North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 42A Vacation Rental Act

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-1. Title
This Chapter shall be known as the North Carolina Vacation Rental Act. (1999-420, s. 1.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-2. Purpose and scope of act
The General Assembly finds that the growth of the tourism industry in North Carolina has led to a greatly expanded market of privately owned...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-3. Application; exemptions
(a) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other business entity who acts as...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-4. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Chapter: (1) Real estate broker. - A real estate broker as defined in G.S. 93A-2(a). (2) Residential property....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-5 through 42A-9. Reserved for future codification purposes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-10. Written agreement required
(a) A landlord or real estate broker and tenant shall execute a vacation rental agreement for all vacation rentals subject to the provisions of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-11. Vacation rental agreements
(a) A vacation rental agreement executed under this Chapter shall contain the following notice on its face which shall be set forth in a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-12 through 42A-14. Reserved for future codification purposes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-15. Trust account uses
A landlord or real estate broker may require a tenant to pay all or part of any required rent, security deposit, or other fees...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-16. Advance payments uses
(a) A landlord or real estate broker shall not disburse prior to the occupancy of the property by the tenant an amount greater than...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-17. Accounting; reimbursement
(a) A vacation rental agreement shall identify the name and address of the bank or savings and loan association in which the tenant's security...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-18. Applicability of the Residential Tenant Security Deposit Act
(a) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Chapter, all funds collected from a tenant and not identified in the vacation rental agreement...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-19. Transfer of property subject to a vacation rental agreement
(a) The grantee of residential property voluntarily transferred by a landlord who has entered into a vacation rental agreement for the use of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-20 through 42A-22. Reserved for future codification purposes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-23. Grounds for eviction
(a) Any tenant who leases residential property subject to a vacation rental agreement under this Chapter for 30 days or less may be evicted...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-24. Expedited eviction
(a) Before commencing an expedited eviction proceeding, the landlord or real estate broker shall give the tenant at least four hours' notice, either orally...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-25. Appeal
A tenant or landlord may appeal a court order issued pursuant to G.S. 42A-24(d) to district court for a trial de novo. A tenant...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-26. Violation of court order
If a tenant fails to remove personal property from a residential property subject to a vacation rental after the court has entered an order...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-27. Penalties for abuse
A landlord or real estate broker shall undertake to evict a tenant pursuant to an expedited eviction proceeding only when he or she has...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-28 through 42A-30. Reserved for future codification purposes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-31. Landlord to provide fit premises
A landlord of a residential property used for a vacation rental shall: (1) Comply with all current applicable building and housing codes. (2) Make...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-32. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
The tenant of a residential property used for a vacation rental shall: (1) Keep that part of the property which he or she occupies...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-33 through 42A-35. Reserved for future codification purposes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-36. Mandatory evacuations
If State or local authorities, acting pursuant to Article 1A of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes, order a mandatory evacuation of an area...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42A-37 through 42A-40. Reserved for future codification purposes

Last modified: March 23, 2014