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NC Gen Stat § 43-45 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 7 - Liens upon Registered Lands.|§ 43-45 - Docketed judgments.

 43-45. Docketed judgments.Whenever any judgment of the superior court of the county in which the registered estate is situated shall be duly docketed in the office of the clerk of the superior court, or any lien or notice of lis pendens is filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court, it shall be the duty of the clerk, upon the request of any interested party, to certify the same to the register of deeds. The register of deeds shall enter upon the certificate of title, the date, and the amount of the judgment, and the same shall be a lien upon such land as fully as such docketed judgment would be a lien upon unregistered lands of the judgment debtor, and the register of deeds is authorized to recover the certificate of title pursuant to G.S. 43-40. The register of deeds shall also enter notice of the judgment, lien, or lis pendens on the record copy of the certificate of title, and the encumbrance is valid against the registered estate from the time it is noted on the record copy. (1913, c. 90, s. 22; C.S., s. 2418; 1999-59, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-46 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 7 - Liens upon Registered Lands.|§ 43-46 - Notice of delinquent taxes filed.

 43-46. Notice of delinquent taxes filed.It shall be the duty of the tax collector of each taxing unit, not later than June 30 following the date the taxes became delinquent, to file an exact memorandum of the delinquency, if any, of any registered land for the nonpayment of the taxes or assessments thereon, including interest, in the office of the register of deeds for registration; and if such officer fails to perform such duty, and there shall be subsequent to such day a transfer of the land as hereinbefore provided, the grantee shall acquire a good title free from any lien for such taxes and assessments, and the collector and his sureties shall be liable for the payment of the taxes and assessments with the interest thereon. The register of deeds shall enter the notice of delinquency on the record copy of the certificate of title, and the tax lien shall be valid against the registered estate from the time it is noted on the record copy. The register of deeds shall enter the notice of cancellation of the tax lien on the record copy of the certificate of title upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of payment. (1913, c. 90, s. 21; C.S., s. 2419; 1999-59, s. 7; 2000-140, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-48 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 7 - Liens upon Registered Lands.|§ 43-48 - Foreclosure of tax lien.

 43-48. Foreclosure of tax lien.The lien for ad valorem taxes may be foreclosed and the property sold pursuant to G.S. 105-375. A note of the sale under this section shall be duly registered, and a certificate shall be entered and an owner's certificate issued in favor of the purchaser in whom title shall be thereby vested as registered owner, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to affect or divert the title of a tenant in reversion or remainder to any real estate which has been returned delinquent and sold on account of the default of the tenant for life in paying the taxes or assessments thereon. (1913, c. 90, s. 23; C.S., s. 2421; 1999-59, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-49 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 8 - Assurance Fund.|§ 43-49 - Assurance fund provided; investment.

 43-49. Assurance fund provided; investment.Upon the original registration of land and also upon the entry of certificate showing the title as registered owners in heirs or devisees, there shall be paid to the clerk of the court one tenth of one percent (0.1%) of the assessed value of the land for taxes, as an assurance fund, which shall be paid over to the State Treasurer, who shall be liable therefor upon his official bond as for other moneys received by him in his official capacity. He shall keep all the principal and interest of such fund invested, except as required for the payment of indemnities, in bonds and securities of the United States, of this State, or of counties and other municipalities within the State. Such investment shall be made upon the advice and concurrence of the Governor and Council of State, and he shall make report of such funds and the investment thereof to the General Assembly biennially. When registration involves the State of North Carolina or any political subdivision thereof, the local tax collector shall assess the value of the land involved as if for tax purposes and the amount to be paid to the clerk shall be an amount equal to one tenth of one percent (0.1%) of such assessed value; provided, however, that no taxes shall be levied upon such land while title thereto remains in the State of North Carolina or any political subdivision thereof. (1913, c. 90, s. 33; C.S., s. 2422; 1963, c. 946, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 8 - Assurance Fund.|§ 43-50 - Action for indemnity.

 43-50. Action for indemnity.Any person who, without negligence on his part, sustains loss or damage or is deprived of land, or of any estate or interest therein, through fraud or negligence or in consequence of any error, omission, mistake, misfeasance, or misdescription in any certificate of title or in any entry or memorandum in the registration book, and who, by the provisions of this Chapter, is barred or in any way precluded from bringing an action for the recovery of such land or interest or estate therein or claim upon same, may bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the land is situate for the recovery of compensation for such loss or damage from the assurance fund. Such action shall be against the State Treasurer and all other persons who may be liable for the fraud, negligence, omission, mistake or misfeasance; but if such claimant has the right of action or other remedy for the recovery of the land, or of the estate or interest therein, or of the claim upon same, he shall exhaust such remedy before resorting to the assurance fund. (1913, c. 90, s. 34; C.S., s. 2423.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 8 - Assurance Fund.|§ 43-51 - Satisfaction by third person or by Treasurer.

