(a) The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) “Resale” means a resale of real property or a resale of any leasehold interest created by a lease of real property held pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.30

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 45-21.1

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(2) “Sale” means a sale of real property or a sale of any leasehold interest created by a lease of real property pursuant to (i) an express power of sale contained in a mortgage, deed of trust, leasehold mortgage, or leasehold deed of trust or (ii) a “power of sale”, under this Article, authorized by other statutory provisions.

(b) The following constructions apply in this Article:

(1) The terms “mortgage” or “deed of trust” include leasehold mortgages or leasehold deeds of trust.

(2) The terms “mortgagee” or “trustee” include any person or entity exercising a power of sale pursuant to this Article.

(3) The terms “real property” or “property” include any leasehold interest created by a lease of real property. (1949, c. 720, s. 1; 1967, c. 562, s. 2; 1991, c. 255; 1993, c. 305, s. 1.)