North Carolina General Statutes — Chapter 153A
346 sections. Sourced from ncleg.gov; each section links to its full text with case-law cross-references.
- § 153A-1 Definitions
- § 153A-2 Effect on prior laws and actions taken pursuant to prior laws
- § 153A-3 Effect of Chapter on local acts
- § 153A-4 Broad construction
- § 153A-5 Statutory references deemed amended to conform to Chapter
- § 153A-10 State has 100 counties
- § 153A-11 Corporate powers
- § 153A-12 Exercise of corporate power
- § 153A-13 Continuing contracts
- § 153A-14 Grants and loans from other governments
- § 153A-15 Consent of board of commissioners necessary in certain counties before land may be condemned or acquired by a unit of local government outside the county
- § 153A-15.1 Agreement to make payment in lieu of future ad valorem taxes required before wetlands acquisition by a unit of local government
- § 153A-17 Existing boundaries
- § 153A-18 Uncertain or disputed boundary
- § 153A-19 Establishing and naming townships
- § 153A-20 Map of electoral districts
- § 153A-22 Redefining electoral district boundaries
- § 153A-25 Qualifications for appointive office
- § 153A-26 Oath of office
- § 153A-27 Vacancies on the board of commissioners
- § 153A-27.1 Vacancies on board of commissioners in certain counties
- § 153A-28 Compensation of board of commissioners
- § 153A-30 Withholding compensation; money judgment against board member
- § 153A-34 Structure of boards of commissioners
- § 153A-39 Selection of chairman and vice-chairman; powers and duties
- § 153A-40 Regular and special meetings
- § 153A-41 Procedures
- § 153A-42 Minutes to be kept; ayes and noes
- § 153A-43 Quorum
- § 153A-44 Members excused from voting
- § 153A-45 Adoption of ordinances
- § 153A-46 Franchises
- § 153A-47 Technical ordinances
- § 153A-48 Ordinance book
- § 153A-49 Code of ordinances
- § 153A-50 Pleading and proving county ordinances
- § 153A-52 Conduct of public hearing
- § 153A-52.1 Public comment period during regular meetings
- § 153A-53 Ethics
- § 153A-58 Optional structures
- § 153A-59 Implementation when board has members serving a combination of four-and two-year terms
- § 153A-60 Initiation of alterations by resolution
- § 153A-61 Submission of proposition to voters; form of ballot
- § 153A-62 Effective date of any alteration
- § 153A-63 Filing copy of resolution
- § 153A-64 Filing results of election
- § 153A-76 Board of commissioners to organize county government
- § 153A-77 Authority of boards of commissioners over commissions, boards, agencies, etc
- § 153A-77.1 Single portal of entry
- § 153A-80 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 153A-81 Adoption of county-manager plan; appointment or designation of manager
- § 153A-82 Powers and duties of manager
- § 153A-83 Acting county manager
- § 153A-84 Interim county manager
- § 153A-87 Administration in counties not having managers
- § 153A-88 Acting department heads
- § 153A-89 Interim department heads
- § 153A-92 Compensation
- § 153A-93 Retirement benefits
- § 153A-94 Personnel rules; office hours, workdays, and holidays
- § 153A-94.1 (See note on condition precedent) Smallpox vaccination policy
- § 153A-94.2 Criminal history record checks of employees permitted
- § 153A-95 Personnel board
- § 153A-96 Participation in the Social Security Act
- § 153A-97 Defense of officers, employees and others
- § 153A-98 Privacy of employee personnel records
- § 153A-99 County employee political activity
- § 153A-99.1 County verification of employee work authorization
- § 153A-100 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 153A-101 Board of commissioners to direct fiscal policy of the county
- § 153A-102 Commissioners to fix fees
- § 153A-103 Number of employees in offices of sheriff and register of deeds
- § 153A-104 Reports from officers, employees, and agents of the county
- § 153A-111 Appointment; powers and duties
- § 153A-114 Appointment; duties
- § 153A-121 General ordinance-making power
- § 153A-122 Territorial jurisdiction of county ordinances
- § 153A-123 Enforcement of ordinances
- § 153A-124 Enumeration not exclusive
- § 153A-125 Regulation of solicitation campaigns, flea markets and itinerant merchants
- § 153A-126 Regulation of begging
- § 153A-127 Abuse of animals
- § 153A-128 Regulation of explosive, corrosive, inflammable, or radioactive substances
- § 153A-129 Firearms
- § 153A-130 Pellet guns
- § 153A-131 Possession or harboring of dangerous animals
- § 153A-132 Removal and disposal of abandoned and junked motor vehicles; abandoned vessels
- § 153A-132.1 To provide for the removal and disposal of trash, garbage, etc
- § 153A-132.2 Regulation, restraint and prohibition of abandonment of junked motor vehicles
- § 153A-133 Noise regulation
- § 153A-134 Regulating and licensing businesses, trades, etc
