{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-515","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-515","heading":"Action by Attorney General.","body":"An action may be brought by the Attorney General in the name of the State, upon his own information or upon the complaint of a private party, against the party offending, in the following cases:\n(1)\tWhen a person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises any public office, civil or military, or any franchise within this State, or any office in a corporation created by the authority of this State; or,\n(2)\tWhen a public officer, civil or military, has done or suffered an act which, by law, makes a forfeiture of his office.\n(3)\tWhen any person, natural or corporate, has or claims to have or hold any rights or franchises by reason of a grant or otherwise, in violation of the provisions of G.S. 146-39. (C.C.P., s. 366; Code, s. 607; Rev., s. 827; 1911, cc. 195, 201; C.S., s. 870; 1983, c. 768, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.","SUBCHAPTER XIV. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES.","Article 41. Quo Warranto."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-515.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:12Z","sha256":"f7c488e7e617e14cad934699c175d546b1e9c84dcc64bf6186829522a4e15486","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-514","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-516"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}