N.C. law has been changed in some interesting parts. Here's a short overview concerning the most important changes which went to effect on Jan. 1st 2015.
Real estate
Changes
has been established in case of buying property. If you now buy
property or have already bought it on or after January 1st, the owners
of that property have to furnish a mineral and oil gas rights disclosure
statement.
Transferring property which a married couple owns as "tenants by the entireties" to a trust has from now on the same protections from each other' creditors as they would have before transferring it to the trust.
Driving
Anyone
placed on probation for impaired driving will serve from now on a
sentence in a local confinement facility, not in the state prison.
From now on the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles is required to issue a single annual validation sticker for a license plate.
Election changes
From
now on you have to be affiliated with a party for at least 90 days if
you want to file as a candidate in a party's primary. To file with
economic statements coming from the State Ethics Commission is also
needed.
Cuts in film incentives
Video
productions can apply for grants at the Film and Entertainment Grant
Fund within the N.C. Department of Commerce if the production meets
minimum qualifying expenses $ 5 million for films and $ 250,000 per
episode of a television show or for commercials.
State employees
Members
of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, the Local
Governmental Employees Retirement System, the Legislative Retirement
System and the Consolidation Judicial Retirement System, who leave
employment within five years can receive their contributions and
accumulated interest.
Background checks
From
now on criminal history checks are authorized for firefighters and
emergency medical service personnel, even for volunteers.
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