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NC Gen Stat § 44-51 (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.|§ 44-51 - Disputed claims to be settled before payments.

 44-51. Disputed claims to be settled before payments.(a) Whenever the sum or amount or amounts demanded for medical services or hospital fees shall be in dispute, nothing in this Article shall have any effect of compelling payment thereof until the claim is fully established and determined, in the manner provided by law: Provided, however, that when any such sums are in dispute the amount of the lien shall in no case exceed the amount of the bills in dispute.(b) This section shall not apply to amounts owed to the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees for past-due account receivables related to claims payments.  (1935, c. 121, s. 3; 1943, c. 543; 2018-52, s. 5(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 44-51.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9A - Liens for Ambulance Service.|§ 44-51.1 - Lien on real property of recipient of ambulance service paid for or provided by county or municipality.

 44-51.1. Lien on real property of recipient of ambulance service paid for or provided by county or municipality.There is hereby created a general lien upon the real property of any person who has been furnished ambulance service by a county or municipal agency or at the expense of county or municipal government. The lien created by this section shall continue from the date of filing until satisfied, except that no action to enforce it may be brought more than 10 years after the date on which ambulance service was furnished nor more than three years after the date of recipient's death. Failure to bring action within such times shall be a complete bar against any recovery and shall extinguish the lien. (1969, c. 684.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-51.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9A - Liens for Ambulance Service.|§ 44-51.2 - Filing within 90 days required.

 44-51.2. Filing within 90 days required.No lien created by G.S. 44-51.1 shall be valid but from the time of filing in the office of the clerk of superior court a statement containing the name and address of the person against whom the lien is claimed, the name of the county or municipality claiming the lien, the amount of the unpaid charge for ambulance service, and the date and place of furnishing ambulance service for which charges are asserted and the lien claimed. No lien under this Article shall be valid unless filed in accordance with this section within 90 days of the date of the furnishing the ambulance service. (1969, c. 684.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-51.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9A - Liens for Ambulance Service.|§ 44-51.3 - Discharge of lien.

 44-51.3. Discharge of lien.Liens created by this Article may be discharged as follows:(1) By filing with the clerk of superior court a receipt or acknowledgment, signed by the county or municipal treasurer, that the lien has been paid or discharged;(2) By depositing with the clerk of superior court money equal to the amount of the claim, which money shall be held for the benefit of the claimant; or(3) By an entry in the lien docket that the action on the part of the lien claimant to enforce the lien has been dismissed, or a judgment has been rendered against the claimant in such action. (1969, c. 684.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-51.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9B - Attachment or Garnishment and Lien for Ambulance Service in Certain Counties.|§ 44-51.4 - Attachment or garnishment for county or city ambulance or county or city supported ambulance service.

 44-51.4. Attachment or garnishment for county or city ambulance or county or city supported ambulance service.Whenever ambulance services are provided by a county, by a county-franchised ambulance service supplemented by county funds, or by a municipally owned and operated ambulance service or by an ambulance service supplemented by municipal funds and a recipient of such ambulance services or one legally responsible for the support of a recipient of such services fails to pay charges fixed for such services for a period of 90 days after the rendering of such services, the county or municipality providing the ambulance services, or providing financial support to the ambulance service, may treat the amount due for such services as if it were a tax due to the county or municipality and may proceed to collect the amount due through the use of attachment and garnishment proceedings as set out in G.S. 105-368. (1969, c. 708, s. 1; 1973, c. 1366, s. 1; 1975, c. 595, s. 2; 1991, c. 595.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-51.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9B - Attachment or Garnishment and Lien for Ambulance Service in Certain Counties.|§ 44-51.5 - General lien for county or city ambulance service.

 44-51.5. General lien for county or city ambulance service.There is hereby created a general lien upon the real property of any person who has been furnished ambulance service by a county, by a county-franchised ambulance service supplemented by county funds, or municipal agency or at the expense of a county or municipal government or upon the real property of one legally responsible for the support of any person who has been furnished such ambulance service. (1969, c. 708, s. 2; 1973, c. 1366, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-51.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9B - Attachment or Garnishment and Lien for Ambulance Service in Certain Counties.|§ 44-51.6 - Lien to be filed.

 44-51.6. Lien to be filed.No lien created by G.S. 44-51.5 shall be valid but from the time of filing in the office of the clerk of superior court a statement containing the name and address of the person against whom the lien is claimed, the name of the county or municipality claiming the lien, the amount of the unpaid charge for ambulance service, and the date and place of furnishing the ambulance service for which charges are asserted and the lien claimed. No lien under this section shall be valid unless filed after 90 days of the date of the furnishing of ambulance service, and within 180 days of the date of the furnishing of ambulance service. (1969, c. 708, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-51.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9B - Attachment or Garnishment and Lien for Ambulance Service in Certain Counties.|§ 44-51.7 - Discharging lien.

 44-51.7. Discharging lien.Liens created by G.S. 44-51.5 may be discharged as follows:(1) By filing with the clerk of superior court a receipt of acknowledgment, signed by the county treasurer, that the lien has been paid or discharged;(2) By depositing with the clerk of superior court money equal to the amount of the claim, which money shall be held for the benefit of the claimant; or(3) By an entry in the lien docket that the action on the part of the lien claimant to enforce the lien has been dismissed, or a judgment has been rendered against the claimant in such action. (1969, c. 708, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-51.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 9B - Attachment or Garnishment and Lien for Ambulance Service in Certain Counties.|§ 44-51.8 - Counties to which Article applies.

 44-51.8. Counties to which Article applies.The provisions of this Article shall apply only to Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Pender, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin and Yancey Counties.  (1969, c. 708, s. 5; c. 1197; 1971, c. 132; 1973, c. 880, s. 1; cc. 887, 894, 907, 1182; 1975, c. 595, s. 1; 1977, cc. 64, 138, 357; 1977, 2nd Sess., cc. 1144, 1157; 1979, c. 452; 1983, cc. 186, 424; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 933; 1985, c. 9; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 936, s. 6; 1987, c. 466; 1995, c. 9, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 676, s. 1; 2000-15, s. 3; 2000-107, s. 1; 2017-53, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-68.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 11A - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|§ 44-68.10 - Short title.

 44-68.10. Short title.This Article may be cited as the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-68.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 11A - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|§ 44-68.11 - Scope.

 44-68.11. Scope.This Article applies only to federal tax liens, to other federal liens notices of which under any Act of Congress or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto are required or permitted to be filed in the same manner as notices of federal tax liens, and to notices of federal liens upon real property pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9607(l). (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-68.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 11A - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|§ 44-68.12 - Place of filing.

 44-68.12. Place of filing.(a) Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens must be filed in accordance with this Article.(b) Notices 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.(c) Notices 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:(1) If 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;(2) In 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-68.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 11A - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|§ 44-68.13 - Execution of notices and certificates.

 44-68.13. Execution of notices and certificates.Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his delegate, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of any other lien, entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgement is necessary. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-68.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 11A - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|§ 44-68.14 - Duties of filing officer.

 44-68.14. Duties of filing officer.(a) If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a notice of federal lien, or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subsection (b) is presented to a filing officer who is:(1) The Secretary of State, he shall cause the notice to be numbered, maintained, and indexed in accordance with G.S. 25-9-519, as if the notice were a financing statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, Chapter 25 of the General Statutes; or(2) Any other officer described in G.S. 44-68.12, he shall endorse thereon his identification and the date and time of receipt and forthwith file it alphabetically or enter it in an alphabetical index showing the name and address of the person named in the notice, the date and time of receipt, the title and address of the official or entity certifying the lien, and the total amount appearing on the notice of lien.(b) If a certificate of release, nonattachment, discharge, or subordination of any lien is presented to the Secretary of State for filing he shall cause:(1) A record of a certificate of release or nonattachment to be numbered, maintained, and indexed as if a record of the certificate were a termination statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, Chapter 25 of the General Statutes, but the record of the notice of lien to which the certificate relates may not be removed from the files; and(2) A record of a certificate of discharge or subordination to be numbered, maintained, and indexed as if the record of the certificate were a release of collateral within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, Chapter 25 of the General Statutes.(c) If a refiled notice of federal lien referred to in subsection (a) or any of the certificates or notices referred to in subsection (b) is presented for filing to any other filing officer specified in G.S. 44-68.12, he shall permanently attach the refiled notice or the certificate to the original notice of lien and enter the refiled notice or the certificate with the date of filing in any alphabetical lien index on the line where the original notice of lien is entered.(d) Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall issue his certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien filed under this Article or (reference previous federal tax lien registration act), naming a particular person, and if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate. The fee for a certificate is five dollars ($5.00). Upon request, the filing officer shall furnish a copy of any notice of federal lien, or notice or certificate affecting a federal lien, for a fee of one dollar ($1.00) per page. (Ex. Sess. 1924, c. 44, ss. 2, 3; 1953, c. 1106, ss. 1, 2; 1963, c. 544; 1969, c. 216; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1; 2000-169, ss. 33, 34.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-68.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 11A - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|§ 44-68.15 - Fees.

 44-68.15. Fees.(a) The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien in the Office of the Secretary of State is:(1) For a lien on real estate, five dollars ($5.00);(2) For a lien on tangible and intangible personal property, five dollars ($5.00);(3) For a certificate of discharge or subordination, five dollars ($5.00);(4) For all other notices, including a certificate of release or nonattachment, five dollars ($5.00).(b) The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, and the fee for furnishing the certificate or copies provided for in G.S. 44-68.14(d), is as provided in G.S. 7A-308.(c) The officer shall bill the district directors of internal revenue or other appropriate federal officials on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by them. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-68.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 11A - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|§ 44-68.16 - Uniformity of application and construction.

 44-68.16. Uniformity of application and construction.This Article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this Article among states enacting it. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-68.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 11A - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|§ 44-68.17 - Liens and notices filed before August 1, 1990.

 44-68.17. Liens and notices filed before August 1, 1990.All liens, notices, certificates, releases and refilings filed before August 1, 1990, to which this Article would otherwise apply if such filing occurred on or after August 1, 1990, and any indexes pertaining thereto, shall be transferred to and maintained in the office in which such filing would have been made had the filing occurred on or after August 1, 1990. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1047, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-69 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 12 - Liens on Certain Agricultural Products.|§ 44-69 - Effective period for lien on leaf tobacco sold in auction warehouse.

 44-69. Effective period for lien on leaf tobacco sold in auction warehouse.No chattel mortgage, agricultural lien, or other lien of any nature upon leaf tobacco shall be effective for any purpose for a longer period than six months after the sale of such tobacco at a regular sale in an auction tobacco warehouse during the regular season for auction sales of tobacco in such warehouse. This section shall not absolve any person from prosecution and punishment for crime. (1943, c. 642, s. 1; 1975, c. 318.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-69.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 12 - Liens on Certain Agricultural Products.|§ 44-69.1 - Effective period for liens on peanuts, cotton and grains.

 44-69.1. Effective period for liens on peanuts, cotton and grains.No chattel mortgage, agricultural lien or other lien of any nature upon peanuts, cotton, soybeans, corn, wheat or other grains shall be effective for any purpose for a longer period than 18 months from the date of sale or the date of delivery to the purchaser, whichever date shall fall last. This section shall not absolve any person from prosecution and punishment for crime. (1955, c. 266; 1975, c. 318.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-69.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 12 - Liens on Certain Agricultural Products.|§ 44-69.2 - Effective period for liens on fruits and vegetables.

 44-69.2. Effective period for liens on fruits and vegetables.No security interest in or lien on fruits and vegetables sold at a regular sale at an auction market at which the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services furnishes certified inspectors pursuant to Article 17 of Chapter 106 is effective for any purpose more than six months after the date of the sale. This section does not absolve any person from prosecution and punishment for crime. (1981, c. 640, s. 2; 1997-261, s. 109.)
NC Gen Stat § 44-87 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44 - Liens|Article 15 - Liens for Overdue Child Support.|§ 44-87 - Discharge of lien; penalty for failure to discharge.

