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2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 4 - Agritourism Activity Liability. › § 99E-30 - Definitions.

§ 99E-30. Definitions.
As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
(1) Agritourism activity. – Any activity carried out on a farm or ranch that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes, to view or enjoy rural activities, including farming, ranching, historic, cultural, harvest-your-own activities, hunting, fishing, equestrian activities, or natural activities and attractions. An activity is an agritourism activity whether or not the participant paid to participate in the activity. "Agritourism activity" includes an activity involving any animal exhibition at an agricultural fair licensed by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to G.S. 106-520.3.
(2) Agritourism professional. – Any person who is engaged in the business of providing one or more agritourism activities, whether or not for compensation.
(3) Inherent risks of agritourism activity. – Those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of an agritourism activity including certain hazards, including surface and subsurface conditions, natural conditions of land, vegetation, and waters, the behavior of wild or domestic animals, and ordinary dangers of structures or equipment ordinarily used in farming and ranching operations. Inherent risks of agritourism activity also include the potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant or others, including failing to follow instructions given by the agritourism professional or failing to exercise reasonable caution while engaging in the agritourism activity.
(4) Participant. – Any person, other than the agritourism professional, who engages in an agritourism activity.
(5) Person. – An individual, fiduciary, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, unit of government, or any other group acting as a unit. (2005-236, s. 1; 2007-171, s. 1; 2020-18, s. 5(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 4 - Agritourism Activity Liability. › § 99E-31 - Liability.

§ 99E-31. Liability.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an agritourism professional is not liable for injury to or death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of agritourism activities, so long as the warning contained in G.S. 99E-32 is posted as required and, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no participant or participant's representative can maintain an action against or recover from an agritourism professional for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of agritourism activities. In any action for damages against an agritourism professional for agritourism activity, the agritourism professional must plead the affirmative defense of assumption of the risk of agritourism activity by the participant.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section prevents or limits the liability of an agritourism professional if the agritourism professional does any one or more of the following:
(1) Commits an act or omission that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and that act or omission proximately causes injury, damage, or death to the participant.
(2) Has actual knowledge or reasonably should have known of an existing dangerous condition on the land, facilities, or equipment used in the activity or the dangerous propensity of a particular animal used in such activity and does not make the danger known to the participant, and the danger proximately causes injury, damage, or death to the participant.
(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section prevents or limits the liability of an agritourism professional under liability provisions as set forth in Chapter 99B of the General Statutes.
(d) Any limitation on legal liability afforded by this section to an agritourism professional is in addition to any other limitations of legal liability otherwise provided by law. (2005-236, s. 1; 2013-265, s. 4.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 4 - Agritourism Activity Liability. › § 99E-32 - Warning required.

§ 99E-32. Warning required.
(a) Every agritourism professional must post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this section. The sign must be placed in a clearly visible location at the entrance to the agritourism location and at the site of the agritourism activity. The warning notice must consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of three quarters of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by an agritourism professional for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a participant, whether or not the contract involves agritourism activities on or off the location or at the site of the agritourism activity, must contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this section must contain the following notice of warning:
"WARNING
Under North Carolina law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity."
(c) Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this subsection will prevent an agritourism professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this Article. (2005-236, s. 1; 2023-63, s. 2.1(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 5 - Commonsense Consumption Act. › § 99E-41 - Definitions.

§ 99E-41. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) Claim. – Any claim by or on behalf of a natural person, as well as any derivative or other claim arising from a common set of facts or circumstances and asserted by or on behalf of any other person.
(2) Knowing and willful conduct. – Conduct which meets all of the following criteria:
a. The conduct was committed with any of the following:
1. The intent to deceive or injure consumers.
2. Actual knowledge that such conduct was injurious to consumers.
3. Reason to know there is a reasonable probability of injury to consumers.
b. The conduct constituting the violation was not required by regulations, orders, rules, or other pronouncement of, or any statute administered by, a federal, State, or local government agency.
(3) Other person. – Any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint-stock company, or any other entity, including any governmental entity or private attorney general. (2013-309, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 5 - Commonsense Consumption Act. › § 99E-42 - Claims arising from weight gain, obesity, associated health conditions, or long-term consumption of food - Limitation on liability.

