N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-14-07

(1) A dissolved corporation may also publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the corporation present them in accordance with the notice.

(2) The notice must: Be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is or was last located;

(3) Describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and

(4) State that a claim against the corporation will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of the notice.

(5) If the dissolved corporation publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b), the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved corporation within five years after the publication date of the newspaper notice: A claimant who did not receive written notice under G.S. 55-14-06;

(6) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on;

(7) A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.