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NC Gen Stat § 42-66 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-66 - Motion to enforce eviction and removal orders.

 42-66. Motion to enforce eviction and removal orders.(a) A motion to enforce an eviction or removal order issued pursuant to G.S. 42-63(b) or (c) shall be heard on an expedited basis and within 15 days of the service of the motion.(b) Mandatory Eviction. - The court shall order the immediate eviction of the tenant where it finds that:(1) The tenant has given permission to or invited any person removed or barred from the leased residential premises pursuant to this Article to return to or reenter any portion of the premises; or(2) The tenant has failed to notify appropriate law enforcement authorities or the landlord immediately upon learning that any person who had been removed and barred pursuant to this Article has returned to or reentered the tenant's individual rental unit; or(3) The tenant has otherwise knowingly violated an express term or condition of any order issued by court pursuant to this Article. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-67 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-67 - Impermissible defense.

 42-67. Impermissible defense.It shall not be a defense to an action brought pursuant to this Article that the criminal activity was an isolated incident or otherwise has not recurred. Nor is it a defense that the person who actually engaged in the criminal activity no longer resides in the tenant's individual rental unit. However, evidence of such facts may be admissible if offered to support affirmative defenses or grounds for an exemption pursuant to G.S. 42-64. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-68 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-68 - Expedited proceedings.

 42-68. Expedited proceedings.Where the complaint is filed as a small claim, the expedited process for summary ejectment, as provided in Article 3 of this Chapter and Chapter 7A of the General Statutes, applies. Where the complaint is filed initially in the district court or a judgment by the magistrate is appealed to the district court, the procedure in G.S. 42-34(b) through (g), if applicable, and the following procedures apply:(1) Expedited Hearing. - When a complaint is filed initiating an action pursuant to this Article, the court shall set the matter for a hearing which shall be held on an expedited basis and within the first term of court falling after 30 days from the service of the complaint on all defendants or from service of notice of appeal from a magistrate's judgment, unless either party obtains a continuance. However, where a defendant files a counterclaim, the court shall reset the trial for the first term of court falling after 30 days from the defendant's service of the counterclaim.(2) Standards for Continuances. - The court shall not grant a continuance, nor shall it stay the civil proceedings pending the disposition of any related criminal proceedings, except as required to complete permitted discovery, to have the plaintiff reply to a counterclaim, or for compelling and extraordinary reasons or on application of the district attorney for good cause shown.(3) When Presented. - The defendant in an action brought in district court pursuant to this Article shall serve an answer within 20 days after service of the summons and complaint, or within 20 days after service of the appeal to district court when the action was initially brought in small claims court. The plaintiff shall serve a reply to a counterclaim in the answer within 20 days after service of the answer.(4) Extensions of Time for Filing. - The parties to an action brought pursuant to this Article shall not be entitled to an extension of time for completing an act required by subdivision (3) of this section, except for compelling and extraordinary reasons.(5) Default. - A party to an action brought pursuant to this Article who fails to plead in accordance with the time periods in subdivision (3) of this section shall be subject to the provisions of G.S. 1A-1, Rule 55.(6) Rules of Civil Procedure. - Unless otherwise provided for in this Article, G.S. 1A-1, the Rules of Civil Procedure, shall apply in the district court to all actions brought pursuant to this Article. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-69 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-69 - Relation to criminal proceedings.

 42-69. Relation to criminal proceedings.(a) Criminal Proceedings, Conviction, or Adjudication Not Required. - The fact that a criminal prosecution involving the criminal activity is not commenced or, if commenced, has not yet been concluded or has terminated without a conviction or adjudication of delinquency shall not preclude a civil action or the issuance of any order pursuant to this Article.(b) Effect of Conviction or Adjudication. - Where a criminal prosecution involving the criminal activity results in a final criminal conviction or adjudication of delinquency, such adjudication or conviction shall be considered in the civil action as conclusive proof that the criminal activity occurred.(c) Admissibility of Criminal Trial Recordings or Transcripts. - Any evidence or testimony admitted in the criminal proceeding, including recordings or transcripts of the adult or juvenile criminal proceedings, whether or not they have been transcribed, may be admitted in the civil action initiated pursuant to this Article.(d) Use of Sealed Criminal Proceeding Records. - In the event that the evidence or records of a criminal proceeding which did not result in a conviction or adjudication of delinquency have been sealed by court order, the court in a civil action brought pursuant to this Article may order such evidence or records, whether or not they have been transcribed, to be unsealed if the court finds that such evidence or records would be relevant to the fair disposition of the civil action. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-70 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-70 - Discovery.

