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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
SESSION LAW 2026-22
SENATE BILL 811
*S811-v-6*
AN ACT REMOVING THE CAP ON SATELLITE ANNEXATIONS FOR THE TOWNS OF
BAILEY AND WEAVERVIL LE AND THE CITY OF C HERRYVILLE; REMOVING
CERTAIN DESCRIBED PR OPERTY FROM THE CORP ORATE LIMITS OF THE
CITIES OF MOREHEAD C ITY AND WASHINGTON, THE TOWNS OF
KERNERSVILLE, RED OAK, VASS, AND W AYNESVILLE, AND THE VILLAGE OF
WALNUT CREEK; AND LI MITING CERTAIN POWER S OF THE VILLAGE OF
WALNUT CREEK.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
TOWNS OF BAILEY AND WEAVERVILLE/CITY OF CHERRYVILLE SATELLITE
ANNEXATION CAP REMOVAL
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A-58.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following
standards:
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(5) The area within the proposed satellite corporate limits, when added to the area
within all other sat ellite corporate limits, may not exceed ten percent (10%)
of the area within the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
This subdivision does not apply to the Cities of Archdale, Asheboro,
Belmont, Cherryville, Claremont, Concord, Conover, Durham, Elizabeth
City, Gastonia, Greenville, Hickory, Kannapolis, Kings Mountain, Locust,
Lowell, Marion, Mount Airy, Mount Holly, New Bern, Newton, Oxford,
Randleman, Roanoke Rapids, Rockingham, Saluda, Sanford, Salisbury,
Shelby, Southport, Statesville, and Was hington and the Towns of Ahoskie,
Angier, Apex, Ayden, Bailey, Belville, Benson, Bladenboro, Bridgeton,
Bunn, Burgaw, Calabash, Carthage, Catawba, China Grove, Clayton,
Columbia, Columbus, Cramerton, Creswell, Dallas, Dobson, Four Oaks,
Franklin, Franklint on, Franklinville, Fuquay -Varina, Garner, Godwin,
Goldston, Granite Quarry, Green Level, Grimesland, Harrisburg, Holly Ridge,
Holly Springs, Hookerton, Hope Mills, Huntersville, Jamestown, Kenansville,
Kenly, Knightdale, Landis, Laurel Park, Liberty, Lilli ngton, Louisburg,
Madison, Maggie Valley, Maiden, Mayodan, Maysville, Middlesex, Midland,
Mocksville, Morrisville, Mount Pleasant, Nashville, North Wilkesboro,
Norwood, Oak Island, Oakboro, Ocean Isle Beach, Pembroke, Pine Level,
Pollocksville, Princeton, Ramseur, Ranlo, Richlands, Rockwell, Rolesville,
Rutherfordton, Shallotte, Siler City, Smithfield, Spencer, Spring Lake,
Stanley, Stem, Stovall, Surf City, Swansboro, Taylorsville, Troutman, Troy,
Vass, Wallace, Warsaw, Watha, Waynesville, Weaverville, Weldon, Wendell,
West Jefferson, Wilson's Mills, Windsor, Wingate, Yadkinville, Youngsville,
and Zebulon."
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CITY OF MOREHEAD CITY DEANNEXATION
SECTION 2.(a) The following described property, identified by Carteret County
Parcel Identification Number, is removed from the corporate limits of the City of Morehead City:
638714442765000, 638714440096000, and 638714444512000.
SECTION 2.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens to the City
of Morehead City for ad valorem taxes or special assessm ents outstanding before the effective
date of this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this
section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the City of Morehead City.
SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2026. Property in the
territory described in this section as of January 1, 2026, is no longer subject to municipal taxes
for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.
CITY OF WASHINGTON DEANNEXATION
SECTION 3.(a) The following described property is removed from the corporate
limits of the City of Washington:
Lying and being in the City of Washington, County of Beaufort, State of North Carolina and
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a Control Corner labeled B1 on the map referred to below. Said control corner
having North Carolina Grid Coordinates of N=666,344.07 and E=2,582,231.42 and running
thence from said beginning point so located the following courses and distances, No rth 35° 46'
30" East 128.65 feet to a point, thence North 84° 10' 28" East 59.63 feet to a point, thence South
63° 47' 08" East 56.33 feet to a point, thence North 19° 21' 41" East 223.92 feet to a point, thence
North 00° 55' 13" East 414.62 feet to a point, thence North 19° 42' 31" West 48.15 feet to a point,
thence North 55° 10' 39" West 44.75 feet to a point, thence North 87° 30' 41" West 288.92 feet
to a point, thence North 27° 03' 31" West 1,036.94 feet to a point, thence North 67° 05' 44" East
131.14 feet to a point, thence South 35° 17' 53" East 3.86 feet to a point, thence North 49° 51'
07" East 2.25 feet to a point, thence North 47° 57' 16" West 295.08 feet to a point, thence North
63° 37' 38" East 14.47 feet to a point in the Southern right -of-way line of Airport Road, thence
with the Southern right -of-way line of Airport Road, South 49° 49' 13" East 121.22 feet to a
point, thence South 51° 00' 29" East 101.41 feet to a point, thence South 56° 21' 17" East 76.97
feet to a point, thence South 61° 06' 31" East 92.61 feet to a point, thence South 66° 19' 34" East
83.55 feet to a point, thence South 71° 11' 39" East 88.68 feet to a point, thence South 73° 28'
33" East 152.89 feet to a point, thence South 73° 44' 12" East 128.90 feet to a point, thence South
73° 50' 07" East 148.39 feet to a point, thence South 73° 42' 27" East 120.39 feet to a point,
thence South 73° 37' 54" East 100.97 feet to a point, thence South 28° 19' 06" East 83.84 feet to
a point in the Western line of Market Street Extension, the nce South 09° 24' 28" West 319.41
feet to a point, thence South 03° 03' 58" West 1,044.50 feet to a point, thence South 65° 06' 55"
West 2.27 feet to a point, thence South 65° 06' 55" West 392.70 feet to a point indicated by the
letter A1 on that certain survey referred to below, thence North 24° 53' 05" West 111.53 feet to
the Control Corner labeled B1 on the survey referred to below and this being all of that 18.93
acre tract or parcel of land as shown on that certain survey by Sorrell Land Surveying, Inc., dated
May 2, 2023. Reference is herein made to survey for a more complete and adequate description
of the subject property.