§ 99E-42. Claims arising from weight gain, obesity, associated health conditions, or long-term consumption of food – Limitation on liability.
Except as set forth in G.S. 99E-43, a packer, distributor, manufacturer, carrier, holder, seller, marketer, or advertiser of a food, as defined in section 201(f) of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 321(f), or an association of one or more such entities, shall not be liable in any civil action for any claim arising out of weight gain, obesity, a health condition associated with weight gain or obesity, or other generally known condition allegedly caused by or allegedly likely to result from long-term consumption of food. For purposes of this section, a health condition arising from a single instance of consumption shall not be considered to result from long-term consumption of food. (2013-309, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 5 - Commonsense Consumption Act. › § 99E-43 - Claims arising from weight gain, obesity, associated health conditions, or long-term consumption of food - Exceptions to limit on liability.

§ 99E-43. Claims arising from weight gain, obesity, associated health conditions, or long-term consumption of food – Exceptions to limit on liability.
G.S. 99E-42 shall not preclude liability in a civil action in which the claim of weight gain, obesity, health condition associated with weight gain or obesity, or other generally known condition allegedly caused by or allegedly likely to result from long-term consumption of food meets either of the following:
(1) The claim includes as an element of the cause of action a material violation of an adulteration or misbranding requirement prescribed by statute or rule of this State or the United States of America and the claimed injury was proximately caused by such violation.
(2) The claim is based on knowing and willful conduct applicable to the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, advertising, labeling, or sale of food, in violation of any other State or federal law and the claimed injury was proximately caused by such violation. (2013-309, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 5 - Commonsense Consumption Act. › § 99E-44 - Construction of Article.

§ 99E-44. Construction of Article.
(a) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to create any new claim, right of action, or civil liability not previously existing under State law.
(b) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to interfere with any agency's exclusive or primary jurisdiction to find or declare violations of a food adulteration or misbranding statute or rule. (2013-309, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 6 - Successor Asbestos-Related Liability. › § 99E-50 - Definitions.

§ 99E-50. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) Asbestos claim. – Any claim, wherever or whenever made, for damages, losses, indemnification, contribution, or other relief arising out of, based on, or in any way related to asbestos, including any of the following:
a. The health effects of exposure to asbestos, including a claim for personal injury or death, mental or emotional injury, risk of disease or other injury, or the costs of medical monitoring or surveillance.
b. Any claim made by or on behalf of any person exposed to asbestos or a representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of the person.
c. Any claim for damage or loss caused by the installation, presence, or removal of asbestos.
(2) Corporation. – Any corporation established under either domestic or foreign charter and includes a corporate subsidiary and any business entity in which a corporation participates or is a stockholder, a partner, or a joint venturer.
(3) Successor. – A corporation that assumes or incurs or has assumed or incurred successor asbestos-related liabilities through operation of law, including, but not limited to, a merger or consolidation or plan of merger or consolidation related to such consolidation or merger or by appointment as administrator or as trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, liquidation, or receivership and that became a successor before January 1, 1972. Successor includes any of that successor corporation's successors.
(4) Successor asbestos-related liability. – Any liabilities, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, which are related in any way to asbestos claims and were assumed or incurred by a corporation as a result of or in connection with a merger or consolidation, or the plan of merger or consolidation related to the merger or consolidation with or into another corporation, or that are related in any way to asbestos claims based on the exercise of control or the ownership of stock of the corporation before the merger or consolidation. The term includes liabilities that, after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined under G.S. 99E-53, were or are paid or otherwise discharged or committed to be paid or otherwise discharged, by or on behalf of the corporation or by a successor of the corporation, or by or on behalf of a transferor, in connection with settlements, judgments, or other discharges in this State or another jurisdiction.
(5) Transferor. – A corporation from which successor asbestos-related liabilities are or were assumed or incurred. (2014-110, s. 4.1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 6 - Successor Asbestos-Related Liability. › § 99E-51 - Applicability.

