North Carolina General Statutes

  • Chapter 1   Civil Procedure
  • Chapter 1A   Rules of Civil Procedure
  • Chapter 1B   Contribution
  • Chapter 1C   Enforcement of Judgments
  • Chapter 1D   Punitive Damages
  • Chapter 1E   Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
  • Chapter 1F   North Carolina Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act
  • Chapter 2   Clerk of Superior Court [Repealed and Transferred.
  • Chapter 3   Commissioners of Affidavits and Deeds [Repealed.
  • Chapter 4   Common Law
  • Chapter 5   Contempt [Repealed.
  • Chapter 5A   Contempt
  • Chapter 6   Liability for Court Costs
  • Chapter 7   Courts [Repealed and Transferred.
  • Chapter 7A   Judicial Department
  • Chapter 7B   Juvenile Code
  • Chapter 8   Evidence
  • Chapter 8A   Interpreters for Deaf Persons [Recodified.
  • Chapter 8B   Interpreters for Deaf Persons
  • Chapter 8C   Evidence Code
  • Chapter 9   Jurors
  • Chapter 10   Notaries [Repealed.
  • Chapter 10A   Notaries [Recodified.
  • Chapter 10B   Notaries
  • Chapter 11   Oaths
  • Chapter 12   Statutory Construction
  • Chapter 13   Citizenship Restored
  • Chapter 14   Criminal Law
  • Chapter 15   Criminal Procedure
  • Chapter 15A   Criminal Procedure Act
  • Chapter 15B   Victims Compensation
  • Chapter 15C   Address Confidentiality Program
  • Chapter 16   Gaming Contracts and Futures
  • Chapter 17   Habeas Corpus
  • Chapter 17A   Law-Enforcement Officers [Recodified.
  • Chapter 17B   North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training System [Recodified.
  • Chapter 17C   North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission
  • Chapter 17D   North Carolina Justice Academy
  • Chapter 17E   North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission
  • Chapter 18   Regulation of Intoxicating Liquors [Repealed.
  • Chapter 18A   Regulation of Intoxicating Liquors [Repealed.
  • Chapter 18B   Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages
  • Chapter 18C   North Carolina State Lottery
  • Chapter 19   Offenses Against Public Morals
  • Chapter 19A   Protection of Animals
  • Chapter 20   Motor Vehicles
  • Chapter 21   Bills of Lading
  • Chapter 22   Contracts Requiring Writing
  • Chapter 22A   Signatures
  • Chapter 22B   Contracts Against Public Policy
  • Chapter 22C   Payments to Subcontractors
  • Chapter 23   Debtor and Creditor
  • Chapter 24   Interest
  • Chapter 25   Uniform Commercial Code
  • Chapter 25A   Retail Installment Sales Act
  • Chapter 25B   Credit
  • Chapter 25C   Sales of Artwork
  • Chapter 26   Suretyship
  • Chapter 27   Warehouse Receipts [Repealed.
  • Chapter 28   Administration [Repealed.
  • Chapter 28A   Administration of Decedents' Estates
  • Chapter 28B   Estates of Absentees in Military Service
  • Chapter 28C   Estates of Missing Persons
  • Chapter 29   Intestate Succession
  • Chapter 30   Surviving Spouses
  • Chapter 31   Wills
  • Chapter 31A   Acts Barring Property Rights
  • Chapter 31B   Renunciation of Property and Renunciation of Fiduciary Powers Act
  • Chapter 31C   Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act
  • Chapter 32   Fiduciaries
  • Chapter 32A   Powers of Attorney
  • Chapter 33   Guardian and Ward [Repealed and Recodified.
  • Chapter 33A   North Carolina Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
  • Chapter 33B   North Carolina Uniform Custodial Trust Act
  • Chapter 34   Veterans' Guardianship Act
  • Chapter 35   Sterilization Procedures
  • Chapter 35A   Incompetency and Guardianship
  • Chapter 36   Trusts and Trustees [Repealed.
