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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47A-16 (2026)

Termination of unit ownership; consent of lienholders; recordation of instruments

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(a) All of the unit owners may remove a property from the provisions of this Article by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded, provided that the holders of all liens, affecting any of the units consent thereto or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to the percentage of the undivided interest of the unit owner in the property as hereinafter provided.

(b) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this Article, the property shall be deemed to be owned as tenants in common by the unit owners. The undivided interest in the property owned as tenants in common which shall appertain to each unit owner shall be the percentage of the undivided interest previously owned by such unit owner in the common areas and facilities. (1963, c. 685, s. 16; 1983, c. 624, s. 2.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: Laurel Park Villas Homeowners Ass'n v. Hodges, 345 S.E.2d 464 (N.C. Ct. App. 1986).
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Laurel Park Villas Homeowners Ass'n v. Hodges, 345 S.E.2d 464 (N.C. Ct. App. 1986). “47A-15; G.S. 47A-16; G.S. 47A-18. G.S. 47A-28 makes unit owners subject to the statutory provisions and to the declaration and bylaws, which must be recorded.”
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