§ 99E-51. Applicability.
The limitations in G.S. 99E-52 shall apply to any successor but shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Workers' compensation benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee under the provisions of Chapter 97 of the General Statutes, or a comparable workers' compensation law of another jurisdiction.
(2) Any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability.
(3) Any obligation under the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151, et seq., as amended, or under any collective bargaining agreement.
(4) A successor that, after a merger or consolidation, continued in the business of mining asbestos or in the business of selling or distributing asbestos fibers or in the business of manufacturing, distributing, removing, or installing asbestos-containing products which were the same or substantially the same as those products previously manufactured, distributed, removed, or installed by the transferor. (2014-110, s. 4.1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 6 - Successor Asbestos-Related Liability. › § 99E-52 - Limitation on successor asbestos-related liability.

§ 99E-52. Limitation on successor asbestos-related liability.
(a) Except as further limited in subsection (b) of this section, the cumulative successor asbestos-related liabilities of a successor corporation are limited to the fair market value of the total gross assets of the transferor determined as of the time of the merger or consolidation. The successor corporation does not have responsibility for successor asbestos-related liabilities in excess of this limitation.
(b) If the transferor had assumed or incurred successor asbestos-related liabilities in connection with a prior merger or consolidation with a prior transferor, then the fair market value of the total assets of the prior transferor determined as of the time of the earlier merger or consolidation shall be substituted for the limitation set forth in subsection (a) of this section for purposes of determining the limitation of liability of a successor corporation. (2014-110, s. 4.1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 6 - Successor Asbestos-Related Liability. › § 99E-53 - Establishing fair market value of total gross assets.

§ 99E-53. Establishing fair market value of total gross assets.
(a) A successor corporation may establish the fair market value of total gross assets for the purpose of the limitations under G.S. 99E-35 [G.S. 99E-52] through any method reasonable under the circumstances, including either of the following:
(1) By reference to the going concern value of the assets or to the purchase price attributable to or paid for the assets in an arms-length transaction.
(2) In the absence of other readily available information from which the fair market value can be determined, by reference to the value of the assets recorded on a balance sheet.
(b) Total gross assets include intangible assets.
(c) To the extent total gross assets include any liability insurance that was issued to the transferor whose assets are being valued for purposes of this section, the applicability, terms, conditions, and limits of such insurance shall not be affected by this statute nor shall this statute otherwise affect the rights and obligations of an insurer, transferor, or successor under any insurance contract and/or any related agreements, including, without limitation, preenactment settlements resolving coverage-related disputes, and the rights of an insurer to seek payment for applicable deductibles, retrospective premiums, or self-insured retentions or to seek contribution from a successor for uninsured or self-insured periods or periods where insurance is uncollectible or otherwise unavailable. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent total gross assets include any such liability insurance, a settlement of a dispute concerning any such liability insurance coverage entered into by a transferor or successor with the insurers of the transferor before the effective date of this act shall be determinative of the total coverage of such liability insurance to be included in the calculation of the transferor's total gross assets. (2014-110, s. 4.1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 6 - Successor Asbestos-Related Liability. › § 99E-54 - Adjustment.

§ 99E-54. Adjustment.
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, the fair market value of total gross assets at the time of the merger or consolidation shall increase annually at a rate equal to the sum of the following:
(1) The prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal published for each calendar year since the merger or consolidation, unless the prime rate is not published in that edition of the Wall Street Journal, in which case any reasonable determination of the prime rate on the first day of the calendar year may be used.
(2) One percent (1%).
(b) The rate defined in subsection (a) of this section shall not be compounded.
(c) The adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall continue as provided in subsection (a) of this section until the date the adjusted value is first exceeded by the cumulative amounts of successor asbestos-related liabilities paid or committed to be paid by or on behalf of the successor corporation or a predecessor or by or on behalf of a transferor after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined.
(d) No adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall be applied to any liability insurance that may be included in the definition of total gross assets by subsection (c) of G.S. 99E-53. (2014-110, s. 4.1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 6 - Successor Asbestos-Related Liability. › § 99E-55 - Scope of Article; application.

