§ 75-9. Duty of Attorney General to investigate. - North Carolina Statutes

§75‑9.  Duty of Attorney General to investigate.

The Attorney General of theState of North Carolina shall have power, and it shall be his duty, toinvestigate, from time to time, the affairs of all corporations or personsdoing business in this State, which are or may be embraced within the meaningof the statutes of this State defining and denouncing trusts and combinationsagainst trade and commerce, or which he shall be of opinion are so embraced,and all other corporations or persons in North Carolina doing business inviolation of law; and all other corporations of every character engaged in thisState in the business of transporting  property or passengers, or transmittingmessages, and all other public service corporations of any kind or nature whateverwhich are doing business in the State for hire. Such investigation shall bewith a view of ascertaining whether the law or any rule of the UtilitiesCommission or Commission of Banks [Commissioner of Banks] is being or has beenviolated by any such corporation, officers or agents or employees thereof, andif so, in what respect, with the purpose of acquiring such information as maybe necessary to enable him to prosecute any such corporation, its agents,officers and employees for crime, or prosecute civil actions against them if hediscovers they are liable and should be prosecuted. (1913, c. 41, s. 8; C.S., s.2567; 1931, c. 243, s. 5; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; 1941, c. 97, s. 5; 1969, c. 833.)