NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 880

HOUSE BILL 1213

 

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE LAW OF RESIDENTIAL RENTAL AGREEMENTS BY FURTHER DEFINING "DWELLING UNITS" AND "LANDLORD".

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 42-40(2) is amended by inserting in line 1, after the word "unit" the following:

", including mobile homes or mobile home spaces,".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 42-40 is amended by adding a new subdivision (3) to read as follows:

"(3)      'Landlord' means any owner and any rental management company, rental agency, or any other person having the actual or apparent authority of an agent to perform the duties imposed by this Article."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.