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NC Gen Stat § 1-339.73 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 29C - Validating Sections.|§ 1-339.73 - Ratification of certain sales held on days other than the day required by statute.

 1-339.73. Ratification of certain sales held on days other than the day required by statute.All sales made prior to March 2, 1939, under execution or by order of court on any day other than the first Monday in any month, or the first three days of a term of the superior court of said county are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed.All sales or resales of real property made prior to March 30, 1939, under order of court on the premises or at the courthouse door in the county in which all, or any part of the property, is situated, on any day other than Monday in any month, are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed. (1876-7, c. 216, ss. 2, 3; 1883, c. 94, ss. 1, 2; Code, s. 454; Rev., s. 643; C.S., s. 690; 1931, c. 23; 1937, c. 26; 1939, cc. 71, 256; 1949, c. 719, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-339.74 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 29C - Validating Sections.|§ 1-339.74 - Sales on other days validated.

 1-339.74. Sales on other days validated.All sales of real or personal property made prior to February 27, 1933, by a sheriff of any county in North Carolina, in the manner provided by law for sale of real or personal property under execution, on any day other than the day now provided by law are hereby validated.All sales of real and personal property made prior to February 14,1939, by a sheriff under execution, or by commissioner under order of court, in the manner provided by law for sale of real or personal property, on any day other than the days now provided by law are hereby validated.All sales of real or personal property made prior to March 10, 1939, by a sheriff of any county in North Carolina, in the manner provided by law for sale of real or personal property under execution, on any day other than the day now provided by law, are hereby validated. (1933, c. 79; 1939, cc. 24, 94; 1949, c. 719, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-339.75 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 29C - Validating Sections.|§ 1-339.75 - Certain sales validated.

 1-339.75. Certain sales validated.All sales of realty made under executions issued prior to March the fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and one, on judgments regularly obtained in courts of competent jurisdiction, are hereby validated, whether such sales were continued from day to day or for a longer period, not exceeding ten days: Provided, that such executions and sales are in all other respects regular: Provided further, that purchasers and their assigns shall have held continuous and adverse possession under a sheriff's deed for three years: Provided further, that the rights of minors and married women shall in nowise be prejudiced hereby. (1901, c. 742; Rev., s. 646; C.S., s. 693; 1949, c. 719, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-339.76 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 29C - Validating Sections.|§ 1-339.76 - Validation of sales when payment deferred more than two years.

 1-339.76. Validation of sales when payment deferred more than two years.All sales of land conducted prior to February 10, 1927, under authority of G.S. 28-93, in which the deferred payments were extended over a period longer than two years, are hereby validated. (1917, c. 127, s. 2; C.S., s. 86; 1927, c. 16; 1949, c. 719, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-339.77 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 29C - Validating Sections.|§ 1-339.77 - Validation of certain sales confirmed prior to time prescribed by law.

 1-339.77. Validation of certain sales confirmed prior to time prescribed by law.From and after June 1, 1953 no action shall be brought to contest the validity of a decree filed on or before December 31, 1950, confirming the sale of real or personal property in any special proceeding on the grounds that the decree of confirmation was entered prior to the expiration of the period of time as required by law following the report of sale. (1953, c. 1089.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-340 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-340 - Petition by claimant; execution suspended; issues found.

 1-340. Petition by claimant; execution suspended; issues found.A defendant against whom a judgment is rendered for land may, at any time before execution, present a petition to the court rendering the judgment, stating that he, or those under whom he claims, while holding the premises under a color of title believed to be good, have made permanent improvements thereon, and praying that he may be allowed for the improvements, over and above the value of the use and occupation of the land. The court may, if satisfied of the probable truth of the allegation, suspend the execution of the judgment and impanel a jury to assess the damages of the plaintiff and the allowance to the defendant for the improvements. In any such action this inquiry and assessment may be made upon the trial of the cause. (1871-2, c. 147; Code, s. 473; Rev., s. 652; C.S., s. 699.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-341 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-341 - Annual value of land and waste charged against defendant.

 1-341. Annual value of land and waste charged against defendant.The jury, in assessing the damages, shall estimate against the defendant the clear annual value of the premises during the time he was in possession, exclusive of the use of the improvements thereon made by himself or those under whom he claims, and also the damages for waste or other injury to the premises committed by the defendant. The defendant is not liable for the annual value or for damages for waste or other injury for any longer time than three years before the suit, unless he claims for improvements. (1871-2, c. 147, ss. 2-3; Code, ss. 474, 475; Rev., ss. 653, 654; C.S., s. 700.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-342 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-342 - Value of improvements estimated.

