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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-71 (2026)

Church roads and easements of public utility lines laid out on petition; procedure

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Necessary roads or easements and right-of-ways for electric light lines, power lines, water lines, sewage lines, and telephone lines leading to any church or other place of public worship may be established in the same manner as set forth in the preceding sections of this Article upon petition of the duly constituted officials of such church. (1872-3, c. 189, ss. 1-3, 5; Code, ss. 2062, 2064; Rev., ss. 2687, 2689; C.S., s. 3838; 1931, c. 448; 1949, c. 382.)

 

§§ 136-71.1 through 136-71.5.  Reserved for future codification purposes.

 

Article 4A.

Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1946–1998 · leading case: Moore v. Leveris, 495 S.E.2d 153 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998).
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Moore v. Leveris, 495 S.E.2d 153 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 6× “Therein, the only section that addresses easements and/or right-of-ways for sewer lines is section 136-71, which provides that a church or other place of public worship may acquire such an easement or right-of-way upon petition to the clerk of superior court.”
Speight v. . Anderson, 39 S.E.2d 371 (N.C. 1946). “, 136-69, and church roads, G. S., 136-71. There is no legislative sanction, or provision for the establishment, of a neighborhood road, a term ordinarily used to designate a private way which serves a neighborhood as an outlet to a public road.”
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