North Carolina General Statutes 160D-1202. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) Owner. – The holder of the title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record.
(2) Parties in interest. – All individuals, associations, and corporations that have interests of record in a dwelling and any that are in possession of a dwelling.
(3) Public authority. – Any housing authority or any officer that is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the city, county, or State relating to health, fire, building regulations, or other activities concerning dwellings in the local government.
(4) Public officer. – The officer authorized by ordinances adopted under this Article to exercise the powers prescribed by the ordinances and by this Article. ?(2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d); 2021-88, s. 1(h).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 160D-1202
- City: As defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 160D-102
- Dwelling: Any building, structure, manufactured home, or mobile home, or part thereof, used and occupied for human habitation or intended to be so used, and includes any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith. See North Carolina General Statutes 160D-102
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- 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
- Local government: A city or county. See North Carolina General Statutes 160D-102
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3