\nThis revision shall be known as the 'General Statutes of North Carolina' and may be cited in either of the following ways: 'General Statutes of North Carolina'; or 'General Statutes'; or 'G.S.'; or 'N.C. Gen. Stat.'; or 'N.C.G.S.' (1985, c. 609, s. 6.)
North Carolina Legal Code
§ 164.1
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