- § 153A-134.1 Regulation of battery-charged security fences
- § 153A-135 Regulation of places of amusement
- § 153A-136 Regulation of solid wastes
- § 153A-138 Registration of mobile homes, house trailers, etc
- § 153A-139 Regulation of traffic at parking areas and driveways
- § 153A-140 Abatement of public health nuisances
- § 153A-140.1 Stream-clearing programs
- § 153A-140.2 Annual notice to chronic violators of public nuisance ordinance
- § 153A-145 Limitations on regulating cisterns and rain barrels
- § 153A-145.1 Transportation impact mitigation ordinances prohibited
- § 153A-145.2 Limitations on regulating soft drink sizes
- § 153A-145.3 Counties enforce ordinances within public trust areas
- § 153A-145.4 Limitations on standards of care for farm animals
- § 153A-145.5 Adoption of sanctuary ordinance prohibited
- § 153A-145.6 Requiring compliance with voluntary State regulations and rules prohibited
- § 153A-145.7 Hours of certain alcohol sales
- § 153A-145.8 Limitations on regulation of catering by bona fide farms
- § 153A-145.9 Authorization of social districts
- § 153A-145.10 Authorization of expanded area for ABC licensed premises
- § 153A-145.11 Limitations on regulation of energy choice
- § 153A-145.12 Limitations on regulations of auxiliary containers; shopping carts
- § 153A-146 General power to impose taxes
- § 153A-147 Remedies for collecting taxes other than property taxes
- § 153A-148 Continuing taxes
- § 153A-148.1 Disclosure of certain information prohibited
- § 153A-149 Property taxes; authorized purposes; rate limitation
- § 153A-150 Reserve for reappraisal
- § 153A-151 Sales tax
- § 153A-154.1 Uniform provisions for local meals taxes
- § 153A-155 Uniform provisions for room occupancy taxes
- § 153A-156 Gross receipts tax on short-term leases or rentals
- § 153A-156.1 Heavy equipment gross receipts tax in lieu of property tax
- § 153A-158 Power to acquire property
- § 153A-158.1 Acquisition and improvement of school property
- § 153A-158.2 Acquisition and improvement of community college property
- § 153A-163 Acquisition of property at a judicial sale, execution sale, or sale pursuant to a power of sale; disposition of such property
- § 153A-164 Joint buildings
- § 153A-165 Leases
- § 153A-169 Care and use of county property; sites of county buildings
- § 153A-170 Regulation of parking on county property
- § 153A-176 Disposition of property
- § 153A-177 Reconveyance of property donated to a local government
- § 153A-178 Disposition of county property for a State psychiatric hospital
- § 153A-185 Authority to make special assessments
- § 153A-186 Bases for making assessments
- § 153A-187 Corner lot exemptions
- § 153A-188 Lands exempt from assessment
- § 153A-189 State participation in improvement projects
- § 153A-190 Preliminary resolution; contents
- § 153A-191 Notice of preliminary resolution
- § 153A-192 Hearing on preliminary resolution; assessment resolution
- § 153A-193 Determination of costs
- § 153A-193.1 Discounts authorized
- § 153A-194 Preliminary assessment roll; publication
- § 153A-195 Hearing on preliminary assessment roll; revision; confirmation; lien
- § 153A-196 Publication of notice of confirmation of assessment roll
- § 153A-197 Appeal to the General Court of Justice
- § 153A-198 Reassessment
- § 153A-199 Payment of assessments in full or by installments
- § 153A-200 Enforcement of assessments; interest; foreclosure; limitations
- § 153A-201 Authority to hold assessments in abeyance
- § 153A-202 Assessments on property held by tenancy for life or years; contribution
- § 153A-203 Lien in favor of a cotenant or joint owner paying special assessments
- § 153A-204 Apportionment of assessments
- § 153A-204.1 Maintenance assessments
- § 153A-205 Improvements to subdivision and residential streets
- § 153A-210.1 (Article has an expiration note - see note) Purpose; sunset
- § 153A-210.2 (Article has an expiration date - see note) Assessments
- § 153A-210.3 (Article has an expiration date - see note) Petition required
- § 153A-210.4 (Article has a delayed expiration date - see note) Financing a project for which an assessment is imposed
- § 153A-210.5 Payment of assessments by installments
- § 153A-210.6 (Article has an expiration date - see note) Revenue bonds
- § 153A-210.7 (Article has an expiration date - see note) Project implementation
- § 153A-211 Training and development programs for law enforcement
- § 153A-212 Cooperation in law-enforcement matters
- § 153A-212.1 Resources to protect the public
- § 153A-212.2 Neighborhood crime watch programs
- § 153A-215 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 153A-216 Legislative policy
- § 153A-217 Definitions
- § 153A-218 County confinement facilities
- § 153A-219 District confinement facilities
- § 153A-220 Jail and detention services
