N.C. Gen. Stat. § 53C-4-6: Liability of directors.

(a) The standard of conduct for directors shall be as set forth in G.S. 55-8-30.

(b) Any director of any bank who shall knowingly violate, or who shall knowingly permit to be violated by any officers, agents, or employees of the bank, any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be held personally and individually liable for all damages which the bank, its shareholders, or any other person shall have sustained in consequence of such violation. Any aggrieved shareholder of any bank in liquidation may prosecute an action for the enforcement of the provisions of this section. Only one such action may be brought. (2012-56, s. 4.)