SECTION 3.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the City
of Washington for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date
of this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this
section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the City of Washington.
SECTION 3.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2026. Property in the
territory described in this section as of January 1, 2026, is no longer s ubject to municipal taxes
for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.
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TOWN OF KERNERSVILLE DEANNEXATION
SECTION 4.(a) The following described property, identified by Forsyth County Tax
Property Identification Number, is remove d from the corporate limits of the Town of
Kernersville: 6896-04-9921.
SECTION 4.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the Town
of Kernersville for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date
of this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective da te of this
section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Town of Kernersville.
SECTION 4.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2026. Property in the
territory described in this section as of January 1, 2026, is no long er subject to municipal taxes
for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.
TOWN OF RED OAK DEANNEXATION
SECTION 5.(a) The following described property, identified by Nash County Parcel
Identification Numbers, is removed from th e corporate limits of the Town of Red Oak:
382110465092 and 382115547627.
SECTION 5.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the Town
of Red Oak for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of
this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this section
as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Town of Red Oak.
SECTION 5.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2026. Property in the
territory described in this section as of January 1, 2026, is no longer subject to municipal taxes
for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.
TOWN OF VASS DEANNEXATION
SECTION 6.(a) The following described property, identified by Moore County Tax
Property Identification Numbers, is removed from the corporate limits of the Town of Vass:
950300365918, 950300363850, 950300362794, and 950300361693.
SECTION 6.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the Town
of Vass for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this
section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this section as
though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Town of Vass.
SECTION 6.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2026. Property in the
territory described in this section as of January 1, 2026, is no longer subject to municipal taxes
for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.
TOWN OF WAYNESVILLE DEANNEXATION
SECTION 7.(a) The property identified by Haywood County Parcel Identification
Number 8604-93-8795, also known as 86 Magellan Drive, is removed from the corporate limits
of the Town of Waynesville.
SECTION 7.(b) This section has no effect on the validity of any liens of the Town
of Waynesville for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date
of this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the ef fective date of this
section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Town of Waynesville.
SECTION 7.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2026. Property in the
territory described in this section as of January 1, 2026, i s no longer subject to municipal taxes
for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.
VILLAGE OF WALNUT CREEK DEANNEXATION
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SECTION 8.(a) The following described property, as identified by Wayne County
Tax Parcel Identification Numbers, is removed from the corporate limits of the Village of Walnut
Creek:
PARCEL A:
The portion of Parcel No. 3536159662 lying north of Dollard Town Road (State Road No.
1727), being approximately 1 acre and more particularly described in the deed to Diamond
Poultry Farms, Inc. (now Sleepy Creek Farms, Inc.), dated November 7, 1961, and recorded in
Deed Book 559, Page 134, of the Wayne County Registry.
PARCEL B:
Parcel No. 3536267029, including the right -of-way of Dollard Town Road (State Road No.
1727), being approximately 19 acres and more particularly described in the deed to Sleepy Creek
Farms, Inc., dated August 26, 1996, and recorded in Deed Book 1552, Page 890, of the Wayne
County Registry.
PARCEL C:
Parcel No. 3536370039, being approximately 23 acres and more particularly described in the
deed to Goldsboro Milling Company, dated September 9, 1980, and recorded in Book 993, Page
280, of the Wayne County Registry.
SECTION 8.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the
Village of Walnut Creek for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the
effective date of this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective
date of this section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Village of
Walnut Creek.
SECTION 8.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2026. Property in the
territory described in this section as of January 1, 2026, is no longer subject to municipal taxes
for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.
LIMIT CERTAIN POWERS OF THE VILLAGE OF WALNUT CREEK
SECTION 9.(a) Chapter 55 of the 1977 Session Laws is repealed.
SECTION 9.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 160D-202, or any other
provision of law, the Village of Walnut Creek shall not exercise any powers granted to cities in
Chapter 160D of the General Statutes in any area beyond its contiguous corporate limits.
SECTION 9.(c) The relinquishment of jurisdiction by the Village of Walnut Creek
over the ar ea beyond its contiguous corporate limits shall become effective on the date this
section becomes law; provided, however, the Village's development regulations and powers of
enforcement shall remain in effect in that area until the time provided in G.S. 160D-202(h).
SECTION 9.(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section or any other
provision of law to the contrary, any acquisition, conveyance, transfer, or acceptance of real
property or interest in real or personal property by the Village of Walnut Creek occurring prior
to the effective date of this section is hereby ratified, validated, confirmed, and approved in all
respects as if the Village of Walnut Creek had possessed full legal authority to undertake such
action at the time it occurred.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 10. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes
law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 2026.
s/ Rachel Hunt
President of the Senate
s/ John R. Bell, IV
Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives