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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-83

Possession of property held as cotenants

2024-47, s. 1.

(a) Each cotenant has a right to enter upon the property and to occupy and use it subject to the rights of all other cotenants.

(b) The possession of one cotenant is the possession of any other cotenant. Unless an actual ouster occurs, one cotenant cannot bring an action against another cotenant for taking possession of property as to which each has a right of possession as a cotenant.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.