North Carolina General Statutes
Article 22M - Legal Expense Funds.
§ 163-278.307 - Detailed accounts to be kept by treasurer.

163-278.307. Detailed accounts to be kept by treasurer.
(a) The treasurer of each legal expense fund shall keep detailed accounts, current within seven calendar days after the date of receiving a legal expense donation or making an expenditure, of all legal expense donations received and all expenditures made by or on behalf of the legal expense fund.
(b) Accounts kept by the treasurer of a legal expense fund or the accounts of a treasurer or legal expense fund at any bank or other depository may be inspected by a member, designee, agent, attorney, or employee of the Board who is making an investigation pursuant to G.S. 163-278.22.
(c) For purposes of this section, "detailed accounts" shall mean at least all information required to be included in the quarterly report required under this Article.
(d) When a treasurer shows that best efforts have been used to obtain, maintain, and submit the information required by this Article, any report of the legal expense shall be considered in compliance with this Article and shall not be the basis for criminal prosecution or the imposition of civil penalties. The State Board shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. (2007-349, s. 1; 2009-534, s. 2(c); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)

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