Tenant & Landord Laws/Rights in NC

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Tenant & Landord Laws/Rights in NC

This video outlines the duties, rights, responsibilities, and laws for tenants/landlords in North Carolina.

Free Legal Aid provides useful information about eviction. In addition to the video here, be sure you check out other resources.

Tenant Defenses to Eviction Notices in North Carolina

There are four main reasons a landlord can evict a tenant in North Carolina: 1) nonpayment of rent, 2) tenant remaining on premises after the termination of the lease (“hold-over tenant”), 3) tenant breaching one or more terms of the lease agreement, and 4) drug trafficking or other criminal activity. check to learn more.

How to Evict a Tenant in North Carolina

Depending on the term of the lease, a landlord must provide one of the following termination notices before the end of the then-current lease: two-day notice if the lease was week-to-week
seven-day notice if the lease was month-to-month, or one-month notice if the lease was year-to-year. check to learn more.

NORTH CAROLINA EVICTION PROCESS

The first step in the North Carolina Eviction Process is giving the tenant an Eviction Notice. If the landlord is evicting the tenant for non-payment of rent (most common reason), then the notice must demand the rent, and give the tenant 10 days to pay it before a Summary Ejectment (Eviction) Complaint is filed. check to learn more.