North Carolina Codes

Selected North Carolina statute sections, reproduced from the official public-domain source. This list grows as more sections are added.

Chapter 1 — Civil Procedure782 sections
Chapter 1A — Rules of Civil Procedure1 section
Chapter 1B — Contribution8 sections
Chapter 1C — Enforcement of Judgments54 sections
Chapter 1D — Punitive Damages13 sections
Chapter 1E — Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Catawba Indian Nation6 sections
Chapter 1F — North Carolina Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act7 sections
Chapter 1G — North Carolina Choice of Law and Forum in Business Contracts Act5 sections
Chapter 4 — Common Law1 section
Chapter 5A — Contempt34 sections
Chapter 6 — Liability for Court Costs48 sections
Chapter 7A — Judicial Department621 sections
Chapter 7B — Juvenile Code426 sections
Chapter 8 — Evidence143 sections
Chapter 8A — Interpreters for Deaf Persons [Recodified.]1 section
Chapter 8B — Interpreters for Deaf Persons10 sections
Chapter 8C — Evidence Code1 section
Chapter 9 — Jurors24 sections
Chapter 10B — Notaries123 sections
Chapter 11 — Oaths11 sections
Chapter 12 — Statutory Construction6 sections
Chapter 13 — Citizenship Restored4 sections
Chapter 14 — Criminal Law987 sections
Chapter 15 — Criminal Procedure109 sections
Chapter 15A — Criminal Procedure Act585 sections
Chapter 15B — Victims Compensation35 sections
Chapter 15C — Address Confidentiality Program13 sections
Chapter 16 — Gaming Contracts and Futures6 sections
Chapter 17 — Habeas Corpus44 sections
Chapter 17C — North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission22 sections
Chapter 17D — North Carolina Justice Academy4 sections
Chapter 17E — North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission20 sections
Chapter 17F — Law Enforcement17 sections
Chapter 18B — Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages181 sections
Chapter 18C — North Carolina State Lottery58 sections
Chapter 19 — Offenses Against Public Morals36 sections
Chapter 19A — Protection of Animals52 sections
Chapter 20 — Motor Vehicles771 sections
Chapter 21 — Bills of Lading1 section
Chapter 22 — Contracts Requiring Writing4 sections
Chapter 22A — Signatures1 section
Chapter 22B — Contracts Against Public Policy11 sections
Chapter 22C — Payments to Subcontractors6 sections
Chapter 23 — Debtor and Creditor32 sections
Chapter 24 — Interest36 sections
Chapter 25 — Uniform Commercial Code623 sections
Chapter 25A — Retail Installment Sales Act46 sections
Chapter 25B — Credit4 sections
Chapter 25C — Sales of Artwork12 sections
Chapter 26 — Suretyship13 sections
Chapter 28A — Administration of Decedents' Estates234 sections
Chapter 28B — Estates of Absentees in Military Service10 sections
Chapter 28C — Estates of Missing Persons22 sections
Chapter 29 — Intestate Succession31 sections
Chapter 30 — Surviving Spouses34 sections
Chapter 31 — Wills45 sections
Chapter 31A — Acts Barring Property Rights15 sections
Chapter 31B — Renunciation of Property and Renunciation of Fiduciary Powers Act10 sections
Chapter 31C — (Repealed) Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act12 sections
Chapter 31D — North Carolina Uniform Powers of Appointment Act40 sections
Chapter 32 — Fiduciaries39 sections
Chapter 32A — Powers of Attorney33 sections
Chapter 32C — North Carolina Uniform Power of Attorney Act48 sections
Chapter 33A — North Carolina Uniform Transfers to Minors Act24 sections
Chapter 33B — North Carolina Uniform Custodial Trust Act22 sections
Chapter 34 — Veterans' Guardianship Act20 sections
Chapter 35A — Incompetency and Guardianship144 sections
Chapter 35B — Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act23 sections
Chapter 36A — Trusts and Trustees2 sections
Chapter 36C — North Carolina Uniform Trust Code179 sections
Chapter 36D — North Carolina Community Third Party Trusts, Pooled Trusts11 sections
Chapter 36E — Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act11 sections
Chapter 36F — Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act18 sections
Chapter 37A — Uniform Principal and Income Act47 sections
Chapter 38 — Boundaries4 sections
