{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-35","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-35","heading":"Title against State.","body":"The State will not sue any person for, or in respect of, any real property, or the issue or profits thereof, by reason of the right or title of the State to the same -\n(1)\tWhen the person in possession thereof, or those under whom he claims, has been in the adverse possession thereof for thirty years, this possession having been ascertained and identified under known and visible lines or boundaries; which shall give a title in fee to the possessor.\n(2)\tWhen the person in possession thereof, or those under whom he claims, has been in possession under color of title for twenty-one years, this possession having been ascertained and identified under known and visible lines or boundaries. (R.C., c. 65, s. 2; C.C.P., s. 18; Code, s. 139; Rev., s. 380; C.S., s. 425.)","path":["Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.","SUBCHAPTER II. LIMITATIONS.","Article 4. Limitations, Real Property."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-35.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:12Z","sha256":"8e07e56b473925fd5dc7e0db81bab4b2541f9295d0324ecfe8aa554ec697b337","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-34","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}