{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-44-68.12","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44-68.12","heading":"Place of filing.","body":"(a)\tNotices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens must be filed in accordance with this Article.\n(b)\tNotices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the clerk of superior court of the county in which the real property subject to the liens is situated.\n(c)\tNotices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed as follows:\n(1)\tIf the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation or a partnership whose principal executive office is in this State, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the Secretary of State;\n(2)\tIn all other cases, in the office of the clerk of superior court of the county where the person against whose interest the lien applies resides at the time of filing of the notice of lien. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 44. Liens.","Article 11A. Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_44/GS_44-68.12.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:02:47Z","sha256":"f9655b78875543a9e64b1fc10fb1f9f69ac0165fcc89871dac6aecebb4b8f237","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-44-68.11","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-44-68.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}