North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 104 United States Lands

Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-1. Acquisition of lands for specified purposes authorized; concurrent jurisdiction reserved
The United States is authorized, by purchase or otherwise, to acquire title to any tract or parcel of land in the State of North...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-7. Acquisition of lands by the United States for customhouses, courthouses, post offices, forts, arsenals, or armories; cession of jurisdiction; exemption from taxation
(a) The consent of the State is hereby given, in accordance with the seventeenth clause, eighth section, of the first article of the Constitution...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-11.1. Governor may accept a retrocession of jurisdiction over federal areas
Whenever a duly authorized official or agent of the United States, acting pursuant to authority conferred by the Congress, notifies the Governor or any...

Article 2 - Inland Waterways.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-13. Utilities Commission to secure right-of-way over private lands; condemnation by United States
If the title to any part of the lands acquired by the United States government for the construction of such inland waterway from the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-20. Utilities Commission to secure right-of-way; condemnation by United States
If the title to any part of the lands required by the United States government for the construction of an inland waterway from Beaufort...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-26 through 104-30. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 3 - Jurisdiction over National Park System Lands.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-31. Governor authorized to cede jurisdiction
(a) Whenever the United States shall desire to acquire legislative jurisdiction over any lands of the national park system within this State and shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-32. Jurisdiction reserved
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there are reserved over any lands as to which any legislative jurisdiction may be ceded to the United...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 104-33. Applicability of Article
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any lands owned by the United States and held in trust for the Eastern Band...

Last modified: March 23, 2014