 42-70. Discovery.(a) The parties to an action brought pursuant to this Article shall be entitled to conduct discovery, if the action is filed originally in or appealed to the district court, only in accordance with this section.(b) Any defendant must initiate all discovery within the time allowed by this Article for the filing of an answer or counterclaim.(c) The plaintiff must initiate all discovery within 20 days of service of an answer or counterclaim by a defendant.(d) All parties served with interrogatories, requests for production of documents, and requests for admissions under G.S. 1A-1, Rules 33, 34, and 36 shall serve their responses within 20 days.(e) Upon application by the plaintiff, or agreement of the parties, the court shall issue a preliminary injunction against all alleged illegal activity by the defendant or other identified parties who are residents of the individual rental unit or guests of defendants, pending the completion of discovery and any other wait before the trial has occurred. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-71 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-71 - Protection of threatened witnesses or affiants.

 42-71. Protection of threatened witnesses or affiants.If proof necessary to establish the grounds for eviction depends, in whole or in part, upon the affidavits or testimony of witnesses who are not peace officers, the court may, upon a showing of prior threats of violence or acts of violence by any defendant or any other person, issue orders to protect those witnesses, including the nondisclosure of the name, address, or any other information which may identify those witnesses. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-72 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-72 - Availability of law enforcement resources to plaintiffs or potential plaintiffs.

 42-72. Availability of law enforcement resources to plaintiffs or potential plaintiffs.A law enforcement agency may make available to any person or entity authorized to bring an action pursuant to this Article any police report or edited portion thereof, or forensic laboratory report or edited portion thereof, concerning criminal activity committed on or in the immediate vicinity of the leased residential premises. A law enforcement agency may also make any officer or officers available to testify as a fact witness or expert witness in a civil action brought pursuant to this Article. The agency shall not disclose such information where, in the agency's opinion, such disclosure would jeopardize an investigation, prosecution, or other proceeding, or where such disclosure would violate any federal or State statute. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-73 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-73 - Collection of rent.

 42-73. Collection of rent.A landlord shall be entitled to collect rent due and owing with knowledge of any illegal acts that violate the provisions of this act without such collection constituting a waiver of the alleged defaults. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-74 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-74 - Preliminary or emergency relief.

 42-74. Preliminary or emergency relief.The district court shall have the authority at any time to issue a temporary restraining order, grant a preliminary injunction, or take such other actions as the court deems necessary to enjoin or prevent the commission of criminal activity on or in the immediate vicinity of leased residential premises, or otherwise to protect the rights and interests of all tenants and residents. A violation of any such duly issued order or preliminary relief shall subject the violator to civil or criminal contempt. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-75 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-75 - Cumulative remedies.

 42-75. Cumulative remedies.The causes of action and remedies authorized by this Article shall be cumulative with each other and shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any other causes of action or remedies which may be available at law or equity, including causes of action and remedies based on express provisions of the lease not contrary to this Article. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42-76 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant|Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.|§ 42-76 - Civil immunity.

 42-76. Civil immunity.Any person or organization who, in good faith, institutes, participates in, or encourages a person or entity to institute or participate in a civil action brought pursuant to this Article, or who in good faith provides any information relied upon by any person or entity in instituting or participating in a civil action pursuant to this Article shall have immunity from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such person or organization shall have the same immunity from civil liability with respect to testimony given in any judicial proceeding conducted pursuant to this Article. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 1 - Vacation Rentals.|§ 42A-1 - Title.

 42A-1. Title.This Chapter shall be known as the North Carolina Vacation Rental Act. (1999-420, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 1 - Vacation Rentals.|§ 42A-2 - Purpose and scope of act.

 42A-2. Purpose and scope of act.The General Assembly finds that the growth of the tourism industry in North Carolina has led to a greatly expanded market of privately owned residences that are rented to tourists for vacation, leisure, and recreational purposes. Rental transactions conducted by the owners of these residences or licensed real estate brokers acting on their behalf present unique situations not normally found in the rental of primary residences for long terms, and therefore make it necessary for the General Assembly to enact laws regulating the competing interests of landlords, real estate brokers, and tenants. (1999-420, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 1 - Vacation Rentals.|§ 42A-3 - Application; exemptions.

