{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-42-3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-3","heading":"Term forfeited for nonpayment of rent.","body":"In all verbal or written leases of real property of any kind in which is fixed a definite time for the payment of the rent reserved therein, there shall be implied a forfeiture of the term upon failure to pay the rent within 10 days after a demand is made by the lessor or his agent on said lessee for all past-due rent, and the lessor may forthwith enter and dispossess the tenant without having declared such forfeiture or reserved the right of reentry in the lease. (1919, c. 34; C.S., s. 2343; 2001-502, s. 2; 2004-143, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 42. Landlord and Tenant.","Article 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_42/GS_42-3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:02:32Z","sha256":"aef2f432f709a3099c16d833e2e80537b6e2e1d6677fe2bc0daeb059325117ed","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-42-2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-42-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}