- § 153A-221 Minimum standards; waiver of rules during an emergency
- § 153A-221.1 Standards and inspections
- § 153A-222 Inspections of local confinement facilities
- § 153A-223 Enforcement of minimum standards
- § 153A-224 Supervision of local confinement facilities
- § 153A-225 Medical care of prisoners
- § 153A-225.1 Duty of custodial personnel when prisoners are unconscious or semiconscious
- § 153A-225.2 Payment of medical care of prisoners
- § 153A-226 Sanitation and food
- § 153A-228 Separation of sexes
- § 153A-229 Jailers' report of jailed defendants
- § 153A-229.1 Definitions
- § 153A-229.2 Care for female incarcerated persons related to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery
- § 153A-229.3 Inspection by facility employees
- § 153A-229.4 Access to menstrual products
- § 153A-230 Legislative policy
- § 153A-230.1 Definitions
- § 153A-230.2 Creation of Satellite Jail/Work Release Unit Fund
- § 153A-230.3 Basic requirements for satellite jail/work release units
- § 153A-230.4 Standards
- § 153A-230.5 Satellite jails/work release units built with non-State funds
- § 153A-233 Fire-fighting and prevention services
- § 153A-234 Fire marshal
- § 153A-236 Honoring deceased or retiring firefighters
- § 153A-238 Public road defined for counties
- § 153A-239.1 Naming roads and assigning street numbers in unincorporated areas for counties
- § 153A-241 Closing public roads or easements
- § 153A-242 Regulation or prohibition of fishing from bridges
- § 153A-243 Authorizing bridges over navigable waters
- § 153A-245 Regulation of golf carts on streets, roads, and highways
- § 153A-246 Use of photographs or videos recorded by automated school bus safety cameras
- § 153A-246.1 Use of electronic speed-measuring systems to enforce speed limits in school zones
- § 153A-247 Provision for public health and mental health
- § 153A-248 Health-related appropriations
- § 153A-249 Hospital services
- § 153A-250 Ambulance services
- § 153A-255 Authority to provide social service programs
- § 153A-256 County home
- § 153A-257 Legal residence for social service purposes
- § 153A-258 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 153A-259 Counties authorized to contract with other entities for health and social services
- § 153A-261 Declaration of State policy
- § 153A-262 Library materials defined
- § 153A-263 Public library systems authorized
- § 153A-264 Free library services
- § 153A-265 Library board of trustees
- § 153A-266 Powers and duties of trustees
- § 153A-267 Qualifications of chief librarian; library employees
- § 153A-268 Financing library systems
- § 153A-269 Title to library property
- § 153A-270 Joint libraries; contracts for library services
- § 153A-271 Library systems operated under local acts brought under this Article
- § 153A-272 Designation of library employees to register voters
- § 153A-274 Public enterprise defined
- § 153A-274.1 Flood control activities under stormwater management programs
- § 153A-275 Authority to operate public enterprises
- § 153A-276 Financing public enterprises
- § 153A-277 Authority to fix and enforce rates
- § 153A-278 Joint provision of enterprisory services
- § 153A-279 Limitations on rail transportation liability
- § 153A-280 Public enterprise improvements
- § 153A-282 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 153A-283 Nonliability for failure to furnish water or sewer services
- § 153A-284 Power to require connections
- § 153A-284.1 Notes or deeds of trust to reserve wastewater treatment capacity unenforceable if capacity unused
- § 153A-286 Law with respect to riparian rights not changed
- § 153A-288 Venue for actions by riparian owners
- § 153A-290 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 153A-291 Cooperation between the Department of Transportation and any county in establishing or operating solid waste disposal facilities
- § 153A-292 County collection and disposal facilities
- § 153A-293 (See editor's note) Collection of fees for solid waste disposal facilities and solid waste collection services
- § 153A-294 Solid waste defined
- § 153A-300 Title; effective date
- § 153A-301 Purposes for which districts may be established
- § 153A-302 Definition of service districts
- § 153A-303 Extension of service districts
- § 153A-303.1 Removal of territory from service districts
- § 153A-304 Consolidation of service districts
- § 153A-304.1 Reduction in district after annexation
- § 153A-304.2 Reduction in district after annexation to Chapter 69 fire district
- § 153A-304.3 Changes in adjoining service districts
- § 153A-304.4 Reduction in law enforcement service district after annexation
- § 153A-305 Required provision or maintenance of services
- § 153A-306 Abolition of service districts
- § 153A-307 Taxes authorized; rate limitation
- § 153A-308 Bonds authorized