  • Chapter 36A   Trusts and Trustees
  • Chapter 36B   Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 36C   North Carolina Uniform Trust Code
  • Chapter 36D   North Carolina Community Third Party Trusts, Pooled Trusts
  • Chapter 36E   Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act
  • Chapter 37   Allocation of Principal and Income [Repealed.
  • Chapter 37A   Uniform Principal and Income Act
  • Chapter 38   Boundaries
  • Chapter 38A   Landowner Liability
  • Chapter 38B   Trespasser Responsibility
  • Chapter 39   Conveyances
  • Chapter 39A   Transfer Fee Covenants Prohibited
  • Chapter 40   Eminent Domain [Repealed.
  • Chapter 40A   Eminent Domain
  • Chapter 41   Estates
  • Chapter 41A   State Fair Housing Act
  • Chapter 42   Landlord and Tenant
  • Chapter 42A   Vacation Rental Act
  • Chapter 43   Land Registration
  • Chapter 44   Liens
  • Chapter 44A   Statutory Liens and Charges
  • Chapter 45   Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
  • Chapter 45A   Good Funds Settlement Act
  • Chapter 46   Partition
  • Chapter 47   Probate and Registration
  • Chapter 47A   Unit Ownership
  • Chapter 47B   Real Property Marketable Title Act
  • Chapter 47C   North Carolina Condominium Act
  • Chapter 47D   Notice of Settlement Act [Expired.
  • Chapter 47E   Residential Property Disclosure Act
  • Chapter 47F   North Carolina Planned Community Act
  • Chapter 47G   Option to Purchase Contracts Executed With Lease Agreements
  • Chapter 47H   Contracts for Deed
  • Chapter 48   Adoptions
  • Chapter 48A   Minors
  • Chapter 49   Children Born Out of Wedlock
  • Chapter 49A   Rights of Children
  • Chapter 50   Divorce and Alimony
  • Chapter 50A   Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
  • Chapter 50B   Domestic Violence
  • Chapter 50C   Civil No-Contact Orders
  • Chapter 51   Marriage
  • Chapter 52   Powers and Liabilities of Married Persons
  • Chapter 52A   Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 52B   Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
  • Chapter 52C   Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  • Chapter 53   Regulation of Financial Services
  • Chapter 53A   Business Development Corporations and North Carolina Capital Resource Corporations
  • Chapter 53B   Financial Privacy Act
  • Chapter 53C   Regulation of Banks
  • Chapter 54   Cooperative Organizations
  • Chapter 54A   Capital Stock Savings and Loan Associations [Repealed.
  • Chapter 54B   Savings and Loan Associations
  • Chapter 54C   Savings Banks
  • Chapter 55   North Carolina Business Corporation Act
  • Chapter 55A   North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act
  • Chapter 55B   Professional Corporation Act
  • Chapter 55C   Foreign Trade Zones
  • Chapter 55D   Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, and Partnerships
  • Chapter 56   Electric, Telegraph and Power Companies [Repealed.
  • Chapter 57   Hospital, Medical and Dental Service Corporations [Recodified.
  • Chapter 57A   Health Maintenance Organization Act [Recodified.
  • Chapter 57B   Health Maintenance Organization Act [Recodified.
  • Chapter 57C   North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 57D   North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act
  • Chapter 58   Insurance
  • Chapter 58A   North Carolina Health Insurance Trust Commission [Recodified.
  • Chapter 59   Partnership
  • Chapter 59B   Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act
  • Chapter 60   Railroads and Other Carriers [Repealed and Transferred.
  • Chapter 61   Religious Societies
  • Chapter 62   Public Utilities
  • Chapter 62A   Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service
  • Chapter 63   Aeronautics
  • Chapter 63A   North Carolina Global TransPark Authority
  • Chapter 64   Aliens
  • Chapter 65   Cemeteries
  • Chapter 66   Commerce and Business
  • Chapter 67   Dogs
  • Chapter 68   Fences and Stock Law
  • Chapter 69   Fire Protection
  • Chapter 70   Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection
  • Chapter 71   Indians [Repealed.
