{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-156-82","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-82","heading":"Validation of election of members of drainage commission.","body":"All irregularities caused by failure of any officer whose duty it was to provide for the election of a member or members of board of drainage commissioners of any drainage district, or the failure of any candidate to make a deposit as may be required by law, shall not invalidate such election where the following facts appear affirmatively:\n(1)\tThat said election was held at the time and place prescribed by law.\n(2)\tThat a ballot box was provided for the ballots cast for drainage commissioner.\n(3)\tThat the ballots were canvassed and the results declared by the judge of the general election.\n(4)\tThat the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes was declared elected.\n(5)\tThat no candidate for election as a member of board of drainage commissioners made any deposit as prescribed by law.\n(6)\tThat the candidate receiving the majority votes at said election has already qualified and is acting as such drainage commissioner.\nThis section shall not apply to any election contested before March 9, 1921. (1921, c. 210; C.S., s. 5339(a).)","path":["Chapter 156. Drainage.","SUBCHAPTER III. DRAINAGE DISTRICTS.","Article 6. Drainage Commissioners."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_156/GS_156-82.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:24:32Z","sha256":"c9a38e17ffa3af6de25ee2802f936aa8ae72b9337d5b7c5735143c06e576c697","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-156-81.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-156-82.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}