Liens conferred under this Article arise only when the lienor acquires possession of the property and terminate and become unenforceable when the lienor voluntarily relinquishes the possession of the property upon which a lien might be claimed, or when an owner, his agent, a legal possessor or any other person having a security or other interest in the property tenders prior to sale the amount secured by the lien plus reasonable storage, boarding and other expenses incurred by the lienor. The reacquisition of possession of property voluntarily relinquished shall not reinstate the lien. Liens conferred under this Article do not terminate when the lienor involuntarily relinquishes the possession of the property.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-3
When lien arises and terminates
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 116 N.C. App. 493 - Peace River Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Ward Transformer Co. (1994)
Most recently applied in 159 N.C. App. 93 - Old Salem Foreign Car Service, Inc. v. Webb (July 2003)
1967, c. 1029, s. 1; 1991, c. 344, s. 3, c. 731, s. 2.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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.