§ 99E-55. Scope of Article; application.
(a) This Article shall be liberally construed with regard to successors.
(b) This Article shall apply to all asbestos claims filed against a successor on or after the effective date of this act. (2014-110, s. 4.1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 7 - Liability for Public Safety Telecommunicators and Dispatchers. › § 99E-65 - Standard of proof.

§ 99E-65. Standard of proof.
In any civil action arising from any act or omission by the defendant in the performance of any lawful and prescribed actions pertaining to the defendant's assigned job duties as a 911 or public safety telecommunicator or dispatcher at a primary public safety answering point as defined in G.S. 62A-40(18) or at any public safety agency to which 911 calls are transferred from a primary PSAP as defined in G.S. 62A-40(16) for dispatch of appropriate public safety agencies, the plaintiff's burden of proof shall be by clear and convincing evidence. (2015-71, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 8 - COVID-19 Limited Immunity. › § 99E-70 - Definitions.

§ 99E-70. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) COVID-19. – The disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
(2) Person. – An individual; corporation; nonprofit corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; sole proprietorship; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal entity. (2020-89, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 8 - COVID-19 Limited Immunity. › § 99E-71 - Limited immunity.

§ 99E-71. Limited immunity.
(a) In any claim for relief arising from any act or omission alleged to have resulted in the contraction of COVID-19, including any claim based on violation of subsection (b) of this section, no person shall be liable for any act or omission that does not amount to gross negligence, willful or wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing.
(b) Every person shall provide, with respect to any premises owned by the person or under the person's possession, custody, or control, reasonable notice of actions taken by the person for the purpose of reducing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to individuals present on the premises. No person shall be liable for the failure of any individual to comply with rules, policies, or guidelines contained in the notice required by this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to premises owned by an individual, other than premises that are used in the operation of a sole proprietorship.
(c) This section does not apply to claims before the Industrial Commission seeking benefits payable under the Workers' Compensation Act, Article 1 of Chapter 97 of the General Statutes. (2020-89, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 8 - COVID-19 Limited Immunity. › § 99E-72 - Applicability.

§ 99E-72. Applicability.
This Article applies to claims arising no later than 180 days after the expiration or rescission of Executive Order No. 116 issued March 10, 2020. (2020-89, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 9 - Private Pools COVID-19 Limited Liability. › § 99E-80 - Definitions.

§ 99E-80. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) COVID-19. – The disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
(2) Community pool. – A privately owned community swimming pool, including, without limitation, a swimming pool owned or operated by a multiunit apartment complex, homeowners association, or condominium unit owners association. (2020-90, s. 6(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 9 - Private Pools COVID-19 Limited Liability. › § 99E-81 - Limited liability for reopening community pools.

§ 99E-81. Limited liability for reopening community pools.
(a) Owners and operators of community pools and their agents shall not be liable in any claim or action seeking damages for injury or death resulting from transmission of COVID-19 alleged to have resulted from the reopening of the community pool in accordance with applicable executive orders of the Governor.
(b) The immunity provided by this section shall not apply to claims for injury or death resulting from gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing. (2020-90, s. 6(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 99E - Special Liability Provisions › Article 9 - Private Pools COVID-19 Limited Liability. › § 99E-82 - Applicability.

§ 99E-82. Applicability.
This Article applies to claims or actions arising no later than one year after the expiration or rescission of Executive Order No. 116 issued March 10, 2020. (2020-90, s. 6(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 1 - Approval and Protection of Monuments, Memorials, Works of Art, etc. › § 100-2 - Approval of memorials before acceptance by State; "work of art" defined.

§ 100-2. Approval of memorials before acceptance by State; "work of art" defined.
A monument, memorial, or work of art may not become the property of the State by purchase, gift or otherwise, unless the monument, memorial, or work of art, or a design of the same, together with the proposed location of the same, is submitted to and approved by the North Carolina Historical Commission. A monument, memorial, or work of art, until so submitted and approved, may not be contracted for, placed in or upon, or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the State. The term "work of art" as used in this Article includes any painting, portrait, mural decoration, stained glass, statue, bas-relief, sculpture, tablet, fountain, or other article or structure of a permanent character intended for decoration or commemoration. (1941, c. 341, s. 2; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; c. 507, s. 5; c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1306, ss. 3, 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(27); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-170, s. 3(b); 2015-241, s. 14.30(c), (s), (u).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 1 - Approval and Protection of Monuments, Memorials, Works of Art, etc. › § 100-2.1 - Protection of monuments, memorials, and works of art.

