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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 146-27 (2026)

The role of the Department of Administration in sales, leases, and rentals

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(a) General. - Every sale, lease, rental, or gift of land owned by the State or by any State agency shall be made by the Department of Administration and approved by the Governor and Council of State. A lease or rental of land owned by the State may not exceed a period of 99 years. The Department of Administration may initiate proceedings for sales, leases, rentals, and gifts of land owned by the State or by any State agency.

(b) Large Disposition. - If a proposed disposition is a sale or gift of land with an appraised value of at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the sale or gift shall not be made until after consultation with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.

(c) Expired effective September 1, 2007. (1957, c. 584, s. 6; G.S., s. 146-108; 1959, c. 683, s. 1; 1977, c. 425, ss. 1, 2; 1987, c. 738, s. 47(b); 1993, c. 561, s. 32(a); 1998-159, s. 5; 2005-276, s. 6.25(a).)

 

§ 146-28.  Agency must file application with Department; Department must investigate.

Any State agency desiring to sell, lease, or rent any land owned by the State or by any State agency shall file with the Department of Administration an application setting forth the facts relating to the proposed transaction, and shall furnish the Department with such additional information as the Department may request relating thereto. Upon receipt of such application, the Department of Administration shall promptly investigate all aspects of the proposed transaction, including particularly present and future State need for  the land proposed to be conveyed, leased, or rented. (1957, c. 584, s. 6; G.S., s. 146-109; 1959, c. 683, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1984–2011 · leading case: Conner v. North Carolina Council of State, 716 S.E.2d 836 (N.C. 2011).
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Conner v. North Carolina Council of State, 716 S.E.2d 836 (N.C. 2011). “1 (2009) (setting forth the duties of the Department of Health and Human Services “to provide the necessary management, development of policy, and establishment and enforcement of standards for the provisions of services in the fields of public and mental health and…”
Stewart v. Hunt, 598 F. Supp. 1342 (E.D.N.C. 1984). “§§ 146-27 and 146-29. Plaintiffs do not contend such approval was ever formally obtained.”
Stewart v. Graham, 325 S.E.2d 53 (N.C. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “146-27 provides, “Every sale, lease, or rental of land owned by the State or by any State agency shall be made by the Department of Administration and approved by the Governor and Council of State.” Further, “[a]ny sale, lease, rental or other disposition of State lands or of…”
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