Chapter 42

96 published sections.

Article 1 - General Provisions

N.C.G.S. § 42-1 — Lessor and lessee not partners.
N.C.G.S. § 42-2 — Attornment unnecessary on conveyance of reversions, etc.
N.C.G.S. § 42-3 — Term forfeited for nonpayment of rent.
N.C.G.S. § 42-4 — Recovery for use and occupation.
N.C.G.S. § 42-5 — Rent apportioned, where lease terminated by death.
N.C.G.S. § 42-6 — Rents, annuities, etc., apportioned, where right to payment terminated by death.
N.C.G.S. § 42-7 — In lieu of emblements, farm lessee holds out year, with rents apportioned.
N.C.G.S. § 42-8 — Grantees of reversion and assigns of lease have reciprocal rights under covenants.
N.C.G.S. § 42-9 — Agreement to rebuild, how construed in case of fire.
N.C.G.S. § 42-10 — Tenant not liable for accidental damage.
N.C.G.S. § 42-11 — Willful destruction by tenant misdemeanor.
N.C.G.S. § 42-12 — Lessee may surrender, where building destroyed or damaged.
N.C.G.S. § 42-13 — Wrongful surrender to other than landlord misdemeanor.
N.C.G.S. § 42-14 — Notice to quit in certain tenancies.
N.C.G.S. § 42-14.1 — Preemption of local regulations.
N.C.G.S. § 42-14.2 — Death, illness, or conviction of certain crimes not a material fact.
N.C.G.S. § 42-14.3 — Notice of conversion of manufactured home communities.
N.C.G.S. § 42-14.4 — Notice to State Bar of attorney default on lease.
N.C.G.S. § 42-14.5 — Foreseeability not created by criminal record; no duty to screen.
N.C.G.S. § 42-14.6 — Transient occupancies excluded.

N.C.G.S. § 42-15 — Landlord's lien on crops for rents, advances, etc.; enforcement.
N.C.G.S. § 42-15.1 — Landlord's lien on crop insurance for rents, advances, etc.; enforcement.
N.C.G.S. § 42-16 — Rights of tenants.
N.C.G.S. § 42-17 — Action to settle dispute between parties.
N.C.G.S. § 42-18 — Tenant's undertaking on continuance or appeal.
N.C.G.S. § 42-19 — Crops delivered to landlord on his undertaking.
N.C.G.S. § 42-20 — Crops sold, if neither party gives undertaking.
N.C.G.S. § 42-21 — Tenant's crop not subject to execution against landlord.
N.C.G.S. § 42-22 — Unlawful seizure by landlord or removal by tenant misdemeanor.
N.C.G.S. § 42-22.1 — Failure of tenant to account for sales under tobacco marketing cards.
N.C.G.S. § 42-23 — Terms of agricultural tenancies in certain counties.
N.C.G.S. § 42-24 — Turpentine and lightwood leases.
N.C.G.S. § 42-25 — Mining and timberland leases.

N.C.G.S. § 42-26 — Tenant holding over may be dispossessed in certain cases.
N.C.G.S. § 42-27 — Local: Refusal to perform contract ground for dispossession.
N.C.G.S. § 42-28 — Summons issued by clerk.
N.C.G.S. § 42-29 — Service of summons.
N.C.G.S. § 42-30 — Judgment by confession, where plaintiff has proved case, or failure to appear.
N.C.G.S. § 42-31 — Trial by magistrate.
N.C.G.S. § 42-32 — Damages assessed to trial.
N.C.G.S. § 42-33 — Rent and costs tendered by tenant.
N.C.G.S. § 42-34 — Undertaking on appeal and order staying execution.
N.C.G.S. § 42-34.1 — Rent pending execution of judgment; post bond pending appeal.
N.C.G.S. § 42-35 — Restitution of tenant, if case quashed, etc., on appeal.
N.C.G.S. § 42-36 — Damages to tenant for dispossession, if proceedings quashed, etc.
N.C.G.S. § 42-36.1 — Lease or rental of manufactured homes.
N.C.G.S. § 42-36.1A — Judgments for possession more than 30 days old.
N.C.G.S. § 42-36.2 — Notice to tenant of execution of writ for possession of property; storage of evicted tenant's personal property.
N.C.G.S. § 42-36.3 — Death of residential tenant; landlord may file affidavit to remove personal property from the dwelling unit.

N.C.G.S. § 42-38 — Application.
N.C.G.S. § 42-39 — Exclusions.
N.C.G.S. § 42-40 — Definitions.
N.C.G.S. § 42-41 — Mutuality of obligations.
N.C.G.S. § 42-42 — Landlord to provide fit premises.
N.C.G.S. § 42-42.1 — Water, electricity, and natural gas conservation.
N.C.G.S. § 42-42.2 — Victim protection - nondiscrimination.
N.C.G.S. § 42-42.3 — Victim protection - change locks.
N.C.G.S. § 42-43 — Tenant to maintain dwelling unit.
N.C.G.S. § 42-44 — General remedies, penalties, and limitations.
N.C.G.S. § 42-45 — Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel, surviving family members, or lawful representative.
N.C.G.S. § 42-45.1 — Early termination of rental agreement by victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
N.C.G.S. § 42-45.2 — Early termination of rental agreement by tenants residing in certain foreclosed property.
N.C.G.S. § 42-46 — Authorized fees, costs, and expenses.

N.C.G.S. § 42-59 — Definitions.
N.C.G.S. § 42-59.1 — Statement of Public Policy.
N.C.G.S. § 42-60 — Nature of actions and jurisdiction.
N.C.G.S. § 42-61 — Standard of proof.
N.C.G.S. § 42-62 — Parties.
N.C.G.S. § 42-63 — Remedies and judicial orders.
N.C.G.S. § 42-64 — Affirmative defense or exemption to a complete eviction.
N.C.G.S. § 42-65 — Obstructing the execution or enforcement of a removal or eviction order.
N.C.G.S. § 42-66 — Motion to enforce eviction and removal orders.
N.C.G.S. § 42-67 — Impermissible defense.
N.C.G.S. § 42-68 — Expedited proceedings.
N.C.G.S. § 42-69 — Relation to criminal proceedings.
N.C.G.S. § 42-70 — Discovery.
N.C.G.S. § 42-71 — Protection of threatened witnesses or affiants.
N.C.G.S. § 42-72 — Availability of law enforcement resources to plaintiffs or potential plaintiffs.
N.C.G.S. § 42-73 — Collection of rent.
N.C.G.S. § 42-74 — Preliminary or emergency relief.
N.C.G.S. § 42-75 — Cumulative remedies.
N.C.G.S. § 42-76 — Civil immunity.