 43-51. Satisfaction by third person or by Treasurer.If there are defendants other than the State Treasurer, and judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the Treasurer and some or all of the other defendants, execution shall first be issued against the other defendants, and if such execution is returned unsatisfied in whole or in part, and the officer returning the same shall certify that it cannot be collected from the property and effects of the other defendants, or if the judgment be against the Treasurer only, the clerk of the court shall certify the amount due on the execution to the State Treasurer, and the same shall be paid. In all such cases the Treasurer may employ counsel who shall receive reasonable compensation for his services from the assurance fund. (1913, c. 90, s. 35; C.S., s. 2424; 1993, c. 257, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 8 - Assurance Fund.|§ 43-52 - Payment by Treasurer, if assurance fund insufficient.

 43-52. Payment by Treasurer, if assurance fund insufficient.If the assurance fund shall be insufficient at any time to meet the amount called for by any such certificate, the Treasurer shall pay the same from any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and in such case any amount thereafter received by the Treasurer on account of the assurance fund shall be transferred to the general funds of the treasury until the amount advanced shall have been paid. (1913, c. 90, s. 36; C.S., s. 2425.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-53 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 8 - Assurance Fund.|§ 43-53 - Treasurer subrogated to right of claimant.

 43-53. Treasurer subrogated to right of claimant.In every case of payment by the Treasurer from the assurance funds under the provisions of this Chapter the Treasurer shall be subrogated to all the rights of the plaintiff against all and every other person or property or securities to a trustee, or by the improper exercise of any power of sale in benefit of the assurance fund. (1913, c. 90, s. 37; C.S., s. 2426.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 8 - Assurance Fund.|§ 43-54 - Assurance fund not liable for breach of trust; limit of recovery.

 43-54. Assurance fund not liable for breach of trust; limit of recovery.The assurance fund shall not be liable to pay any loss, damage or deprivation occasioned by a breach of trust, whether expressed, constructive or implied, by any registered owner who is a trustee, or by the improper exercise of any power of sale in a mortgage or deed of trust. Nor shall any plaintiff recover as compensation under the provisions of this Chapter more than the fair market value of the land at the time when he suffered the loss, damage or deprivation thereof. (1913, c. 90, s. 38; C.S., s. 2427.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-55 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 8 - Assurance Fund.|§ 43-55 - Statute of limitation as to assurance fund.

 43-55. Statute of limitation as to assurance fund.Action for compensation from the assurance fund shall be begun within three years from the time the cause of action accrued. In cases of infancy or other disability now recognized by law, persons under such disability shall have one year after the removal of such disability within which to begin the action. (1913, c. 90, s. 39; C.S., s. 2428.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-56 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 9 - Removal of Land from Operation of Torrens Law.|§ 43-56 - Proceedings.

 43-56. Proceedings.Any land brought under the provisions and operation of this Chapter before April 16, 1931, may be removed and excluded therefrom by a motion in writing filed in the original cause wherein said land was brought under the provisions and operation of said Chapter, and upon the filing of a petition therein showing the names of all persons owning an interest in said land and of all lien holders, mortgagees and trustees of record, and the description of said land. Upon the filing of said petition the clerk of the superior court shall issue a citation to all parties interested and named in the petition, and upon the return date of said citation and upon the hearing of said motion, the said clerk of the superior court may enter a decree in said cause removing and excluding said land from the provisions and operation of this Chapter, and transfer and conveyance of said land may be made thereafter as other common-law conveyances. (1931, c. 286, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-57 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 9 - Removal of Land from Operation of Torrens Law.|§ 43-57 - Existing liens unaffected.

 43-57. Existing liens unaffected.Nothing in G.S. 43-56 shall be construed to impair or remove any lien or encumbrance existing against said land. (1931, c. 286, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-63 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 10 - Instruments Describing Party as Trustee or Agent.|§ 43-63 - When instrument describing party as trustee or agent not to operate as notice of limitation upon powers of such party.