 1-342. Value of improvements estimated.If the jury is satisfied that the defendant, or those under whom he claims, made on the premises, at a time when there was reason to believe the title good under which he or they were holding the premises, permanent and valuable improvements, they shall estimate in his favor the value of the improvements made before notice, in writing, of the title under which the plaintiff claims, not exceeding the amount actually expended in making them and not exceeding the amount to which the value of the premises is actually increased thereby at the time of the assessment. (1871-2, c. 147, s. 4; Code, s. 476; Rev., s. 655; C.S., s. 701.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-343 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-343 - Improvements to balance rents.

 1-343. Improvements to balance rents.If the sum estimated for the improvements exceeds the damages estimated against the defendant as aforesaid, the jury shall then estimate against him for any time before the said three years the rents and profits accrued against or damages for waste or other injury done by him, or those under whom he claims, so far as is necessary to balance his claim for improvements; but the defendant in such case shall not be liable for the excess, if any, of such rents, profits, or damages beyond the value of improvements. (1871-2, c. 147, s. 5; Code, s. 477; Rev., s. 656; C.S., s. 702.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-344 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-344 - Verdict, judgment, and lien.

 1-344. Verdict, judgment, and lien.After offsetting the damages assessed for the plaintiff, and the allowances to the defendant for any improvements, the jury shall find a verdict for the balance for the plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, and judgment shall be entered therefor according to the verdict. Any such balance due to the defendant is a lien upon the land recovered by the plaintiff until it is paid. (1871-2, c. 147, ss. 6, 7; Code, ss. 478, 479; Rev., ss. 657, 658; C.S., s. 703.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-345 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-345 - Life tenant recovers from remainderman.

 1-345. Life tenant recovers from remainderman.If the plaintiff claims only an estate for life in the land recovered and pays any sum allowed to the defendant for improvements, he or his personal representative may recover at the determination of his estate from the remainderman or reversioner, the value of the said improvements as they then exist, not exceeding the amount as paid by him, and he has a lien therefor on the premises as if they had been mortgaged for the payment thereof, and may keep possession of said premises until it is paid. (1871-2, c. 147, s. 8; Code, s. 480; Rev., s. 659; C.S., s. 704.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-346 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-346 - Value of premises without improvements.

 1-346. Value of premises without improvements.When the defendant claims allowance for improvements, the plaintiff may by entry on the record require that the value of his estate in the premises without the improvements shall also be ascertained. The value of the premises in such cases shall be estimated as it would have been at the time of the inquiry, if no such improvements had been made by the tenant or any person under whom he claims, and shall be ascertained in the manner hereinbefore provided for estimating the value of improvements. (1871-2, c. 147, ss. 10-11; Code, ss. 482, 483; Rev., ss. 661, 662; C.S., s. 705.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-347 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-347 - Plaintiff's election that defendant take premises.

 1-347. Plaintiff's election that defendant take premises.The plaintiff in such case, if judgment is rendered for him, may, at any time during the same term, or before judgment is rendered on the assessment of the value of the improvements, in person or by his attorney in the cause, enter on the record his election to relinquish his estate in the premises to the defendant at the value as ascertained, and the defendant shall thenceforth hold all the estate that the plaintiff had therein at the commencement of the suit, if he pays therefor the said value with interest in the manner ordered by the court. (1871-2, c. 147, s. 12; Code, s. 484; Rev., s. 663; C.S., s. 706.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-348 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-348 - Payment made to court; land sold on default.

 1-348. Payment made to court; land sold on default.The payment must be made to the plaintiff, or into court for his use, and the land is bound therefor, and if the defendant fails to make the payment within or at the times limited therefor, the court may order the land sold and the proceeds applied to the payment of said value and interest, and any surplus to be paid to the defendant; but if the net proceeds are insufficient to satisfy the said value and interest, the defendant is not bound for the deficiency. (1871-2, c. 147, s. 13; Code, s. 485; Rev., s. 664; C.S., s. 707.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-349 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-349 - Procedure where plaintiff is under disability.

 1-349. Procedure where plaintiff is under disability.If the party by or for whom the land is claimed in the suit is a minor or insane person, such value is deemed to be real estate, and shall be disposed of as the court considers proper for the benefit of the persons interested therein. (1871-2, c. 147, s. 14; Code, s. 486; Rev., s. 665; C.S., s. 708; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 742, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-350 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-350 - Defendant evicted, may recover from plaintiff.

