NC General Statutes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-158 (2026)
Power to acquire property
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A county may acquire, by gift, grant, devise, exchange, purchase, lease, or any other lawful method, the fee or any lesser interest in real or personal property for use by the county or any department, board, commission, or agency of the county. In exercising the power of eminent domain a county shall use the procedures of Chapter 40A. (1868, c. 20, ss. 3, 8; 1879, c. 144, s. 1; Code, ss. 704, 707; Rev., ss. 1310, 1318; C.S., ss. 1291, 1297; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1981, c. 919, s. 21; 1995, c. 17, s. 14; 2011-284, s. 106.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1997–2023 · leading case: Reese v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Educ., 676 S.E.2d 481 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009).
Reese v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Educ., 676 S.E.2d 481 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). “§ 160A-266; (4) for a declaratory judgment that Board abused its discretion in the proposed disposition of its property; (5) for a declaratory judgment that County’s acquisition of Board’s property was unlawful under the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-158; (6) for a…”
Carter v. Stanly Cnty., 482 S.E.2d 9 (N.C. Ct. App. 1997). “Plaintiffs primarily rely upon the assertion that the County's actions exceed the specific but limited authority granted by N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 153A-158 (1991) and 160A-274(b) (1994).”
Reese v. Mecklenburg Cnty., 685 S.E.2d 34 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). “He then further argues that these four purposes are further restricted to those set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-158 (use by county agency); N.”
Reese v. City of Charlotte, 676 S.E.2d 493 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). “See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-158 (2007). We disagree.”
United Daughters of the Confederacy, N.C. Div. v. City of Winston-Salem (N.C. 2022). “354, 364 (2002)), the General Assembly has specifically authorized counties to independently acquire, maintain, and dispose of real or personal property, see N.C.G.S. §§ 153A-158, 169, 176; see also Davis v.”
United Daughters of the Confederacy, N.C. Div. v. City of Winston-Salem (N.C. 2022). “354, 364 (2002)), the General Assembly has specifically authorized counties to independently acquire, maintain, and dispose of real or personal property, see N.C.G.S. §§ 153A-158, 169, 176; see also Davis v.”
Pugh v. Howard (N.C. Ct. App. 2023). “2d at 55; see also N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 153A-158, -169, -176; N.”
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