 43-63. When instrument describing party as trustee or agent not to operate as notice of limitation upon powers of such party.When any instrument affecting title to real estate describes a party as trustee or agent, or otherwise indicates that a party is or may be acting as trustee or agent, but does not indicate any beneficial interest, set forth his powers or specify some other recorded instrument setting forth such powers and the place in the public records where it is recorded, and there is no recorded instrument in the record chain of title to such real estate setting forth such powers, then the description or indication shall not be notice to any person thereafter dealing with the real estate of any limitation upon the powers of the party nor require any inquiry or investigation as to such trust or agency. Such trustee or agent shall be deemed to have full power to convey or otherwise dispose of the real estate; and no person interested under such trust or agency shall be entitled to make any claim against the real estate based upon notice given by such description or indication. This Article shall not prevent claims against the trustee or agent or against property other than the real estate. (1975, c. 181, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 43-64 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 43 - Land Registration|Article 10 - Instruments Describing Party as Trustee or Agent.|§ 43-64 - Application of Article; filing notice of claim; application of § 47B-6.

 43-64. Application of Article; filing notice of claim; application of 47B-6.This Article shall apply to instruments recorded before or after May 15, 1975, but shall not bar any claim based on notice given by any instrument if, within one year after May 15, 1975, a written notice of the claim is recorded, identifying the place in the public records where the reference to a fiduciary may be found, stating the powers of such fiduciary, and naming the person who is then the record owner of the real estate affected. Such notice of claim shall be signed and acknowledged by the person executing the same, and may be executed by any person interested under such trust or agency, or by his attorney, agent, guardian, conservator, parent, or any other person acting on his behalf, if for any reason he is unable to act. The notice of claim shall be recorded and indexed under the name of the person declared therein to be the record owner.Registrations hereunder shall be subject to the provisions and penalties imposed by G.S. 47B-6. (1975, c. 181, ss. 2, 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-5.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 1A - Wage Liens.|§ 44-5.1 - Wages for two months' lien on assets.

 44-5.1. Wages for two months' lien on assets.In case of the insolvency of a corporation, partnership or individual, all persons doing labor or service of whatever character in its regular employment have a lien upon the assets thereof for the amount of wages due to them for all labor, work, and services rendered within two months next preceding the date when proceedings in insolvency were actually instituted and begun against the corporation, partnership or individual, which lien is prior to all other liens that can be acquired against such assets: Provided, that the lien created by this section shall not apply to multiple unit dwellings, apartment houses, or other buildings for family occupancy except as to labor performed on the premises upon which the lien is claimed. This section shall not apply to any single unit family dwelling. (1901, c. 2, s. 87; Rev., s. 1206; C.S., s. 1197; 1937, c. 223; 1943, c. 501; 1955, c. 1345, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-38 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 8 - Perfecting, Recording, Enforcing and Discharging Liens.|§ 44-38 - Claim of lien to be filed; place of filing.

 44-38. Claim of lien to be filed; place of filing.All claims shall be filed in the office of the clerk of superior court in the county where the labor has been performed or the materials furnished, specifying in detail the materials furnished or the labor performed, and the time thereof. If the parties interested make a special contract for such labor performed, or if such material and labor are specified in writing, in such cases it shall be decided agreeably to the terms of the contract, provided the terms of such contract do not affect the lien for such labor performed or materials furnished. (1869-70, c. 206, s. 4; 1876-7, c. 53, s. 1; Code, s. 1784; Rev., s. 2026; C.S., s. 2469; 1971, c. 1185, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-48 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 8 - Perfecting, Recording, Enforcing and Discharging Liens.|§ 44-48 - Discharge of liens.

 44-48. Discharge of liens.All liens created by this Chapter may be discharged as follows:(1) By filing with the clerk a receipt or acknowledgment, signed by the claimant, that the lien has been paid or discharged.(2) By depositing with the clerk money equal to the amount of the claim, which money shall be held by said officer for the benefit of the claimant.(3) By an entry in the lien docket that the action on the part of the claimant to enforce the lien has been dismissed, or a judgment rendered against the claimant in such action.(4) By a failure of the claimant to commence an action for the enforcement of the lien within six months from the notice of lien filed. (1868-9, c. 117, s. 12; Code, s. 1793; Rev., s. 2033; C.S., s. 2479; 1971, c. 1185, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-49 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9 - Liens upon Recoveries for Personal Injuries to Secure Sums Due for Medical Attention, etc.|§ 44-49 - Lien created; applicable to persons non sui juris.

