{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-609","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-609","heading":"Secured party's right to take possession after default.","body":"(a)\tPossession; rendering equipment unusable; disposition on debtor's premises. - After default, a secured party:\n(1)\tMay take possession of the collateral; and\n(2)\tWithout removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor's premises under G.S. 25-9-610.\n(b)\tJudicial and nonjudicial process. - A secured party may proceed under subsection (a) of this section:\n(1)\tPursuant to judicial process; or\n(2)\tWithout judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.\n(c)\tAssembly of collateral. - If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties. (1961, c. 574; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1975, c. 862, s. 7; 2000-169, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part 6. Default."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-9-609.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"e417ccdbc1cecc7b076cfc4e0a31f52a6bd2e4179c7750c03c989ffb9c358a71","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-608","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}