{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-159.50","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-159.50","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply to this Article:\n(1)\tAuthorized representative. - A real estate broker or other person who has written legal authority to act on behalf of a property owner.\n(2)\tContract for deed. - As defined in G.S. 47H-1.\n(3)\tLaw enforcement agency. - A county sheriff's office, a county police department, or a municipal police department.\n(4)\tReal estate broker. - As defined in G.S. 93A-2(a).\n(5)\tResidential property. - As defined in G.S. 42A-4.\n(6)\tTenant. - As defined in G.S. 42-59.\n(7)\tUnauthorized person. - A person or persons occupying residential property who has no legal claim to the property, is not entitled to occupy it under a valid rental agreement or contract for deed, has not paid any rent or other form of payment to the property owner or an authorized representative of the property owner in connection with the occupancy of the property, and is not otherwise authorized to occupy the property. This term does not include a tenant who holds over after the lease term has expired under G.S. 42-26. (2025-88, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER VI. CRIMINAL TRESPASS.","Article 22D. Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons from Residential Property."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-159.50.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"01ae005c3a400c009163edb3ff8f523a4dc7165450f846da693bab7d19c88d8f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-159.23","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-159.51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}