  • Chapter 71A   Indians
  • Chapter 72   Inns, Hotels and Restaurants
  • Chapter 73   Mills
  • Chapter 74   Mines and Quarries
  • Chapter 74A   Company Police [Repealed.
  • Chapter 74B   Private Protective Services Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 74C   Private Protective Services
  • Chapter 74D   Alarm Systems
  • Chapter 74E   Company Police Act
  • Chapter 74F   Locksmith Licensing Act
  • Chapter 74G   Campus Police Act
  • Chapter 75   Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection
  • Chapter 75A   Boating and Water Safety
  • Chapter 75B   Discrimination in Business
  • Chapter 75C   Motion Picture Fair Competition Act
  • Chapter 75D   Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
  • Chapter 75E   Unlawful Activities in Connection With Certain Corporate Transactions
  • Chapter 76   Navigation
  • Chapter 76A   Navigation and Pilotage Commissions
  • Chapter 77   Rivers, Creeks, and Coastal Waters
  • Chapter 78   Securities Law [Repealed.
  • Chapter 78A   North Carolina Securities Act
  • Chapter 78B   Tender Offer Disclosure Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 78C   Investment Advisers
  • Chapter 78D   Commodities Act
  • Chapter 79   Strays [Repealed.
  • Chapter 80   Trademarks, Brands, etc
  • Chapter 81   Weights and Measures [Recodified.
  • Chapter 81A   Weights and Measures Act of 1975
  • Chapter 82   Wrecks [Repealed.
  • Chapter 83   Architects [Recodified.
  • Chapter 83A   Architects
  • Chapter 84   Attorneys-at-Law
  • Chapter 84A   Foreign Legal Consultants
  • Chapter 85   Auctions and Auctioneers [Repealed.
  • Chapter 85A   Bail Bondsmen and Runners [Recodified.
  • Chapter 85B   Auctions and Auctioneers
  • Chapter 85C   Bail Bondsmen and Runners [Recodified.
  • Chapter 86   Barbers [Recodified.
  • Chapter 86A   Barbers
  • Chapter 87   Contractors
  • Chapter 88   Cosmetic Art [Repealed.
  • Chapter 88A   Electrolysis Practice Act
  • Chapter 88B   Cosmetic Art
  • Chapter 89   Engineering and Land Surveying [Recodified.
  • Chapter 89A   Landscape Architects
  • Chapter 89B   Foresters
  • Chapter 89C   Engineering and Land Surveying
  • Chapter 89D   Landscape Contractors
  • Chapter 89E   Geologists Licensing Act
  • Chapter 89F   North Carolina Soil Scientist Licensing Act
  • Chapter 89G   Irrigation Contractors
  • Chapter 90   Medicine and Allied Occupations
  • Chapter 90A   Sanitarians and Water and Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators
  • Chapter 90B   Social Worker Certification and Licensure Act
  • Chapter 90C   North Carolina Recreational Therapy Licensure Act
  • Chapter 90D   Interpreters and Transliterators
  • Chapter 91   Pawnbrokers [Repealed.
  • Chapter 91A   Pawnbrokers and Cash Converters Modernization Act
  • Chapter 92   Photographers [Deleted.
  • Chapter 93   Certified Public Accountants
  • Chapter 93A   Real Estate License Law
  • Chapter 93B   Occupational Licensing Boards
  • Chapter 93C   Watchmakers [Repealed.
  • Chapter 93D   North Carolina State Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters Board
  • Chapter 93E   North Carolina Appraisers Act
  • Chapter 94   Apprenticeship
  • Chapter 95   Department of Labor and Labor Regulations
  • Chapter 96   Employment Security
  • Chapter 97   Workers' Compensation Act
  • Chapter 98   Burnt and Lost Records
  • Chapter 99   Libel and Slander
  • Chapter 99A   Civil Remedies for Criminal Actions
  • Chapter 99B   Products Liability
  • Chapter 99C   Actions Relating to Winter Sports Safety and Accidents
  • Chapter 99D   Civil Rights
  • Chapter 99E   Special Liability Provisions
  • Chapter 100   Monuments, Memorials and Parks
  • Chapter 101   Names of Persons
  • Chapter 102   Official Survey Base
  • Chapter 103   Sundays, Holidays and Special Days
  • Chapter 104   United States Lands
  • Chapter 104A   Degrees of Kinship
  • Chapter 104B   Hurricanes or Other Acts of Nature
  • Chapter 104C   Atomic Energy, Radioactivity and Ionizing Radiation [Repealed and Recodified.