Chapter 38A — Landowner Liability4 sections
Chapter 38B — Trespasser Responsibility4 sections
Chapter 39 — Conveyances56 sections
Chapter 39A — Transfer Fee Covenants Prohibited4 sections
Chapter 40A — Eminent Domain70 sections
Chapter 41 — Estates96 sections
Chapter 41A — State Fair Housing Act9 sections
Chapter 42 — Landlord and Tenant98 sections
Chapter 42A — Vacation Rental Act22 sections
Chapter 43 — Land Registration63 sections
Chapter 44 — Liens37 sections
Chapter 44A — Statutory Liens and Charges69 sections
Chapter 45 — Mortgages and Deeds of Trust152 sections
Chapter 45A — Good Funds Settlement Act10 sections
Chapter 46 — Partition3 sections
Chapter 46A — Partition39 sections
Chapter 47 — Probate and Registration200 sections
Chapter 47A — Unit Ownership33 sections
Chapter 47B — Real Property Marketable Title Act9 sections
Chapter 47C — North Carolina Condominium Act76 sections
Chapter 47E — Residential Property Disclosure Act11 sections
Chapter 47F — North Carolina Planned Community Act41 sections
Chapter 47G — Option to Purchase Contracts Executed With Lease Agreements7 sections
Chapter 47H — Contracts for Deed8 sections
Chapter 48 — Adoptions120 sections
Chapter 48A — Minors12 sections
Chapter 49 — Children Born Out of Wedlock18 sections
Chapter 49A — Rights of Children1 section
Chapter 50 — Divorce and Alimony109 sections
Chapter 50A — Uniform Acts on Children78 sections
Chapter 50B — Domestic Violence13 sections
Chapter 50C — Civil No-Contact Orders11 sections
Chapter 50D — Permanent Civil NoContact Order Against Human Traffickers and Sex Offenders11 sections
Chapter 51 — Marriage27 sections
Chapter 52 — Powers and Liabilities of Married Persons16 sections
Chapter 52B — Uniform Premarital Agreement Act11 sections
Chapter 52C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act78 sections
Chapter 53 — Regulation of Financial Services353 sections
Chapter 53A — Business Development Corporations and North Carolina Capital Resource Corporations12 sections
Chapter 53B — Financial Privacy Act10 sections
Chapter 53C — Regulation of Banks116 sections
Chapter 54 — Cooperative Organizations182 sections
Chapter 54B — Savings and Loan Associations185 sections
Chapter 54C — Savings Banks147 sections
Chapter 54D — Uniform Special Deposits Act15 sections
Chapter 55 — North Carolina Business Corporation Act234 sections
Chapter 55A — North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act177 sections
Chapter 55B — Professional Corporation Act16 sections
Chapter 55C — Foreign Trade Zones4 sections
Chapter 55D — Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, and Partnerships22 sections
Chapter 57D — North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act98 sections
Chapter 58 — Insurance2144 sections
Chapter 59 — Partnership166 sections
Chapter 59B — Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act15 sections
Chapter 61 — Religious Societies7 sections
Chapter 62 — Public Utilities276 sections
Chapter 62A — Public Safety Telephone Service and Wireless Telephone Service7 sections
Chapter 63 — Aeronautics86 sections
Chapter 63A — North Carolina Global TransPark Authority25 sections
Chapter 64 — Aliens35 sections
Chapter 65 — Cemeteries63 sections
Chapter 66 — Commerce and Business345 sections
Chapter 67 — Dogs20 sections
Chapter 68 — Fences and Stock Law18 sections
Chapter 69 — Fire Protection17 sections
Chapter 70 — Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection39 sections
Chapter 71A — Indians10 sections
Chapter 72 — Inns, Hotels and Restaurants12 sections
Chapter 73 — Mills9 sections
Chapter 74 — Mines and Quarries73 sections
Chapter 74C — Private Protective Services31 sections
Chapter 74D — Security Systems34 sections
Chapter 74E — Company Police Act13 sections
Chapter 74F — Locksmith Licensing Act19 sections
Chapter 74G — Campus Police Act14 sections
Chapter 75 — Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection110 sections
Chapter 75A — Boating and Water Safety48 sections
Chapter 75B — Discrimination in Business7 sections
Chapter 75C — Motion Picture Fair Competition Act5 sections
Chapter 75D — Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations14 sections