 44-87. Discharge of lien; penalty for failure to discharge.(a) Liens created by this Article may be discharged as follows:(1) By the designated representative in IV-D cases, or by the obligee in non-IV-D cases, filing with the clerk of superior court an acknowledgment that the obligor has satisfied the full amount of the lien;(2) By depositing with the clerk of superior court money equal to the amount of the claim and filing a petition in the cause requesting a district court judge to determine the validity of the lien. The money shall not be disbursed except by order of a district court judge following the hearing on the merits; or(3) By an entry in the judgment docket book that the action on the part of the lien claimant to enforce the lien has been dismissed, or a judgment has been rendered against the claimant in such action.(b) An obligee in a non-IV-D case who has received payment in full for a delinquent child support obligation which is the basis for the lien shall, within 30 days of receipt of payment, file with the clerk of court an acknowledgment that the obligor has satisfied the full amount of the lien and that the lien is discharged. If the lienholder fails to timely file the acknowledgment, the obligor may, after serving notice on the obligee, file an action in district court to discharge the lien. If in an action filed by the obligor to discharge the lien, the court discharges the lien and finds that the obligee failed to timely file an acknowledgment discharging the lien, then the court may allow the prevailing party to recover reasonable attorneys' fees to be taxed as court costs against the obligee. (1997-433, s. 7; 1998-17, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44A - Statutory Liens and Charges|Article 1 - Possessory Liens on Personal Property.|§ 44A-1 - Definitions.

 44A-1. Definitions.As used in this Article:(1) "Legal possessor" meansa. Any person entrusted with possession of personal property by an owner thereof, orb. Any person in possession of personal property and entitled thereto by operation of law.(2) "Lienor" means any person entitled to a lien under this Article.(2a) "Motor Vehicle" has the meaning provided in G.S. 20-4.01.(3) "Owner" meansa. Any person having legal title to the property, orb. A lessee of the person having legal title, orc. A debtor entrusted with possession of the property by a secured party, ord. A secured party entitled to possession, ore. Any person entrusted with possession of the property by his employer or principal who is an owner under any of the above.(4) "Secured party" means a person holding a security interest.(5) "Security interest" means any interest in personal property which interest is subject to the provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or any other interest intended to create security in real or personal property.(6) "Vessel" has the meaning provided in G.S. 75A-2. (1967, c. 1029, s. 1; 1991, c. 731, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 44A-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44A - Statutory Liens and Charges|Article 1 - Possessory Liens on Personal Property.|§ 44A-3 - When lien arises and terminates.

 44A-3. When lien arises and terminates.Liens conferred under this Article arise only when the lienor acquires possession of the property and terminate and become unenforceable when the lienor voluntarily relinquishes the possession of the property upon which a lien might be claimed, or when an owner, his agent, a legal possessor or any other person having a security or other interest in the property tenders prior to sale the amount secured by the lien plus reasonable storage, boarding and other expenses incurred by the lienor. The reacquisition of possession of property voluntarily relinquished shall not reinstate the lien. Liens conferred under this Article do not terminate when the lienor involuntarily relinquishes the possession of the property. (1967, c. 1029, s. 1; 1991, c. 344, s. 3, c. 731, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 44A-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 44A - Statutory Liens and Charges|Article 1 - Possessory Liens on Personal Property.|§ 44A-5 - Proceeds of sale.

 44A-5. Proceeds of sale.The proceeds of the sale shall be applied as follows:(1) Payment of reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the sale. Expenses of sale include but are not limited to reasonable storage and boarding expenses after giving notice of sale.(2) Payment of the obligation secured by the lien.(3) Any surplus shall be paid to the person entitled thereto; but when such person cannot be found, the surplus shall be paid to the clerk of superior court of the county in which the sale took place, to be held by the clerk for the person entitled thereto. (1967, c. 1029, s. 1; 1971, c. 544, s. 2.)