Section 50D-1 - DefinitionsThe following definitions apply in this Chapter:
(1) Human trafficking offense. - Any criminal offense under Article 10A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes that is not a sex offense.(1a) Permanent civil no-contact order. - A permanent injunction that prohibits any contact by a respondent with the victim of a human trafficking offense or sex offense for which the respondent is convicted.(2) Respondent. - The person who committed the human trafficking offense or sex offense.(3) Sex offense. - Any criminal offense that requires registration under Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes.(4) Victim. - The person against whom the human trafficking offense or sex offense was committed.Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 71,s. 1-a, eff. 8/1/2023, applicable to actions filed on or after that date.Added by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 91, s. 1, eff. 10/1/2015.