45-21.4. Place of sale of real property.
(a) Every sale of real property shall be held in the county where the property is situated unless the property consists of a single tract situated in two or more counties.
(b) A sale of a single tract of real property situated in two or more counties may be held in any one of the counties in which any part of the tract is situated. As used in this section, a "single tract" means any tract which has a continuous boundary, regardless of whether parts thereof may have been acquired at different times or from different persons, or whether it may have been subdivided into other units or lots, or whether it is sold as a whole or in parts.
(c) When a mortgage or deed of trust with power of sale of real property designates the place of sale within the county, the sale shall be held at the place so designated.
(d) When a mortgage or deed of trust with power of sale of real property confers upon the mortgagee or trustee the right to designate the place of sale, the sale shall be held at the place designated by the notice of sale, which place shall be either on the premises to be sold or as follows:
(1) Property situated wholly within a single county shall be sold at the courthouse door of the county in which the land is situated.
(2) A single tract of property situated in two or more counties may be sold at the courthouse door of any one of the counties in which some part of the real property is situated.
(e) When a mortgage or deed of trust with power of sale of real property does not designate, or confer upon the mortgagee or trustee the right to designate, the place of sale, or when it designates as the place of sale some county in which no part of the property is situated, such real property shall be sold as follows:
(1) Property situated wholly within a single county shall be sold at the courthouse door of the county in which the land is situated.
(2) A single tract of property situated in two or more counties may be sold at the courthouse door of any one of the counties in which some part of the real property is situated. (1949, c. 720, s. 1; 1975, c. 57, 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.