  • Chapter 104D   Southern States Energy Compact
  • Chapter 104E   North Carolina Radiation Protection Act
  • Chapter 104F   Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact [Repealed]
  • Chapter 104G   North Carolina Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority Act of 1987 [Repealed]
  • Chapter 105   Taxation
  • Chapter 105A   Setoff Debt Collection Act
  • Chapter 105B   Defaulted Student Loan Recovery Act
  • Chapter 106   Agriculture
  • Chapter 107   Agricultural Development Districts [Repealed.
  • Chapter 108   Social Services [Repealed and Recodified.
  • Chapter 108A   Social Services
  • Chapter 108B   Community Action Programs
  • Chapter 108C   Medicaid and Health Choice Provider Requirements
  • Chapter 108D   Medicaid Managed Care for Behavioral Health Services
  • Chapter 109   Bonds [Recodified.
  • Chapter 110   Child Welfare
  • Chapter 111   Aid to the Blind
  • Chapter 112   Confederate Homes and Pensions [Repealed.
  • Chapter 113   Conservation and Development
  • Chapter 113A   Pollution Control and Environment
  • Chapter 113B   North Carolina Energy Policy Act of 1975
  • Chapter 114   Department of Justice
  • Chapter 115   Elementary and Secondary Education [Repealed.
  • Chapter 115A   Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, and Industrial Education Centers [Repealed.
  • Chapter 115B   Tuition and Fee Waivers
  • Chapter 115C   Elementary and Secondary Education
  • Chapter 115D   Community Colleges
  • Chapter 115E   Private Educational Facilities Finance Act [Recodified]
  • Chapter 116   Higher Education
  • Chapter 116A   Escheats and Abandoned Property [Repealed.
  • Chapter 116B   Escheats and Abandoned Property
  • Chapter 116C   Continuum of Education Programs
  • Chapter 116D   Higher Education Bonds
  • Chapter 116E   Education Longitudinal Data System
  • Chapter 117   Electrification
  • Chapter 118   Firemen's and Rescue Squad Workers' Relief and Pension Funds [Recodified.
  • Chapter 118A   Firemen's Death Benefit Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 118B   Members of a Rescue Squad Death Benefit Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 119   Gasoline and Oil Inspection and Regulation
  • Chapter 120   General Assembly
  • Chapter 120C   Lobbying
  • Chapter 121   Archives and History
  • Chapter 122   Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered [Repealed.
  • Chapter 122A   North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
  • Chapter 122B   North Carolina Agricultural Facilities Finance Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 122C   Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Act of 1985
  • Chapter 122D   North Carolina Agricultural Finance Act
  • Chapter 122E   North Carolina Housing Trust and Oil Overcharge Act
  • Chapter 123   Impeachment
  • Chapter 123A   Industrial Development [Repealed.
  • Chapter 124   Internal Improvements
  • Chapter 125   Libraries
  • Chapter 126   State Personnel System [State Human Resources System]
  • Chapter 127   Militia [Repealed.
  • Chapter 127A   Militia
  • Chapter 127B   Military Affairs
  • Chapter 127C   North Carolina Military Affairs Commission
  • Chapter 128   Offices and Public Officers
  • Chapter 129   Public Buildings and Grounds
  • Chapter 130   Public Health [Repealed.
  • Chapter 130A   Public Health
  • Chapter 130B   Hazardous Waste Management Commission [Repealed.
  • Chapter 131   Public Hospitals [Repealed.
