Chapter 104 United States Lands
Article 1 - Authority for Acquisition.
- § 104-1 Acquisition of lands for specified purposes authorized; concurrent jurisdiction reserved
The United States is authorized, by purchase or otherwise, to acquire title to any tract or parcel of land in the State of North Carolina,...
- § 104-2 Unused lands to revert to State
The consent given in G.S. 104‑1 is upon consideration of the United States building lighthouses, lighthouse keepers' dwellings, lifesaving stations, buoys, coal depots, fish stations,...
- § 104-3 Exemption of such lands from taxation
The lots, parcels, or tracts of land acquired under this Chapter, together with the tenements and appurtenances for the purpose mentioned in this Chapter, shall...
- § 104-4 Conveyances of such lands to be recorded
All deeds, conveyances, or other title papers for the same shall be recorded, as in other cases, in the office of the register of deeds...
- § 104-5 Forest reserve in North Carolina authorized; powers conferred
The United States is authorized to acquire by purchase, or by condemnation with adequate compensation, except as hereinafter provided, such lands in North Carolina as...
- § 104-6 Acquisition of lands for river and harbor improvement; reservation of right to serve process
The consent of the legislature of the State is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States of any tracts, pieces, or parcels of...
- § 104-7 Acquisition of lands by the United States for customhouses, courthouses, post offices, forts, arsenals, or armories; cession of jurisdiction; exemption from taxation
(a) The consent of the State is hereby given, in accordance with the seventeenth clause, eighth section, of the first article of the Constitution of...
- § 104-8 Further authorization of acquisition of land
The United States is hereby authorized to acquire lands by condemnation or otherwise in this State for the purpose of preserving the navigability of navigable...
- § 104-9 Condition of consent granted in preceding section
This consent is given upon condition that the State of North Carolina shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such...
- § 104-10 Migratory bird sanctuaries or other wildlife refuges
The United States is authorized to acquire by purchase, or by condemnation with adequate compensation, such lands in North Carolina as in the opinion of...
- § 104-11 Utilities Commission to secure rights-of-way, etc., for waterway improvements by use of federal funds
Hereafter whenever any waterway improvement in North Carolina by the use of federal funds is provided for upon condition that the State or locality shall...
- § 104-11.1 Governor may accept a retrocession of jurisdiction over federal areas
Whenever a duly authorized official or agent of the United States, acting pursuant to authority conferred by the Congress, notifies the Governor or any other...
Article 2 - Inland Waterways.
Article 3 - Jurisdiction over National Park System Lands.
- § 104-31 Governor authorized to cede jurisdiction
(a) Whenever the United States shall desire to acquire legislative jurisdiction over any lands of the national park system within this State and shall make...
- § 104-32 Jurisdiction reserved
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there are reserved over any lands as to which any legislative jurisdiction may be ceded to the United States...
- § 104-33 Applicability of Article
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any lands owned by the United States and held in trust for the Eastern Band of...