§ 100-2.1. Protection of monuments, memorials, and works of art.
(a) Approval Required. – Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a monument, memorial, or work of art owned by the State may not be removed, relocated, or altered in any way without the approval of the North Carolina Historical Commission.
(b) Limitations on Removal. – An object of remembrance located on public property may not be permanently removed and may only be relocated, whether temporarily or permanently, under the circumstances listed in this subsection and subject to the limitations in this subsection. An object of remembrance that is temporarily relocated shall be returned to its original location within 90 days of completion of the project that required its temporary removal. An object of remembrance that is permanently relocated shall be relocated to a site of similar prominence, honor, visibility, availability, and access that are within the boundaries of the jurisdiction from which it was relocated. An object of remembrance may not be relocated to a museum, cemetery, or mausoleum unless it was originally placed at such a location. As used in this section, the term "object of remembrance" means a monument, memorial, plaque, statue, marker, or display of a permanent character that commemorates an event, a person, or military service that is part of North Carolina's history. The circumstances under which an object of remembrance may be relocated are either of the following:
(1) When appropriate measures are required by the State or a political subdivision of the State to preserve the object.
(2) When necessary for construction, renovation, or reconfiguration of buildings, open spaces, parking, or transportation projects.
(c) Exceptions. – This section does not apply to the following:
(1) Highway markers set up by the Board of Transportation in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources as provided by Chapter 197 of the Public Laws of 1935.
(2) An object of remembrance owned by a private party that is located on public property and that is the subject of a legal agreement between the private party and the State or a political subdivision of the State governing the removal or relocation of the object.
(3) An object of remembrance for which a building inspector or similar official has determined poses a threat to public safety because of an unsafe or dangerous condition.
(4) An object of remembrance commemorating law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission killed in the line of duty. (2015-170, s. 3(c); 2015-241, s. 14.30(c); 2023-69, s. 2.4.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 1 - Approval and Protection of Monuments, Memorials, Works of Art, etc. › § 100-3 - Approval of design, etc., of certain bridges and other structures.

§ 100-3. Approval of design, etc., of certain bridges and other structures.
No bridge, arch, gate, fence or other structure intended primarily for ornamental or memorial purposes and which is paid for either wholly or in part by appropriation from the State treasury, or which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the State, shall be begun unless the design and proposed location thereof shall have been submitted to the North Carolina Historical Commission and approved by it. Furthermore, no existing structures of the kind named and described in the preceding part of this section owned by the State, shall be removed or remodeled without submission of the plans therefor to the North Carolina Historical Commission and approval of said plans by the North Carolina Historical Commission. This section shall not be construed as amending or repealing Chapter 197 of the Public Laws of 1935. (1941, c. 341, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1306, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 1 - Approval and Protection of Monuments, Memorials, Works of Art, etc. › § 100-4 - Governor to accept works of art approved by North Carolina Historical Commission.

§ 100-4. Governor to accept works of art approved by North Carolina Historical Commission.
The Governor of North Carolina is hereby authorized to accept, in the name of the State of North Carolina, gifts to the State of works of art as defined in G.S. 100-2. But no work of art shall be so accepted unless and until the same shall have been first submitted to the North Carolina Historical Commission and by it judged worthy of acceptance. (1941, c. 341, s. 4; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1306, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 1 - Approval and Protection of Monuments, Memorials, Works of Art, etc. › § 100-5 - Duties as to buildings erected or remodeled by State.

§ 100-5. Duties as to buildings erected or remodeled by State.
Upon request of the Governor and the Board of Public Buildings and Grounds, the North Carolina Historical Commission shall act in an advisory capacity relative to the artistic character of any building constructed, erected, or remodeled by the State. The term "building" as used in this section shall include structures intended for human occupation, and also bridges, arches, gates, walls, or other permanent structures of any character not intended primarily for purposes of decoration or commemoration. (1941, c. 341, s. 5; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1306, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 1 - Approval and Protection of Monuments, Memorials, Works of Art, etc. › § 100-6 - Disqualification to vote on work of art, etc.; vacancy.

