2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 87-108. Absence of utility location.

§ 87‑108.  Absence of utility location.

Should any utility owner who has been given notice pursuant to G.S. 87‑102 fail to respond to that notice as provided in G.S. 87‑107, or fail to properly locate the underground utility, then the person excavating is free to proceed with the excavation. Neither the excavator nor the person financially responsible for the excavation will be liable to the nonresponding or improperly responding utility owner for damages to that utility owner's facilities if the person doing the excavating shall exercise due care to protect existing underground utilities when there is evidence of the existence of those underground utilities near the proposed excavation site. (1985, c. 785, s. 1.)