- § 153A-309 EMS services in fire protection districts
- § 153A-309.2 Rate limitation in certain districts - Alternative procedure for fire protection service districts
- § 153A-309.3 Rate limitation in certain districts - Fire protection service districts for industrial property
- § 153A-310 Rate limitation in certain districts - Alternative procedure for ambulance and rescue districts
- § 153A-311 Purposes for which districts may be established
- § 153A-312 Definition of research and production service district
- § 153A-313 Research and production service district advisory committee
- § 153A-314 Extension of service districts
- § 153A-314.1 Removal of territory from districts
- § 153A-316 Abolition of districts
- § 153A-316.1 Urban research service district (URSD)
- § 153A-316.2 URSD advisory committee
- § 153A-316.3 Extension of URSD
- § 153A-316.4 Removal of territory from URSD
- § 153A-316.5 Required provision or maintenance of services in URSD
- § 153A-316.6 Abolition of URSD
- § 153A-317 Research and production service district taxes authorized; rate limitation
- § 153A-317.1 Urban research service district taxes authorized; rate
- § 153A-317.11 Purpose and nature of districts
- § 153A-317.12 Definition of economic development and training district
- § 153A-317.13 Advisory committee
- § 153A-317.14 Extension of economic development and training districts
- § 153A-317.15 Required provision or maintenance of skills training center
- § 153A-317.16 Abolition of economic development and training districts
- § 153A-317.17 Taxes authorized; rate limitation
- § 153A-319 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 153A-391 Creation; admission of new members
- § 153A-392 Contents of resolution
- § 153A-393 Withdrawal from commission
- § 153A-394 Organization of the commission
- § 153A-395 Powers and duties
- § 153A-396 Fiscal affairs
- § 153A-397 Reports
- § 153A-398 Regional planning and economic development commissions
- § 153A-401 Establishment; support
- § 153A-402 Purposes of a commission
- § 153A-403 Content of concurrent resolutions
- § 153A-405 Referendum; General Assembly action
- § 153A-412 Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2021-3, s. 2.19(a), effective January 1, 2022
- § 153A-421 Definitions; applicability; creation of authorities
- § 153A-422 Purposes of an authority
- § 153A-423 Membership; board; delegates
- § 153A-424 Contents of charter
- § 153A-425 Organization of authorities
- § 153A-426 Withdrawal from an authority
- § 153A-427 Powers of an authority
- § 153A-428 Fiscal accountability; support from other governments
- § 153A-429 Long-term contract permitted by and with an authority
- § 153A-430 Compliance with other law
- § 153A-431 Issuance of revenue bonds and notes
- § 153A-432 Advances
- § 153A-435 Liability insurance; damage suits against a county involving governmental functions
- § 153A-436 Photographic reproduction of county records
- § 153A-436.1 SBI and State Crime Laboratory access to view and analyze recordings
- § 153A-437 Assistance to historical organizations
- § 153A-438 Beach erosion control and flood and hurricane protection works
- § 153A-439 Support of extension activities; personnel rules for extension employees
- § 153A-440 Promotion of soil and water conservation work
- § 153A-440.1 Watershed improvement programs; drainage and water resources development projects
- § 153A-441 County surveyor
- § 153A-442 Animal shelters
- § 153A-443 Redesignation of site of "courthouse door," etc
- § 153A-444 Parks and recreation
- § 153A-445 Miscellaneous powers found in Chapter 160A
- § 153A-446 County may offer reward for information as to persons damaging county property
- § 153A-447 Certain counties may appropriate funds to Western North Carolina Development Association, Inc
- § 153A-448 Mountain ridge protection
- § 153A-449 Contracts with private entities; contractors must use E-Verify
- § 153A-451 Reimbursement agreements
- § 153A-453 Quarterly reports by Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services area authority or county program
- § 153A-454 Stormwater control
- § 153A-456 Limitation on the use of public funds
- § 153A-457 Notice prior to construction
- § 153A-458 Submission of statement concerning improvements
- § 153A-459 County broadband acceleration
- § 153A-460 Intergovernmental Support Agreements with military installations
- § 153A-461 Charter schools
- § 153A-462 Online marketplace
- § 153A-463 Disclaimer required on geographic information system tools
- § 153A-464 Delivery of permits issued by county agency
- § 153A-465 COVID-19 vaccination requirement prohibited; exemption
- § 153A-470 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 153A-471 Unified government
- § 153A-472 Definitions
- § 153A-472.1 Property tax levy
- § 153A-473 Applicability