(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 subsection 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).
(G.S. § 160D-1109) (Ord. passed 7-1-2021)