 42A-3. Application; exemptions.(a) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other business entity who acts as a landlord or real estate broker engaged in the rental or management of residential property for vacation rental as defined in this Chapter. The provisions of G.S. 160A-424 and G.S. 153A-364 shall apply to properties covered under this Chapter.(b) The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to:(1) Lodging provided by hotels, motels, tourist camps, and other places subject to regulation under Chapter 72 of the General Statutes.(2) Rentals to persons temporarily renting a dwelling unit when traveling away from their primary residence for business or employment purposes.(3) Rentals to persons having no other place of primary residence.(4) Rentals for which no more than nominal consideration is given.  (1999-420, s. 1; 2019-73, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 1 - Vacation Rentals.|§ 42A-4 - Definitions.

 42A-4. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Chapter:(1) Advanced payments. - All payments made by a tenant in a vacation rental agreement to a landlord or the landlord's real estate broker prior to occupancy for the purpose of renting a vacation rental property for a future period of time as specified in the vacation rental agreement.(1a) Landlord. - An owner of residential property offered for lease as a vacation rental with or without the assistance of a real estate broker.(1b) through (1f) Reserved.(1g) Real estate broker. - A real estate broker as defined in G.S. 93A-2(a).(2) Residential property. - An apartment, condominium, single-family home, townhouse, cottage, or other property that is devoted to residential use or occupancy by one or more persons for a definite or indefinite period.(3) Vacation rental. - The rental of residential property for vacation, leisure, or recreation purposes for fewer than 90 days by a person who has a place of permanent residence to which he or she intends to return.(4) Vacation rental agreement. - A written agreement between a landlord or the landlord's real estate broker and a tenant in which the tenant agrees to rent residential property belonging to the landlord for a vacation rental.  (1999-420, s. 1; 2016-98, s. 1.1; 2017-102, s. 13.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 2 - Vacation Rental Agreements.|§ 42A-10 - Written agreement required.

 42A-10. Written agreement required.(a) A landlord or real estate broker and tenant shall execute a vacation rental agreement for all vacation rentals subject to the provisions of this Chapter. No vacation rental agreement shall be valid and enforceable unless the tenant has accepted the agreement as evidenced by one of the following:(1) The tenant's signature on the agreement.(2) The tenant's payment of any monies to the landlord or real estate broker after the tenant's receipt of the agreement.(3) The tenant's taking possession of the property after the tenant's receipt of the agreement.(b) Any real estate broker who executes a vacation rental agreement that does not conform to the provisions of this Chapter or fails to execute a vacation rental agreement shall be guilty of an unfair trade practice in violation of G.S. 75-1.1, and shall be prohibited from commencing an expedited eviction proceeding as provided in Article 4 of this Chapter. (1999-420, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 2 - Vacation Rental Agreements.|§ 42A-11 - Vacation rental agreements.

 42A-11. Vacation rental agreements.(a) A vacation rental agreement executed under this Chapter shall contain the following notice on its face which shall be set forth in a clear and conspicuous manner that distinguishes it from other provisions of the agreement: "THIS IS A VACATION RENTAL AGREEMENT UNDER THE NORTH CAROLINA VACATION RENTAL ACT. THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT ARE DEFINED BY LAW AND INCLUDE UNIQUE PROVISIONS PERMITTING THE DISBURSEMENT OF RENT PRIOR TO TENANCY AND EXPEDITED EVICTION OF TENANTS. YOUR SIGNATURE ON THIS AGREEMENT, OR PAYMENT OF MONEY OR TAKING POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY AFTER RECEIPT OF THE AGREEMENT, IS EVIDENCE OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGREEMENT AND YOUR INTENT TO USE THIS PROPERTY FOR A VACATION RENTAL."(b) The vacation rental agreement shall contain provisions separate from the requirements of subsection (a) of this section which shall describe the following as permitted or required by this Chapter:(1) The manner in which funds shall be received, deposited, and disbursed in advance of the tenant's occupancy of the property.(2) Any processing fees permitted under G.S. 42A-17(c).(2a) Any cleaning fee permitted under G.S. 42A-17(d).(3) The rights and obligations of the landlord and tenant under G.S. 42A-17(b).(4) The applicability of expedited eviction procedures.(5) The rights and obligations of the landlord or real estate broker and the tenant upon the transfer of the property.(6) The rights and obligations of the landlord or real estate broker and the tenant under G.S. 42A-36.(7) Any other obligations of the landlord and tenant.  (1999-420, s. 1; 2012-17, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 3 - Handling and Accounting of Funds.|§ 42A-15 - Trust account uses.

