§ 153A-11. Corporate powers. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 153A‑11. Corporate powers.

The inhabitants of each county are a body politic and corporate underthe name specified in the act creating the county. Under that name they arevested with all the property and rights of property belonging to thecorporation; have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued; may contract andbe contracted with; may acquire and hold any property and rights of property,real and personal, that may be devised, bequeathed, sold, or in any mannerconveyed, dedicated to, or otherwise acquired by the corporation, and from timeto time may hold, invest, sell, or dispose of the property and rights ofproperty; may have a common seal and alter and renew it at will; and have andmay exercise in conformity with the laws of this State county powers, rights,duties, functions, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature. (1868, c. 20, ss. 1, 2, 3, 8; 1876‑7, c. 141, s.1; Code, ss. 702, 703, 704, 707; Rev., ss. 1309, 1310, 1318; C.S., ss. 1290,1291, 1297; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.)