160D-1109. Failure to perform duties.
(a) If any member of an inspection department shall willfully fail to perform the duties required by law, or willfully shall improperly issue a building permit, or shall give a certificate of compliance without first making the inspections required by law, or willfully shall improperly give a certificate of compliance, the member shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(b) A member of the inspection department shall not be in violation of this section when the local government, its inspection department, or one of the inspectors accepted a signed written document of compliance with the North Carolina State Building Code or the North Carolina Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings from a licensed architect or licensed engineer in accordance with G.S. 160D-1104(d). (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation
Article 11 - Building Code Enforcement.
§ 160D-1102 - Building code administration.
§ 160D-1103 - Qualifications of inspectors.
§ 160D-1104 - Duties and responsibilities.
§ 160D-1104.1 - Remote inspection alternative.
§ 160D-1105 - Other arrangements for inspections.
§ 160D-1106 - Alternate inspection method for component or element.
§ 160D-1107 - Mutual aid contracts.
§ 160D-1108 - Conflicts of interest.
§ 160D-1109 - Failure to perform duties.
§ 160D-1110 - Building permits.
§ 160D-1111 - Expiration of building permits.
§ 160D-1112 - Changes in work.
§ 160D-1113 - Inspections of work in progress.
§ 160D-1114 - Appeals of stop orders.
§ 160D-1115 - Revocation of building permits.
§ 160D-1116 - Certificates of compliance; temporary certificates of occupancy.
§ 160D-1117 - Periodic inspections.
§ 160D-1118 - Defects in buildings to be corrected.
§ 160D-1119 - Unsafe buildings condemned.
§ 160D-1120 - Removing notice from condemned building.
§ 160D-1121 - Action in event of failure to take corrective action.
§ 160D-1122 - Order to take corrective action.
§ 160D-1123 - Appeal; finality of order if not appealed.
§ 160D-1124 - Failure to comply with order.