The seller shall provide the purchaser with a statement of account at least once every 12-month period for the term of a contract for deed. The statement must include at least the following information:

(1)        The amount paid under the contract.

(2)        The remaining amount owed under the contract.

(3)        The number of payments remaining under the contract.

(4)        The amounts paid to taxing authorities, if paid or collected by the seller or the purchaser.

(5)        The amounts paid to insure the property on the purchaser’s behalf, if collected by the seller.

(6)        If the property has been damaged and the seller has received insurance proceeds, an accounting of the proceeds applied to the property.

(7)        If the property is encumbered by a lien or mortgage pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47H-6, the outstanding balance of the loan that is secured by the property. ?(2010-164, s. 4.)

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 47H-5

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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