In all verbal or written leases of real property of any kind in which is fixed a definite time for the payment of the rent reserved therein, there shall be implied a forfeiture of the term upon failure to pay the rent within 10 days after a demand is made by the lessor or his agent on said lessee for all past-due rent, and the lessor may forthwith enter and dispossess the tenant without having declared such forfeiture or reserved the right of reentry in the lease.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-3
Term forfeited for nonpayment of rent
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 146 N.C. App. 97 - Creech v. Ranmar Properties (2001)
Most recently applied in 190 N.C. App. 432 - Gardner v. EBENEZER, LLC (May 2008)
1919, c. 34; C.S., s. 2343; 2001-502, s. 2; 2004-143, s. 1.
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.