§ 100-6. Disqualification to vote on work of art, etc.; vacancy.
Any member of the North Carolina Historical Commission who shall be employed by the State to execute a work of art or structure of any kind requiring submission to the North Carolina Historical Commission, or who shall take part in a competition for such work of art or structure, shall be disqualified from voting thereon, and the temporary vacancy thereby created may be filled by appointment by the Governor. (1941, c. 341, s. 6; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1306, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 1 - Approval and Protection of Monuments, Memorials, Works of Art, etc. › § 100-7 - Construction.

§ 100-7. Construction.
The provisions of this Article shall not be construed to include exhibits of an educational nature arranged by museums or art galleries administered by the State or any of its agencies or institutions, or to prevent the placing of portraits of officials, officers, or employees of the State in the offices or buildings of the departments, agencies, or institutions with which such officials, officers, or employees are or have been connected. But upon request of such museums or agencies, the North Carolina Historical Commission shall act in an advisory capacity as to the artistic qualities and appropriations of memorial exhibits or works of art submitted to it. (1941, c. 341, s. 7; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1306, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 1 - Approval and Protection of Monuments, Memorials, Works of Art, etc. › § 100-8 - Memorials to persons within 25 years of death; acceptance of commemorative funds for useful work.

§ 100-8. Memorials to persons within 25 years of death; acceptance of commemorative funds for useful work.
No monument, statue, tablet, painting, or other article or structure of a permanent nature intended primarily to commemorate any person or persons shall be purchased from State funds or shall be placed in or upon or allowed to extend over State property within 25 years after the death of the person or persons so commemorated: Provided, nevertheless, that nothing in this Article shall be interpreted as prohibiting the acceptance of funds by State agencies or institutions from individuals or societies who wish to commemorate some person or persons by providing funds for educational, health, charitable, or other useful work. The agency or institution to which such funds are offered for memorial enterprises shall exercise its discretion as to the acceptance and expenditure of such funds. Nothing in this Article shall be interpreted as prohibiting the erection on the lands of the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park an appropriate tablet or plaque honoring the life and memory of the late Lionel Weil of Wayne County. Nothing in this Article shall be interpreted as prohibiting the erection on the lands of the Morrow Mountain State Park an appropriate tablet or plaque honoring the life and memory of the late James McKnight Morrow of Stanly County. Nothing in this Article shall be interpreted as prohibiting the erection on the lands of the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park an appropriate tablet or plaque, of such size and containing such language, as may be agreed upon by the donors and Director of State Parks, honoring the Whitfield heirs for their contributions to the establishment of the said park. (1941, c. 341, s. 8; 1957, c. 181; 1961, c. 976; 1963, c. 1128; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1306, s. 4.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 2 - Memorials Financed by Counties and Cities. › § 100-9 - County commissioners may protect monuments.

§ 100-9. County commissioners may protect monuments.
When any monument has been or shall hereafter be erected to the memory of our Confederate dead or to perpetuate the memory and virtues of our distinguished dead, if such monument is erected by the voluntary subscription of the people and is placed on the courthouse square, the board of county commissioners of such county are permitted to expend from the public funds of the county an amount sufficient to erect a substantial iron fence around such monument in order that the same may be protected. (1905, c. 457; Rev., s. 3928; C.S., s. 6934.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 2 - Memorials Financed by Counties and Cities. › § 100-10 - Counties, cities, and towns may contribute toward erection of memorials.

§ 100-10. Counties, cities, and towns may contribute toward erection of memorials.
Any county, city or town by resolution first adopted by its governing body may become a member of any memorial association or organization for perpetuating the memory of the soldiers and sailors of North Carolina who served the United States in the great World War, or in the global war known as World War II, or who fought in the War Between the States, and may subscribe and pay toward the cost of the erection of any memorial to the memory of such soldiers and sailors such sums of money as its governing body may determine, and may be represented in such association or organization by such persons as its governing body may select. Any contribution so made shall be paid out of the general fund of such county, city, or town making same, on such terms as may be agreed upon by its governing body, and the officers having the control and management of the association or organization to which subscription and contribution are made. (1919, c. 21, ss. 1, 2, 3; C.S., s. 6938; 1923, c. 200; 1945, c. 117.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 3 - Mount Mitchell Park. › § 100-11 - Duties.

