§ 148-2 Prison moneys and earnings
§ 148-3 Prison property
§ 148-4 Control and custody of prisoners; authorizing prisoner to leave place of confinement
§ 148-4.1 Release of inmates
§ 148-5 Secretary to manage prison property
§ 148-5.1 Confining inmates away from victims
§ 148-5.5 (Contingent expiration – see note) Training and authority of security guards
§ 148-6 Custody, employment and hiring out of convicts
§ 148-10 Department of Adult Correction to supervise sanitary and health conditions of prisoners
§ 148-10.1 Employment of clinical chaplains for inmates
§ 148-10.2 Policy: Certain inmates not to contact family members of victims
§ 148-10.3 Electronic monitoring costs
§ 148-10.4 Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Fund
§ 148-10.5 Facilitation of reentry

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 148 > Article 1 - Organization and Management

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3