GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 221

HOUSE BILL 643

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILING OF HOUSING CODE NOTICES OR ORDERS IN THE NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS BY CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-443 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(7)      That the complaint and notice issued pursuant to subdivision (2) or the order issued pursuant to subdivision (3) may be filed in the notice of lis pendens in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of the county where the property is located.  From the date of recording of such complaint and notice or order, it shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the owner of the dwelling.  The ordinance may authorize the public officer to cancel the notice of lis pendens in specified circumstances."

Sec. 2.  This act applies only to the Cities of Asheville, Brevard, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Hendersonville, and the Counties of Buncombe and Transylvania.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of May, 1987.