Chapter 75E — Unlawful Activities in Connection With Certain Corporate Transactions9 sections
Chapter 76 — Navigation20 sections
Chapter 76A — Navigation and Pilotage Commissions29 sections
Chapter 77 — Rivers, Creeks, and Coastal Waters98 sections
Chapter 78A — North Carolina Securities Act40 sections
Chapter 78C — Investment Advisers43 sections
Chapter 78D — Commodities Act22 sections
Chapter 80 — Trademarks, Brands, etc44 sections
Chapter 81A — Weights and Measures Act of 197553 sections
Chapter 83A — Architects and Registered Interior Designers18 sections
Chapter 84 — Attorneys-at-Law54 sections
Chapter 84A — Foreign Legal Consultants8 sections
Chapter 85B — Auctions and Auctioneers24 sections
Chapter 86A — Barbers28 sections
Chapter 86B — Barber and Electrolysis Practice Act53 sections
Chapter 87 — Contractors134 sections
Chapter 88A — Electrolysis Practice Act23 sections
Chapter 88B — Cosmetic Art30 sections
Chapter 89A — Landscape Architects9 sections
Chapter 89B — Foresters15 sections
Chapter 89C — Engineering and Land Surveying32 sections
Chapter 89D — Landscape Contractors14 sections
Chapter 89E — Geologists Licensing Act24 sections
Chapter 89F — North Carolina Soil Scientist Licensing Act25 sections
Chapter 89G — Irrigation Contractors14 sections
Chapter 90 — Medicine and Allied Occupations1289 sections
Chapter 90A — Sanitarians and Water and Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators67 sections
Chapter 90B — Social Worker Certification and Licensure35 sections
Chapter 90C — North Carolina Recreational Therapy Licensure Act18 sections
Chapter 90D — Interpreters and Transliterators14 sections
Chapter 93 — Certified Public Accountants14 sections
Chapter 93A — Real Estate License Law75 sections
Chapter 93B — Occupational Licensing Boards21 sections
Chapter 93D — North Carolina State Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters Board18 sections
Chapter 93E — North Carolina Appraisers Act28 sections
Chapter 95 — Department of Labor and Labor Regulations270 sections
Chapter 96 — Employment Security71 sections
Chapter 97 — Workers' Compensation Act156 sections
Chapter 98 — Burnt and Lost Records18 sections
Chapter 99 — Libel and Slander5 sections
Chapter 99A — Civil Remedies for Interference With Property2 sections
Chapter 99B — Products Liability11 sections
Chapter 99C — Actions Relating to Winter Sports Safety and Accidents5 sections
Chapter 99D — Civil Rights1 section
Chapter 99E — Special Liability Provisions45 sections
Chapter 100 — Monuments, Memorials and Parks20 sections
Chapter 101 — Names of Persons8 sections
Chapter 102 — Official Survey Base20 sections
Chapter 103 — Sundays, Holidays and Special Days18 sections
Chapter 104 — United States Lands29 sections
Chapter 104A — Degrees of Kinship1 section
Chapter 104B — Hurricanes or Other Acts of Nature1 section
Chapter 104D — Southern States Energy Compact5 sections
Chapter 104E — North Carolina Radiation Protection Act35 sections
Chapter 105 — Taxation932 sections
Chapter 105A — Setoff Debt Collection and Forced Debt Collection Act21 sections
Chapter 105B — Defaulted Student Loan Recovery Act5 sections
Chapter 106 — Agriculture1034 sections
Chapter 108A — Social Services256 sections
Chapter 108B — Community Action Programs6 sections
Chapter 108C — Medicaid Provider Requirements16 sections
Chapter 108D — Medicaid Managed Care Program46 sections
Chapter 110 — Child Welfare88 sections
Chapter 111 — Aid to the Blind57 sections
Chapter 113 — Conservation and Development325 sections
Chapter 113A — Pollution Control and Environment132 sections
Chapter 113B — North Carolina Energy Policy Act of 197518 sections
Chapter 114 — Department of Justice68 sections
Chapter 114A — Parents' Bill of Rights20 sections
Chapter 115B — Tuition and Fee Waivers8 sections
Chapter 115C — Elementary and Secondary Education854 sections
Chapter 115D — Community Colleges172 sections
Chapter 116 — Higher Education382 sections
Chapter 116B — Escheats and Abandoned Property43 sections
Chapter 116C — Continuum of Education Programs5 sections
Chapter 116D — Higher Education Bonds34 sections