 44-49. Lien created; applicable to persons non sui juris.(a) From and after March 26, 1935, there is hereby created a lien upon any sums recovered as damages for personal injury in any civil action in this State. This lien is in favor of any person, corporation, State entity, municipal corporation or county to whom the person so recovering, or the person in whose behalf the recovery has been made, may be indebted for any drugs, medical supplies, ambulance services, services rendered by any physician, dentist, nurse, or hospital, or hospital attention or services rendered in connection with the injury in compensation for which the damages have been recovered. Where damages are recovered for and in behalf of minors or persons non compos mentis, the liens shall attach to the sum recovered as fully as if the person were sui juris. The priority of a lien held by the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees shall be superior to all nongovernmental liens and rights, whether such liens and rights are prior or subsequent to the lien.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, no lien provided for under subsection (a) of this section is valid with respect to any claims whatsoever unless the physician, dentist, nurse, hospital, corporation, or other person entitled to the lien furnishes, without charge to the attorney as a condition precedent to the creation of the lien, upon request to the attorney representing the person in whose behalf the claim for personal injury is made, an itemized statement, hospital record, or medical report for the use of the attorney in the negotiation, settlement, or trial of the claim arising by reason of the personal injury, and a written notice to the attorney of the lien claimed.(c) No action shall lie against any clerk of court or any surety on any clerk's bond to recover any claims based upon any lien or liens created under subsection (a) of this section when recovery has been had by the person injured, and no claims against the recovery were filed with the clerk by any person or corporation, and the clerk has otherwise disbursed according to law the money recovered in the action for personal injuries.  (1935, c. 121, s. 1; 1947, c. 1027; 1959, c. 800, s. 1; 1967, c. 1204, s. 1; 1969, c. 450, s. 1; 2001-377, s. 1; 2001-487, s. 59; 2018-52, s. 5(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 44-49.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9 - Liens upon Recoveries for Personal Injuries to Secure Sums Due for Medical Attention, etc.|§ 44-49.1 - Recodified as § 58-3-135 by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 674, s. 1.

 44-49.1: Recodified as 58-3-135 by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 674, s. 1.
NC Gen Stat § 44-50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9 - Liens upon Recoveries for Personal Injuries to Secure Sums Due for Medical Attention, etc.|§ 44-50 - Receiving person charged with duty of retaining funds for purpose stated; evidence; attorney's fees; charges.

 44-50. Receiving person charged with duty of retaining funds for purpose stated; evidence; attorney's fees; charges.A lien as provided under G.S. 44-49 shall also attach upon all funds paid to any person in compensation for or settlement of the injuries, whether in litigation or otherwise. If an attorney represents the injured person, the lien is perfected as provided under G.S. 44-49. Before their disbursement, any person that receives those funds shall retain out of any recovery or any compensation so received a sufficient amount to pay the just and bona fide claims for any drugs, medical supplies, ambulance services, services rendered by any physician, dentist, nurse, or hospital, or hospital attention or services, after having received notice of those claims. Evidence as to the amount of the charges shall be competent in the trial of the action. Subject to G.S. 135-48.37, the priority of a lien held by the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees shall be superior to all nongovernmental liens and rights, whether such liens and rights are prior or subsequent to the lien. Nothing in this section or in G.S. 44-49 shall be construed so as to interfere with any amount due for attorney's services. The lien provided for shall in no case, exclusive of attorneys' fees, exceed fifty percent (50%) of the amount of damages recovered. Except as provided in G.S. 44-51, a client's instructions for the disbursement of settlement or judgment proceeds are not binding on the disbursing attorney to the extent that the instructions conflict with the requirements of this Article.  (1935, c. 121, s. 2; 1959, c. 800, s. 2; 1969, c. 450, s. 2; 1995, c. 538, s. 6(b); 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 674, s. 3; 2001-377, s. 2; 2018-52, s. 5(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 44-50.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9 - Liens upon Recoveries for Personal Injuries to Secure Sums Due for Medical Attention, etc.|§ 44-50.1 - Accounting of disbursements; attorney's fees to enforce lien rights.

 44-50.1. Accounting of disbursements; attorney's fees to enforce lien rights.(a) Notwithstanding any confidentiality agreement entered into between the injured person and the payor of proceeds as settlement of compensation for injuries, upon the lienholder's written request and the lienholder's written agreement to be bound by any confidentiality agreements regarding the contents of the accounting, any person distributing funds to a lienholder under this Article in an amount less than the amount claimed by that lienholder shall provide to that lienholder a certification with sufficient information to demonstrate that the distribution was pro rata and consistent with this Article. If the person distributing settlement or judgment proceeds is an attorney, the accounting required by this section is not a breach of the attorney-client privilege.(b) The certification under subsection (a) of this section shall include a statement of all of the following:(1) The total amount of the settlement.(2) The total distribution to lienholders, the amount of each lien claimed, and the percentage of each lien paid.(3) The total attorney's fees.(c) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to require any person to act contrary to the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-91, and regulations adopted pursuant to that Act. (2003-309, s. 1.)