 1-350. Defendant evicted, may recover from plaintiff.If the defendant, his heirs or assigns, after the premises are so relinquished to him, is evicted by force of a better title than that of the original plaintiff, the person so evicted may recover from the plaintiff or his representatives the amount paid for the premises, as so much money had and received by the plaintiff in his lifetime for the use of such person, with lawful interest thereon from the time of the payment. (1871-2, c. 147, s. 15; Code, s. 487; Rev., s. 666; C.S., s. 709.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-351 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 30 - Betterments.|§ 1-351 - Not applicable to suit by mortgagee.

 1-351. Not applicable to suit by mortgagee.Nothing in this Article applies to any suit brought by a mortgagee or his heirs or assigns against a mortgagor or his heirs or assigns for the recovery of the mortgaged premises. (1871-2, c. 147, s. 9; Code, s. 481; Rev., s. 660; C.S., s. 710.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-352 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 31 - Supplemental Proceedings.|§ 1-352 - Execution unsatisfied, debtor ordered to answer.

 1-352. Execution unsatisfied, debtor ordered to answer.When an execution against property of a judgment debtor, or any one of several debtors in the same judgment, issued to the sheriff of the county where he resides or has a place of business, or if he does not reside in the State, to the sheriff of the county where a judgment roll or a transcript of a judgment is filed, is returned wholly or partially unsatisfied, the judgment creditor at any time after the return, and within three years from the time of issuing the execution, is entitled to an order from the court to which the execution is returned or from the judge thereof, requiring such debtor to appear and answer concerning his property before such court or judge, at a time and place specified in the order, within the county to which the execution was issued. (C.C.P., s. 264; 1868-9, c. 95, s. 2; Code, s. 488, subsec. 1; Rev., s. 667; C.S., s. 711; 1971, c. 268, s. 21.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-352.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 31 - Supplemental Proceedings.|§ 1-352.1 - Interrogatories to discover assets.

 1-352.1. Interrogatories to discover assets.As an additional method of discovering assets of a judgment debtor, the judgment creditor may prepare and serve on the judgment debtor written interrogatories concerning his property, at any time the judgment remains unsatisfied, and within three years from the time of issuing an execution. Such written interrogatories shall be fully answered under oath by the judgment debtor within 30 days of service on the judgment debtor, and the answer shall be filed by the judgment debtor with the clerk of the superior court wherein the original judgment is docketed. Copy of said answer shall be served upon the party submitting said written interrogatories, in the manner provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure.Interrogatories may relate to any matters which can be inquired into under G.S. 1-352, and the debtor may object to any interrogatories that are deemed improper, but the making of objections shall not delay the answering of interrogatories to which objection is not made. If the objections are overruled, the court shall fix the time for answering the interrogatories. The number of interrogatories or sets of interrogatories to be served is not limited except as justice requires to protect the party from annoyance, expense, embarrassment or oppression.Upon failure of the judgment debtor to answer fully the written interrogatories, the judgment creditor may petition the court for an order requiring the judgment debtor to answer fully, which order shall be served upon the judgment debtor in the same manner as a summons is served pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure, fixing the time within which the judgment debtor can answer the interrogatives. In addition, the order shall provide, as an alternative, that the judgment debtor may mail the judgment creditor, by certified mail, within five days of the date of service of the order, a specific request for a hearing before a court or judge to answer oral questions concerning his property rather than answering the written interrogatories. Upon timely receipt of this request, the judgment creditor shall request the court to calendar the hearing.Any person who disobeys an order of the court may be punished by the judge as for a contempt under the provisions of G.S. 1-368. (1971, c. 529, s. 1; 1979, c. 648.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-352.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 31 - Supplemental Proceedings.|§ 1-352.2 - Additional method of discovering assets.

 1-352.2. Additional method of discovering assets.In addition to the other provisions of this Article and as an additional method of discovering assets of a judgment debtor the clerk of the court or a judge of the court in the county wherein the original judgment is docketed, at any time the judgment remains unsatisfied, and within three years from the time of issuing an execution, upon motion of the judgment creditor showing good cause therefor, may:(1) Order the judgment debtor, his agent or anyone having possession or control of property or records of or pertaining to the judgment debtor, to produce and permit the inspection and copying or photographing, by or on behalf of the moving party, of any designated documents, papers, books, accounts, all tax records, letters, objects or tangible things, not privileged, constituting property, or being evidence of property, of the judgment debtor and which are in his possession and custody, or subject to his control; or(2) Order the judgment debtor or anyone acting for or on his behalf to permit entry upon designated land or other property, real or personal, in his possession or control or subject to his control for the purpose of inspecting, measuring, surveying, appraising, copying, or photographing the property of the judgment debtor.(3) Prior notice of the motion, together with a copy thereof, shall be served on the judgment debtor as provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon the hearing, the order entered shall specify the time, place, and manner for compliance therewith and may prescribe such terms and conditions as are just.(4) Any person who shall fail to comply with an order entered pursuant to this section may be punished as for a contempt under the provisions of G.S. 1-368. (1971, c. 711, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-353 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 31 - Supplemental Proceedings.|§ 1-353 - Property withheld from execution; proceedings.

