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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 42-25.7

  • property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • 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

It is the public policy of the State of North Carolina that distress and distraint are prohibited and that landlords of residential rental property shall have rights concerning the personal property of their residential tenants only in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-25.9(d), 42-25.9(g), 42-25.9(h), 42-36.2, 28A-25-2, or 28A-25-7. (1981, c. 566, s. 1; 1995, c. 460, s. 8; 2012-17, s. 8; 2021-71, s. 2.2.)