§ 42A‑4.  Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Chapter:
(1)	Advanced payments. – All payments made by a tenant in a vacation rental agreement to a landlord or the landlord's real estate broker prior to occupancy for the purpose of renting a vacation rental property for a future period of time as specified in the vacation rental agreement.
(1a)	Landlord. – An owner of residential property offered for lease as a vacation rental with or without the assistance of a real estate broker.
(1b)	through (1f) Reserved.
(1g)	Real estate broker. – A real estate broker as defined in G.S. 93A‑2(a).
(2)	Residential property. – An apartment, condominium, single‑family home, townhouse, cottage, or other property that is devoted to residential use or occupancy by one or more persons for a definite or indefinite period.
(3)	Vacation rental. – The rental of residential property for vacation, leisure, or recreation purposes for fewer than 90 days by a person who has a place of permanent residence to which he or she intends to return.
(4)	Vacation rental agreement. – A written agreement between a landlord or the landlord's real estate broker and a tenant in which the tenant agrees to rent residential property belonging to the landlord for a vacation rental.  (1999‑420, s. 1; 2016‑98, s. 1.1; 2017‑102, s. 13.1.)