Chapter 116E — North Carolina Longitudinal Data System5 sections
Chapter 117 — Electrification48 sections
Chapter 119 — Gasoline and Oil Inspection and Regulation69 sections
Chapter 120 — General Assembly315 sections
Chapter 120C — Lobbying897 sections
Chapter 121 — Archives and History61 sections
Chapter 122A — North Carolina Housing Finance Agency37 sections
Chapter 122C — Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Act of 1985292 sections
Chapter 122D — North Carolina Agricultural Finance Act23 sections
Chapter 122E — North Carolina Housing Trust and Oil Overcharge Act10 sections
Chapter 123 — Impeachment13 sections
Chapter 124 — Internal Improvements16 sections
Chapter 125 — Libraries24 sections
Chapter 126 — North Carolina Human Resources Act86 sections
Chapter 127A — Militia152 sections
Chapter 127B — Military Affairs29 sections
Chapter 128 — Offices and Public Officers69 sections
Chapter 129 — Public Buildings and Grounds3 sections
Chapter 130A — Public Health724 sections
Chapter 131A — Health Care Facilities Finance Act32 sections
Chapter 131D — Inspection and Licensing of Facilities81 sections
Chapter 131E — Health Care Facilities and Services280 sections
Chapter 131F — Solicitation of Contributions28 sections
Chapter 132 — Public Records35 sections
Chapter 133 — Public Works33 sections
Chapter 135 — Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; Social Security; State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees169 sections
Chapter 136 — Transportation426 sections
Chapter 138 — Salaries, Fees and Allowances8 sections
Chapter 138A — State Government Ethics Act45 sections
Chapter 139 — Soil and Water Conservation Districts43 sections
Chapter 140 — State Art Museum; Symphony and Art Societies12 sections
Chapter 140A — State Awards7 sections
Chapter 141 — State Boundaries10 sections
Chapter 142 — State Debt62 sections
Chapter 143 — State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions1012 sections
Chapter 143A — State Government Reorganization88 sections
Chapter 143B — Executive Organization Act of 19731056 sections
Chapter 143C — State Budget Act79 sections
Chapter 143D — The State Governmental Accountability and Internal Control Act8 sections
Chapter 144 — State Flag, Official Governmental Flags, Motto, and Colors9 sections
Chapter 145 — State Symbols and Other Official Adoptions52 sections
Chapter 146 — State Lands102 sections
Chapter 147 — State Officers210 sections
Chapter 148 — State Prison System129 sections
Chapter 149 — State Song and Toast2 sections
Chapter 150B — Administrative Procedure Act74 sections
Chapter 152 — Coroners11 sections
Chapter 153A — Counties373 sections
Chapter 154 — County Surveyor [Repealed.]1 section
Chapter 155 — County Treasurer [Repealed.]2 sections
Chapter 156 — Drainage161 sections
Chapter 157 — Housing Authorities and Projects86 sections
Chapter 158 — Local Development24 sections
Chapter 159 — Local Government Finance190 sections
Chapter 159B — Joint Municipal Electric Power and Energy Act54 sections
Chapter 159C — Industrial and Pollution Control Facilities Financing Act27 sections
Chapter 159D — The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act47 sections
Chapter 159E — Registered Public Obligations Act15 sections
Chapter 159G — Water Infrastructure31 sections
Chapter 160A — Cities and Towns719 sections
Chapter 160B — Consolidated City-County Act27 sections
Chapter 160D — Local Planning and Development Regulation214 sections
Chapter 161 — Register of Deeds52 sections
Chapter 162 — Sheriff47 sections
Chapter 162A — Water and Sewer Systems114 sections
Chapter 162B — Continuity of Local Government in Emergency13 sections
Chapter 163 — Elections and Election Laws759 sections
Chapter 163A — Elections and Ethics Enforcement Act48 sections
Chapter 164 — Concerning the General Statutes of North Carolina46 sections
Chapter 165 — Veterans2 sections
Chapter 166A — North Carolina Emergency Management Act82 sections
Chapter 168 — Persons with Disabilities15 sections
Chapter 168A — Persons with Disabilities Protection Act13 sections
Chapter 169 — North Carolina Regulatory Sandbox13 sections