§ 100-11. Duties.
The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall have complete control, care, protection and charge of that part of Mitchell's Park acquired by the State. (1915, c. 76; 1919, c. 316, s. 3; C.S., s. 6940; 1921, c. 222, s. 1; 1925, c. 122, s. 23; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(28); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(w).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 3 - Mount Mitchell Park. › § 100-12 - Roads, trails, and fences authorized; protection of property.

§ 100-12. Roads, trails, and fences authorized; protection of property.
The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is authorized and empowered to enter upon the land hereinbefore referred to, and to build a fence or fences around the same, also roads, paths, and trails and protect the property against trespass and fire and injury of any and all kinds whatsoever; cut wood and timber upon the same, but only for the purpose of protecting the other timber thereon and improving the property generally. (1919, c. 316, s. 5; C.S., s. 6942; 1921, c. 222, s. 1; 1925, c. 122, s. 23; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(29); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(w).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 3 - Mount Mitchell Park. › § 100-13 - Fees for use of improvements; fees for other privileges; leases; rules.

§ 100-13. Fees for use of improvements; fees for other privileges; leases; rules.
The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is further authorized to charge and collect fees for the use of such improvements as have already been constructed, or may hereafter be constructed, on the park, and for other privileges connected with the full use of the park by the public; to lease sites for camps, houses, hotels, and places of amusement and business; and to make and enforce such necessary rules as may best tend to protect, preserve and increase the value and attractiveness of the park. (1921, c. 222, s. 2; C.S., s. 6942(a); 1925, c. 122, s. 23; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 25; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(w).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 3 - Mount Mitchell Park. › § 100-14 - Use of fees and other collections.

§ 100-14. Use of fees and other collections.
All fees and other money collected and received by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources in connection with its proper administration of the North Carolina State Parks System shall be used by said Department for the administration, protection, improvement, and maintenance of the State Parks System. (1921, c. 22, s. 3; C.S., s. 6942(b); 1925, c. 122, s. 23; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 26; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(w).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 3 - Mount Mitchell Park. › § 100-15 - Annual reports.

§ 100-15. Annual reports.
The Department shall make an annual report to the Governor of all money received and expended by it in the administration of the North Carolina State Parks System, and of such other items as may be called for by him or by the General Assembly. (1921, c. 222, s. 4; C.S., s. 6942(c); 1925, c. 122, s. 23; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 27.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 4 - Toll Roads or Bridges in Public Parks. › § 100-16 - Private operation of toll roads or bridges in public parks prohibited.

§ 100-16. Private operation of toll roads or bridges in public parks prohibited.
No person, firm or corporation shall have the right or privilege to privately operate any toll road or toll bridge in this State upon lands belonging to the State, set apart or designated as a public park.
In the event any such toll road or bridge is on March 17, 1939 being privately operated under any real or assumed right, privilege, or lease, the State institution or department having such state-owned property in charge or under its supervision shall immediately give notice to such person, firm or corporation so operating such toll road or toll bridge to discontinue the operation of the same.
Any person, firm or corporation who sustains any legal damage by reason of the exercise of the authority hereinbefore granted shall be entitled to just compensation therefor, and, in the event satisfactory settlement cannot be made with the department or State agency exercising the authority herein contained, the amount of just compensation may be determined by a special proceeding instituted by the claimant against the department or agency having such property in custody under the provisions of the Chapter on Eminent Domain, insofar as the same may be applicable hereto: Provided, such proceedings shall be instituted within six months from the time such notice is given. Any compensation awarded shall be a valid claim against the State of North Carolina, payable out of the funds of the department or State agency having such property in charge. (1939, c. 127.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 5 - Flagpoles and Display of Flags in State Parks. › § 100-17 - Flagpole to be erected in each State park.

