NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-36 (2026)

Reports by utilities; canceling certificates for failure to file

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The Commission may require any public utility to file annual reports in such form and of such content as the Commission may require and special reports concerning any matter about which the Commission is authorized to inquire or to keep informed, or which it is required to enforce. All reports shall be under oath when required by the Commission. The Commission may issue an order, without notice or hearing, canceling or suspending any certificate of convenience and necessity or any certificate of authority 30 days after the date of service of the order for failing to file the required annual report at the time it was due. In the event the report is filed during the 30-day period, the order of cancellation or suspension shall be null and void. (1931, c. 455; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; c. 307, s. 15; 1941, c. 97; 1959, c. 639, ss. 7, 8; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1985, c. 676, s. 6.)

§ 62-36A: Repealed by Session Laws 2014-120, s. 10(a), effective September 18, 2014.

§ 62-36B: Recodified as G.S. 62-36.01 by Session Laws 2015-264, s. 10, effective October 1, 2015.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1947–1961 · leading case: Duke Power Co. v. Blue Ridge Elec. Membership Corp., 117 S.E.2d 812 (N.C. 1961).

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Duke Power Co. v. Blue Ridge Elec. Membership Corp., 117 S.E.2d 812 (N.C. 1961). · cites it 5× “This section expressly declares the Commission is vested "with all power necessary to require and compel any public utility or public service corporation * * * to provide and furnish to the citizens of this State reasonable service of the kind it undertakes to furnish * * *".”

City Coach Co. v. Gastonia Transit Co., 42 S.E.2d 398 (N.C. 1947). “G. S., 62-36. Every person or corporation desiring to operate motor buses over the highways of the State for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation must first apply to and obtain from the Commission a franchise certificate authorizing such operation.”

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