 1-353. Property withheld from execution; proceedings.After the issuing of an execution against property, and upon proof by affidavit of a party, his agent or attorney, to the satisfaction of the court or a judge thereof, that any judgment debtor residing in the district court district as defined in G.S. 7A-133 or superior court district as defined in G.S. 7A-41.1, as the case may be, where such judge or sheriff resides has property which he unjustly refuses to apply toward the satisfaction of the judgment, such court or judge may, by order, require the judgment debtor to appear at a specified time and place, to answer concerning the same; and proceedings may thereupon be had for the application of the property of the judgment debtor towards the satisfaction of the judgment as provided upon the return of an execution, and the judgment creditor is entitled to the order of examination under this section and G.S. 1-352 although the judgment debtor has an equitable estate in land subject to the lien of the judgment, or choses in action, or other things of value unaffected by the lien of the judgment and incapable of levy. (C.C.P., s. 264; 1868-9, c. 95, s. 2; Code, s. 488, subsec. 2; Rev., s. 688; C.S., s. 712; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 39.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-354 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 31 - Supplemental Proceedings.|§ 1-354 - Proceedings against joint debtors.

 1-354. Proceedings against joint debtors.Proceedings supplemental to execution may be taken upon the return of an execution unsatisfied, issued upon a judgment recovered in an action against joint debtors, in which some of the defendants have not been served with the summons by which the action was commenced, so far as relates to the joint property of such debtors; and all actions by creditors to obtain satisfaction of judgments out of the property of joint debtors are maintainable in like manner and to the like effect. These provisions apply to all proceedings and actions pending and to those terminated by final decree or judgment. (C.C.P., s. 266; 1869-70, c. 79, s. 2; 1870-1, c. 245; Code, s. 490; Rev., s. 669; C.S., s. 713.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-355 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 31 - Supplemental Proceedings.|§ 1-355 - Debtor leaving State, or concealing himself, arrested; bond.

 1-355. Debtor leaving State, or concealing himself, arrested; bond.Instead of the order requiring the attendance of the judgment debtor, the court or judge may, upon proof by affidavit or otherwise to his satisfaction that there is danger of the debtor leaving the State or concealing himself, and that there is reason to believe that he has property which he unjustly refuses to apply to the judgment, issue a warrant requiring the sheriff of any county where such debtor is to arrest him and bring him before the court or judge. Upon being brought before the court or judge, the debtor may be examined on oath, and, if it appears that there is danger of his leaving the State, and that he has property which he has unjustly refused to apply to the judgment, he shall be ordered to enter into an undertaking, with one or more sureties, that he will, from time to time, attend before the court or judge as directed, and that he will not, during the pendency of the proceedings, dispose of any property not exempt from execution. In default of entering into such undertaking, he may be committed to prison by warrant of the court or judge, as for contempt. (1868-9, c. 148, s. 4; c. 277, s. 8; Code, s. 488, subsec. 4; Rev., s. 671; C.S., s. 714.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-356 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 31 - Supplemental Proceedings.|§ 1-356 - Examination of parties and witnesses.

 1-356. Examination of parties and witnesses.On examination under this Article either party may examine witnesses in his behalf, and the judgment debtor may be examined in the same manner as a witness; and the party or witnesses may be required to appear before the court or judge, or a referee appointed by either, and testify on any proceedings under this Article in the same manner as upon the trial of an issue. If before a referee, the examination shall be taken by the referee, and certified to the court or judge. All examinations and answers before a court or judge or referee under this Article must be on oath, except that when a corporation answers, the answer shall be on the oath of an officer thereof. (C.C.P., ss. 264, 267, 268; 1868-9, c. 95, s. 2; 1871-2, c. 245; Code, ss. 488 [subsec. 2], 491, 492; Rev., ss. 670, 676; C.S., s. 715.)