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

  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • 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
  • month: shall be construed to mean a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.