{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-45-21.26","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.26","heading":"Preliminary report of sale of real property.","body":"(a)\tThe person exercising a power of sale of real property, shall, within five days after the date of the sale, file a report thereof with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the sale was had.\n(b)\tThe report shall be signed by the person authorized to hold the sale, or by his agent or attorney, and shall show -\n(1)\tThe authority under which the person making the sale acted;\n(2)\tThe name of the mortgagor or grantor;\n(3)\tThe name of the mortgagee or trustee;\n(4)\tThe date, time and place of the sale;\n(5)\tA reference to the book and page in the office of the register of deeds, where the instrument is recorded or, if not recorded, a description of the property sold, sufficient to identify it, and, if sold in parts, a description of each part so sold;\n(6)\tThe name or names of the person or persons to whom the property was sold;\n(7)\tThe price at which the property, or each part thereof, was sold, and that such price was the highest bid therefor;\n(8)\tThe name of the person making the report; and\n(9)\tThe date of the report. (1949, c. 720, s. 1; 1951, c. 252, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 45. Mortgages and Deeds of Trust.","Article 2A. Sales Under Power of Sale.","Part 2. Procedure for Sale."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_45/GS_45-21.26.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:02:57Z","sha256":"7dc891766fee08233b578697d4371b3a6df0071f3d0964149608baee7a622c05","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-45-21.25a","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-45-21.27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}