 42A-15. Trust account uses.A landlord or real estate broker may require a tenant to pay all or part of any required rent, security deposit, or other fees permitted by law in advance of the commencement of a tenancy under this Chapter if these payments are expressly authorized in the vacation rental agreement. If the tenant is required to make any advance payments, other than a security deposit, whether the payment is denominated as rent or otherwise, the landlord or real estate broker shall deposit these payments in a trust account in a federally insured depository institution or a trust institution authorized to do business in this State no later than three banking days after the receipt of these payments. These payments deposited in a trust account shall not earn interest unless the landlord and tenant agree in the vacation rental agreement that the payments may be deposited in an interest-bearing account. The landlord and tenant shall also provide in the agreement to whom the accrued interest shall be disbursed.  (1999-420, s. 1; 2014-115, s. 3; 2015-93, s. 3; 2017-25, s. 2(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 3 - Handling and Accounting of Funds.|§ 42A-16 - Advance payments uses.

 42A-16. Advance payments uses.(a) A landlord or real estate broker shall not disburse prior to the occupancy of the property by the tenant an amount greater than fifty percent (50%) of the total rent except as permitted pursuant to this subsection. A landlord or real estate broker may disburse prior to the occupancy of the property by the tenant any fees owed to third parties to pay for goods, services, or benefits procured by the landlord or real estate broker for the benefit of the tenant, including administrative fees permitted by G.S. 42A-17(c), if the disbursement is expressly authorized in the vacation rental agreement. The funds remaining after any disbursement permitted under this subsection shall remain in the trust account and may not be disbursed until the occurrence of one of the following:(1) The commencement of the tenancy, at which time the remaining funds may be disbursed in accordance with the terms of the agreement.(2) The tenant commits a material breach, at which time the landlord may retain an amount sufficient to defray the actual damages suffered by the landlord as a result of the breach.(3) The landlord or real estate broker refunds the money to the tenant.(4) The funds in the trust account are transferred in accordance with G.S. 42A-19(b) upon the termination of the landlord's interest in the property.(b) Funds collected for sales or occupancy taxes and tenant security deposits shall not be disbursed from the trust account prior to termination of the tenancy or material breach of the agreement by the tenant, except as a refund to the tenant.(c) The tenant's execution of a vacation rental agreement in which he or she agrees to the advance disbursement of payments shall not constitute a waiver or loss of any of the tenant's rights to reimbursement of such payments if the tenant is lawfully entitled to reimbursement. (1999-420, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 42A-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 42A - Vacation Rental Act|Article 3 - Handling and Accounting of Funds.|§ 42A-17 - Accounting; reimbursement.

 42A-17. Accounting; reimbursement.(a) A vacation rental agreement shall identify the name and address of the federally insured depository institution or trust institution in which the tenant's security deposit and other advance payments are held in a trust account, and the landlord and real estate broker shall provide the tenant with an accounting of such deposit and payments if the tenant makes a reasonable request for an accounting prior to the tenant's occupancy of the property.(b) Except as provided in G.S. 42A-36, if, at the time the tenant is to begin occupancy of the property, the landlord or real estate broker cannot provide the property in a fit and habitable condition or substitute a reasonably comparable property in such condition, the landlord and real estate broker shall refund to the tenant all payments made by the tenant.(c) A vacation rental agreement may include administrative fees, the amounts of which shall be provided in the agreement, reasonably calculated to cover the costs of processing the tenant's reservation, transfer, or cancellation of a vacation rental.(d) A vacation rental agreement may include a cleaning fee, the amount of which shall be provided in the agreement, reasonably calculated to cover the costs of cleaning the residential property upon the termination of the tenancy.  (1999-420, s. 1; 2005-292, s. 1; 2012-17, s. 6; 2017-25, s. 1(c).)