purposes of such inland waterway. (1931, c. 2, s. 8.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-19 - Acquisition of land for inland waterway from Beaufort Inlet; grant of State lands.

§ 104-19. Acquisition of land for inland waterway from Beaufort Inlet; grant of State lands.
For the purpose of aiding in the construction of the proposed inland waterway by the United States from Beaufort Inlet in the State of North Carolina to the Cape Fear River, the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to issue to the United States of America a grant to the land located within said inland waterway, right-of-way, which is to be 1,000 feet wide, insofar as such land is subject to grant by the State of North Carolina, the said grant to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of War, or by any authorized officer of the corps of engineers of the United States Army, or by any other authorized official, exercising control over the construction of the said waterway. Whenever in the construction of such inland waterway within this State, lands theretofore submerged shall be raised above the water by the deposit of excavated material, the land so formed shall become the property of the United States if within the limits of said inland waterway, right-of-way, herein set out 1,000 feet, and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to issue to the United States a grant to the land so formed within the limits above specified, the grant to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Secretary of State by some authorized official of the United States, as above provided. If said lands so required for the inland waterway right-of-way shall be marshlands, the title to which has heretofore been vested in the State Board of Education, the Governor of the State, as President thereof, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction as Secretary, are hereby authorized and required to execute a proper conveyance to the United States of America for said marshlands, free of cost, both to the State and to the United States government, upon a certificate furnished, to said Board of Education by the Secretary of War, or by any authorized officer of the corps of engineers of the United States Army, or by any other authorized official exercising control over the construction of the said inland waterway. (1927, c. 44, s. 1; 2011-183, s. 127(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-21 - Use declared paramount public purpose.

§ 104-21. Use declared paramount public purpose.
In such condemnation proceedings the uses for which such land or property is condemned are hereby declared to be for a purpose paramount to all other public uses, and the fact that any portion of it has heretofore been condemned by a railroad company, street railway company, telephone or telegraph company, or other public service corporation, or by any political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, for public uses, or has been conveyed by any person or corporation for any such public uses, or vested in the State Board of Education, shall in no way affect the right of the State of North Carolina, or the United States government, to proceed and condemn such land and property as hereinbefore provided. (1927, c. 44, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-22 - Method of payment of expenses and awards.

§ 104-22. Method of payment of expenses and awards.
Whenever said Commission has agreed with the owner of any such land or property as to the purchase price thereof, or the damage for the construction of the inland waterway has finally been determined in any condemnation proceeding necessary to secure such land or property, the said Commission is hereby authorized and directed to pay all of said sum and other expenses incident thereto by proper warrant upon the sum which may be appropriated for said purpose, and all such sums shall constitute and remain a fixed and valid claim against the State of North Carolina until paid and satisfied in full. (1927, c. 44, s. 4.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-23 - Maintenance and operation of bridges over waterway.

§ 104-23. Maintenance and operation of bridges over waterway.
The Board of Transportation or the road governing body of any political subdivision of the State of North Carolina is hereby authorized and directed to take over and maintain and operate in perpetuity, by contract with the United States government, if necessary, or otherwise, any bridge or bridges which may be subject to their respective control and which the United States government may construct across said inland waterway. (1927, c. 44, s. 6; 1929, c. 4; c. 7, s. 2; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-24 - Concurrent jurisdiction over waterway.

§ 104-24. Concurrent jurisdiction over waterway.
The State of North Carolina retains concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over any lands acquired and held in pursuance of the provisions of this Chapter, so far as that all civil and criminal process issued under authority of any law of this State may be executed in any part of the premises so acquired for such inland waterway, or for the buildings or constructions thereon erected for the purposes of such inland waterway. (1927, c. 44, s. 7.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 104 - United States Lands › Article 2 - Inland Waterways. › § 104-25 - Lands conveyed to United States for inland waterway.

§ 104-25. Lands conveyed to United States for inland waterway.
For the purpose of aiding in the construction of a proposed inland waterway by the United States from the City of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, to Beaufort Inlet, in the State of North Carolina, the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to issue to the United States of America a grant to the land located within a distance of 1,000 feet on either side of the center of the said inland waterway, insofar as such land is subject to grant by the State of North Carolina, the said grant to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of War, or by any authorized officer of the corps of engineers of the United States Army, or by any other authorized official, exercising control of the construction of the said waterway.
Wherever, in the construction of the said inland waterway, lands theretofore submerged shall be raised above the water by deposit of excavated material, the lands so formed shall become the property of the United States for a distance of 1,000 feet on either side of the center of such canal or channel, and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to issue to the United States a grant to the land so formed within the distance above mentioned, the grant to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Secretary of State by some authorized official of the United States as above provided. (1913, c. 197; C.S., s. 7583; 1937, c. 445; 2011-183, s. 127(b).)