42-17. Action to settle dispute between parties.
When any controversy arises between the parties, and neither party avails himself of the provisions of this Chapter, it is competent for either party to proceed at once to have the matter determined in the appropriate trial division of the General Court of Justice. (1876-7, c. 283, s. 3; Code, s. 1756; Rev., s. 1995; C.S., s. 2357; 1971, c. 533, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant
Article 2 - Agricultural Tenancies.
§ 42-15 - Landlord's lien on crops for rents, advances, etc.; enforcement.
§ 42-15.1 - Landlord's lien on crop insurance for rents, advances, etc.; enforcement.
§ 42-17 - Action to settle dispute between parties.
§ 42-18 - Tenant's undertaking on continuance or appeal.
§ 42-19 - Crops delivered to landlord on his undertaking.
§ 42-20 - Crops sold, if neither party gives undertaking.
§ 42-21 - Tenant's crop not subject to execution against landlord.
§ 42-22 - Unlawful seizure by landlord or removal by tenant misdemeanor.
§ 42-22.1 - Failure of tenant to account for sales under tobacco marketing cards.
§ 42-23 - Terms of agricultural tenancies in certain counties.