45-21.1. Definitions; construction.
(a) The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) "Resale" means a resale of real property or a resale of any leasehold interest created by a lease of real property held pursuant to G.S. 45-21.30.
(2) "Sale" means a sale of real property or a sale of any leasehold interest created by a lease of real property pursuant to (i) an express power of sale contained in a mortgage, deed of trust, leasehold mortgage, or leasehold deed of trust or (ii) a "power of sale", under this Article, authorized by other statutory provisions.
(b) The following constructions apply in this Article:
(1) The terms "mortgage" or "deed of trust" include leasehold mortgages or leasehold deeds of trust.
(2) The terms "mortgagee" or "trustee" include any person or entity exercising a power of sale pursuant to this Article.
(3) The terms "real property" or "property" include any leasehold interest created by a lease of real property. (1949, c. 720, s. 1; 1967, c. 562, s. 2; 1991, c. 255; 1993, c. 305, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 45 - Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
Article 2A - Sales Under Power of Sale.
§ 45-21.1 - Definitions; construction.
§ 45-21.2 - Article not applicable to foreclosure by court action.
§ 45-21.4 - Place of sale of real property.
§ 45-21.7 - Sale of separate tracts in different counties.
§ 45-21.8 - Sale as a whole or in parts.
§ 45-21.9 - Amount to be sold when property sold in parts; sale of remainder if necessary.
§ 45-21.9A - Simultaneous foreclosure of two or more instruments.
§ 45-21.10 - Requirement of cash deposit at sale.
§ 45-21.11 - Application of statute of limitations to serial notes.
§ 45-21.12 - Power of sale barred when foreclosure barred.
§ 45-21.12A - Power of sale barred during periods of military service.
§ 45-21.14 - Clerk's authority to compel report or accounting; contempt proceeding.
§ 45-21.16 - Notice and hearing.
§ 45-21.16A - Contents of notice of sale.
§ 45-21.16C - Opportunity for parties to resolve foreclosure of owner-occupied residential property.
§ 45-21.17 - Posting and publishing notice of sale of real property.
§ 45-21.17A - Requests for copies of notice.
§ 45-21.20 - Satisfaction of debt after publishing or posting notice, but before completion of sale.
§ 45-21.21 - Postponement of sale; notice of cancellation.
§ 45-21.24 - Continuance of uncompleted sale.
§ 45-21.26 - Preliminary report of sale of real property.
§ 45-21.27 - Upset bid on real property; compliance bonds.
§ 45-21.29 - Orders for possession.
§ 45-21.29A - No necessity for confirmation of sale.
§ 45-21.30 - Failure of bidder to make cash deposit or to comply with bid; resale.
§ 45-21.31 - Disposition of proceeds of sale; payment of surplus to clerk.
§ 45-21.32 - Special proceeding to determine ownership of surplus.