§ 100-17. Flagpole to be erected in each State park.
At each of the State parks of North Carolina an adequate flagpole shall be erected, in keeping with the construction of other structures thereupon, upon which flags of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina may be flown. (1963, c. 317, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 5 - Flagpoles and Display of Flags in State Parks. › § 100-18 - Display of flags.

§ 100-18. Display of flags.
Where personnel are available upon the State parks, the flags of the United States and of the State of North Carolina shall be flown on every Saturday and Sunday and on every State holiday from May 1 to October 1 of each year, in conformity with appropriate national and State policy and procedures concerning the display of the State and federal flag. (1963, c. 317, s. 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 100 - Monuments, Memorials and Parks › Article 5 - Flagpoles and Display of Flags in State Parks. › § 100-19 - Donation of flagpoles.

§ 100-19. Donation of flagpoles.
Flagpoles at State parks may be donated by donors of the lands upon which State parks are situated, and if such donors express a desire to donate flagpoles, such donations shall be accepted in preference to that of any other individual or group. In the event that the donors of the lands upon which the State parks are situated shall not indicate a desire to donate flagpoles therefor within six months of the date of the passage of this Article, donations for flagpoles shall be accepted from individuals or groups who may desire to make such donations and erect the said flagpoles in keeping with the State park regulations. (1963, c. 317, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 101 - Names of Persons › § 101-1 - Legislature may regulate change by general but not private law.

§ 101-1. Legislature may regulate change by general but not private law.
The General Assembly shall not have power to pass any private law to alter the name of any person, but shall have power to pass general laws regulating the same. (Const., Art. II, s. 11; Rev., s. 2146; C.S., s. 2970.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 101 - Names of Persons › § 101-3 - Contents of petition.

§ 101-3. Contents of petition.
The applicant shall state in the application his true name, county of birth, date of birth, the full name of parents as shown on birth certificate, the name he desires to adopt, his reasons for desiring such change, and whether his name has ever before been changed by law, and, if so, the facts with respect thereto. (1891, c. 145; Rev., s. 2147; C.S., s. 2972; 1945, c. 37, s. 1; 1957, c. 1233, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 101 - Names of Persons › § 101-4 - Proof of good character to accompany petition.

§ 101-4. Proof of good character to accompany petition.
The applicant shall also file with said petition proof of his good character, which proof must be made by at least two citizens of the county who know his standing: Provided, however, proof of good character shall not be required when the application is for the change of name of a child under 16 years of age. (1891, c. 145; Rev., s. 2148; C.S., s. 2973; 1963, c. 206.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 101 - Names of Persons › § 101-6 - Effect of change; only one change, except as provided.

§ 101-6. Effect of change; only one change, except as provided.
(a) When the order is made and the applicant's name changed, he is entitled to all the privileges and protection under his new name as he would have been under the old name. No person shall be allowed to change his name under this Chapter but once, except that he shall be permitted to resume his former name upon compliance with the requirements and procedure set forth in this Chapter for change of name, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) For good cause shown, and upon compliance with the requirements and procedure set forth in this Chapter for change of name, the name of a minor child may be changed not more than two times under this Chapter.
(c) A sex offender who is registered in accordance with Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is prohibited from obtaining a change of name under this Chapter. (1891, c. 145; Rev., ss. 2147, 2149; C.S., s. 2975; 1945, c. 37, s. 2; 1991, c. 333, s. 1; 2008-218, s. 9.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 101 - Names of Persons › § 101-7 - Recording name change.

§ 101-7. Recording name change.
When the name of any individual, corporation, partnership, or association has been changed in a manner provided by law, any attorney licensed to practice law in this State may file an affidavit with the clerk of superior court stating facts concerning the change of name. The clerk shall cause the affidavit to be filed and indexed among the records of his office, pursuant to G.S. 7A-180(3) and G.S. 7A-343(3). The clerk shall also forward a copy of the affidavit under the seal of his office to the clerk of superior court of any other county named in the affidavit where it shall also be filed and indexed in accordance with this section. Affidavits filed and indexed under this section are for informational purposes only and neither the affidavit nor the manner of its filing and indexing shall in any manner affect the rights or liabilities of any person. (1971, c. 592, s. 1.)