N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-3
Term forfeited for nonpayment of rent
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As of June 1, 2021
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.
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.
History
(1919, c. 34; C.S., s. 2343; 2001-502, s. 2; 2004-143, s. 1.)
Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2004-143, s. 1, effective August 1, 2004, deleted the former last sentence, which read: "Where a written lease establishes a monthly rent that includes water and sewer services under G.S. 62-110(g), the terms 'rent' and 'rental payment', as used in this Chapter, mean base rent only."
Legal Periodicals. - For article on defending the low-income tenant in North Carolina, see 2 N.C. Cent. L.J. 21 (1970).
For a comment on landlords' eviction remedies in the light of Spinks v. Taylor, 303 N.C. 256, 278 S.E.2d 501 (1981), and the 1981 Act to Clarify Landlord Eviction Remedies in Residential Tenancies, see 60 N.C.L. Rev. 885 (1982).
For a comment on the Landlord Eviction Remedies Act in light of Spinks v. Taylor, 303 N.C. 256, 278 S.E.2d 501 (1981), see 18 Wake Forest L. Rev. 25 (1982).
For survey of 1982 law on property, see 61 N.C.L. Rev. 1171 (1983).
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.