44A-24.3. Commercial real estate lien.
(a) A broker shall have a lien upon commercial real estate in the amount that the broker is due under a written agreement for broker services signed by the owner or signed by the owner's duly authorized agent, if:
(1) The broker has performed under the provisions of the agreement;
(2) The written agreement for broker services clearly sets forth the broker's duties to the owner; and
(3) The written agreement for broker services sets forth the conditions upon which the compensation shall be earned and the amount of such compensation.
(b) The lien under this section shall be available only to the broker named in the instrument signed by the owner or the owner's duly authorized agent. A lien under this section shall be available only against the commercial real estate which is the subject of the written agreement for broker services.
(c) When payment of commission to a broker is due in installments, a portion of which is due only after the conveyance or transfer of the commercial real estate, any notice of lien for those payments due after the transfer or conveyance may be recorded at any time subsequent to the transfer or conveyance of the commercial real estate and within 90 days of the date on which the payment is due. The notice of lien shall be effective as a lien against the owner's interest in the commercial real estate only to the extent funds are owed to the owner by the transferee, but the lien shall be effective as a lien against the transferee's interest in the commercial real estate. A single claim for lien filed prior to transfer or conveyance of the commercial real estate claiming all commissions due in installments shall also be valid and enforceable as it pertains to payments due after the transfer or conveyance; provided, however, that as payments or partial payments of commission are received, the broker shall provide partial releases for those payments, thereby reducing the amount due the broker under the broker's lien. (2011-165, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 44A - Statutory Liens and Charges
Article 2 - Statutory Liens on Real Property.
§ 44A-9 - Extent of claim of lien on real property.
§ 44A-10 - Effective date of claim of lien on real property.
§ 44A-11 - Perfecting claim of lien on real property.
§ 44A-11.1 - Lien agent; designation and duties.
§ 44A-11.2 - Identification of lien agent; notice to lien agent; effect of notice.
§ 44A-12 - Filing claim of lien on real property.
§ 44A-12.1 - No docketing of lien unless authorized by statute.
§ 44A-13 - Action to enforce claim of lien on real property.
§ 44A-15 - Attachment available to lien claimant.
§ 44A-16 - Discharge of record claim of lien on real property.
§ 44A-18 - Grant of lien upon funds; subrogation; perfection.
§ 44A-19 - Notice of claim of lien upon funds.
§ 44A-20 - Duties and liability of obligor.
§ 44A-22 - Priority of liens upon funds.
§ 44A-24.3 - Commercial real estate lien.
§ 44A-24.4 - When lien attaches to commercial real estate.
§ 44A-24.5 - Lien notice; content.
§ 44A-24.6 - When lien claim release or satisfaction to be filed.
§ 44A-24.7 - Lien claimant to mail copy of notice of lien to owner by certified mail.
§ 44A-24.9 - Complaint; content; parties' foreclosure action; procedure.
§ 44A-24.11 - Satisfaction or release of lien.
§ 44A-24.12 - Cost of proceeding to be paid by nonprevailing party.