42-22. Unlawful seizure by landlord or removal by tenant misdemeanor.
If any landlord shall unlawfully, willfully, knowingly and without process of law, and unjustly seize the crop of his tenant when there is nothing due him, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If any lessee or cropper, or the assigns of either, or any other person, shall remove a crop, or any part thereof, from land without the consent of the lessor or his assigns, and without giving him or his agent five days' notice of such intended removal, and before satisfying all the liens held by the lessor or his assigns, on said crop, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1876-7, c. 283, s. 6; 1883, c. 83; Code, s. 1759; Rev., ss. 3664, 3665; C.S., s. 2362; 1993, c. 539, s. 404; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
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.