NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-13 (2026)

Public sale 30 days after publication of notice

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If said articles shall remain unclaimed or satisfactory evidence of ownership thereof not be presented to the sheriff or police department, as the case may be, for a period of 30 days after the publication of the notice provided for in G.S. 15-12, then the said sheriff or police department in whose custody such articles may be is hereby authorized and empowered to sell the same at public auction for cash to the highest bidder, either at the courthouse door of the county, the county law enforcement headquarters if the sale is conducted by the sheriff, or at the police headquarters of the municipality in which the said articles of property are located, and at such sale to deliver the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. (1939, c. 195, s. 3; 1973, c. 1141, s. 5; 1991, c. 531, s. 2.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2006 · leading case: Woodring v. Swieter, 637 S.E.2d 269 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006).

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Woodring v. Swieter, 637 S.E.2d 269 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “” 1 Webster, supra § 15-13, at 701. “North Carolina follows the generally accepted view that the requirements for such an easement are: (1) a conveyance (2) of a portion of the grantor’s land (i.”

Draughon v. Harnett Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 602 S.E.2d 717 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004). “On 3 February 2003, Honeycutt moved the court pursuant to Rule 15(d) of the Rules of Civil Procedure to supplement his answer to assert the expiration of the summons and that plaintiff’s claims against Honeycutt were barred by the applicable statute of limitations.”

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