  • Chapter 131A   Health Care Facilities Finance Act
  • Chapter 131B   Licensing of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities [Repealed.
  • Chapter 131C   Charitable Solicitation Licensure Act [Repealed.
  • Chapter 131D   Inspection and Licensing of Facilities
  • Chapter 131E   Health Care Facilities and Services
  • Chapter 131F   Solicitation of Contributions
  • Chapter 132   Public Records
  • Chapter 133   Public Works
  • Chapter 134   Youth Development [Recodified.
  • Chapter 134A   Youth Services [Repealed.
  • Chapter 135   Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees
  • Chapter 136   Transportation
  • Chapter 137   Rural Rehabilitation [Repealed.
  • Chapter 138   Salaries, Fees and Allowances
  • Chapter 138A   State Government Ethics Act
  • Chapter 139   Soil and Water Conservation Districts
  • Chapter 140   State Art Museum; Symphony and Art Societies
  • Chapter 140A   State Awards System
  • Chapter 141   State Boundaries
  • Chapter 142   State Debt
  • Chapter 143   State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions
  • Chapter 143A   State Government Reorganization
  • Chapter 143B   Executive Organization Act of 1973
  • Chapter 143C   State Budget Act
  • Chapter 143D   The State Governmental Accountability and Internal Control Act
  • Chapter 144   State Flag, Official Governmental Flags, Motto, and Colors
  • Chapter 145   State Symbols and Other Official Adoptions
  • Chapter 146   State Lands
  • Chapter 147   State Officers
  • Chapter 148   State Prison System
  • Chapter 149   State Song and Toast
  • Chapter 150   Uniform Revocation of Licenses [Repealed.
  • Chapter 150A   Administrative Procedure Act [Recodified.
  • Chapter 150B   Administrative Procedure Act
  • Chapter 151   Constables [Repealed.
  • Chapter 152   Coroners
  • Chapter 152A   County Medical Examiner [Repealed.
  • Chapter 153   Counties and County Commissioners [Repealed.
  • Chapter 153A   Counties
  • Chapter 153B   Mountain Resources Planning Act
  • Chapter 153C   Uwharrie Regional Resources Act
  • Chapter 154   County Surveyor [Repealed.
  • Chapter 155   County Treasurer [Repealed.
  • Chapter 156   Drainage
  • Chapter 157   Housing Authorities and Projects
  • Chapter 157A   Historic Properties Commissions [Transferred.
  • Chapter 158   Local Development
  • Chapter 159   Local Government Finance
  • Chapter 159A   Pollution Abatement and Industrial Facilities Financing Act [Unconstitutional.
  • Chapter 159B   Joint Municipal Electric Power and Energy Act
  • Chapter 159C   Industrial and Pollution Control Facilities Financing Act
  • Chapter 159D   The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act
  • Chapter 159E   Registered Public Obligations Act
  • Chapter 159F   North Carolina Energy Development Authority [Repealed.
  • Chapter 159G   Water Infrastructure
  • Chapter 159I   Solid Waste Management Loan Program and Local Government Special Obligation Bonds
  • Chapter 160   Municipal Corporations [Repealed and Transferred.
  • Chapter 160A   Cities and Towns
  • Chapter 160B   Consolidated City-County Act
  • Chapter 160C   Baseball Park Districts [Repealed.
  • Chapter 161   Register of Deeds
  • Chapter 162   Sheriff
  • Chapter 162A   Water and Sewer Systems
  • Chapter 162B   Continuity of Local Government in Emergency
  • Chapter 163   Elections and Election Laws
  • Chapter 164   Concerning the General Statutes of North Carolina
  • Chapter 165   Veterans
  • Chapter 166   Civil Preparedness Agencies [Repealed.
  • Chapter 166A   North Carolina Emergency Management Act
  • Chapter 167   State Civil Air Patrol [Repealed.
  • Chapter 168   Persons with Disabilities
  • Chapter 168A   Persons With Disabilities Protection Act
  • Last modified: March 23, 2014