North Carolina · statute · N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 44 · 29 active provisions
Wages for two months' lien on assets. In case of the insolvency of a corporation, partnership or individual, all persons doing labor or service of whatever character in its regular employment have a lien upon the assets thereof for the amount of wages due to them for all labor, work, and services rendered within two mo…
Claim of lien to be filed; place of filing. All claims shall be filed in the office of the clerk of superior court in the county where the labor has been performed or the materials furnished, specifying in detail the materials furnished or the labor performed, and the time thereof. If the parties interested make a spec…
Discharge of liens. All liens created by this Chapter may be discharged as follows: (1) By filing with the clerk a receipt or acknowledgment, signed by the claimant, that the lien has been paid or discharged. (2) By depositing with the clerk money equal to the amount of the claim, which money shall be held by said offi…
Lien created; applicable to persons non sui juris. (a) From and after March 26, 1935, there is hereby created a lien upon any sums recovered as damages for personal injury in any civil action in this State. This lien is in favor of any person, corporation, State entity, municipal corporation or county to whom the perso…
Receiving person charged with duty of retaining funds for purpose stated; evidence; attorney's fees; charges. A lien as provided under G.S. 44-49 shall also attach upon all funds paid to any person in compensation for or settlement of the injuries, whether in litigation or otherwise. If an attorney represents the injur…
Accounting of disbursements; attorney's fees to enforce lien rights. (a) Notwithstanding any confidentiality agreement entered into between the injured person and the payor of proceeds as settlement of compensation for injuries, upon the lienholder's written request and the lienholder's written agreement to be bound by…
Disputed claims to be settled before payments. (a) Whenever the sum or amount or amounts demanded for medical services or hospital fees shall be in dispute, nothing in this Article shall have any effect of compelling payment thereof until the claim is fully established and determined, in the manner provided by law: Pro…
Lien on real property of recipient of ambulance service paid for or provided by county or municipality. There is hereby created a general lien upon the real property of any person who has been furnished ambulance service by a county or municipal agency or at the expense of county or municipal government. The lien creat…
Filing within 90 days required. No lien created by G.S. 44-51.1 shall be valid but from the time of filing in the office of the clerk of superior court a statement containing the name and address of the person against whom the lien is claimed, the name of the county or municipality claiming the lien, the amount of the…
Discharge of lien. Liens created by this Article may be discharged as follows: (1) By filing with the clerk of superior court a receipt or acknowledgment, signed by the county or municipal treasurer, that the lien has been paid or discharged; (2) By depositing with the clerk of superior court money equal to the amount…
Attachment or garnishment for county or city ambulance or county or city supported ambulance service. Whenever ambulance services are provided by a county, by a county-franchised ambulance service supplemented by county funds, or by a municipally owned and operated ambulance service or by an ambulance service supplemen…
General lien for county or city ambulance service. There is hereby created a general lien upon the real property of any person who has been furnished ambulance service by a county, by a county-franchised ambulance service supplemented by county funds, or municipal agency or at the expense of a county or municipal gover…
Lien to be filed. No lien created by G.S. 44-51.5 shall be valid but from the time of filing in the office of the clerk of superior court a statement containing the name and address of the person against whom the lien is claimed, the name of the county or municipality claiming the lien, the amount of the unpaid charge…
Discharging lien. Liens created by G.S. 44-51.5 may be discharged as follows: (1) By filing with the clerk of superior court a receipt of acknowledgment, signed by the county treasurer, that the lien has been paid or discharged; (2) By depositing with the clerk of superior court money equal to the amount of the claim,…
Counties to which Article applies. The provisions of this Article shall apply only to Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, David…
Short title. This Article may be cited as the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)
Scope. This Article applies only to federal tax liens, to other federal liens notices of which under any Act of Congress or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto are required or permitted to be filed in the same manner as notices of federal tax liens, and to notices of federal liens upon real property pursuant to 42…
Place of filing. (a) Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens must be filed in accordance with this Article. (b) Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in…
Execution of notices and certificates. Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his delegate, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of any other lien, enti…
Duties of filing officer. (a) If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a notice of federal lien, or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subsection (b) is presented to a filing officer who is: (1) The Secretary of State, he shall cause the notice to be numbered, maintained, and indexed in accordance…
Fees. (a) The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien in the Office of the Secretary of State is: (1) For a lien on real estate, five dollars ($5.00); (2) For a lien on tangible and intangible personal property, five dollars ($5.00); (3) For a certificate of discharge…
Uniformity of application and construction. This Article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this Article among states enacting it. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)
Liens and notices filed before August 1, 1990. All liens, notices, certificates, releases and refilings filed before August 1, 1990, to which this Article would otherwise apply if such filing occurred on or after August 1, 1990, and any indexes pertaining thereto, shall be transferred to and maintained in the office in…
Effective period for lien on leaf tobacco sold in auction warehouse. No chattel mortgage, agricultural lien, or other lien of any nature upon leaf tobacco shall be effective for any purpose for a longer period than six months after the sale of such tobacco at a regular sale in an auction tobacco warehouse during the re…
Effective period for liens on peanuts, cotton and grains. No chattel mortgage, agricultural lien or other lien of any nature upon peanuts, cotton, soybeans, corn, wheat or other grains shall be effective for any purpose for a longer period than 18 months from the date of sale or the date of delivery to the purchaser, w…