NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 454

HOUSE BILL 630

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF ATTORNEYS' FEES UPON THE FORECLOSURE OF TAXES IN PENDER COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. In cases of tax foreclosure for the collection of delinquent taxes in Pender County, the Pender County tax collector is hereby authorized to collect, along with interest, penalties and other costs, a reasonable attorney's fee set by the Pender County Board of Commissioners and said tax collector is authorized to cause such reasonable attorney's fee to be included as a legitimate item in the cost sheet of any legal action of foreclosure.

Sec. 2. The Pender County tax collector shall be authorized, in cases of redemption prior to the institution of foreclosure proceedings or before judgment thereon, to require the person redeeming to pay the reasonable attorney's fee as set by the Pender County Board of Commissioners along with the penalties, interest and other costs thereon; provided however, that this Section will be effective only in those cases in which the delinquent taxes have been placed in the hands of the tax attorney for collection and when such redemption was brought about through the efforts of the tax attorney.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in effect from April 1, 1965.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of May, 1965.