NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 793

HOUSE BILL 1298

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A LIEN FOR STORAGE PURSUANT TO AN EXPRESS CONTRACT MAY BE ENFORCED WITHIN 120 DAYS OF DEFAULT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 44A-4(a), as the same appears in the 1976 Replacement Volume 2A, is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first unnumbered paragraph a new sentence to read as follows:

"Provided that when property is placed in storage pursuant to an express contract of storage, the lien shall continue and the lienor may bring an action to collect storage charges and enforce his lien at any time within 120 days following default on the obligation to pay storage charges."

Sec. 2.  This act shall apply to liens for storage arising on contracts made on and after the effective date.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1977.