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United States — North Carolina
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If a defendant is later evicted because the original plaintiff had a better title, the evicted person may recover the amount paid for the premises plus lawful interest from the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s representatives.
United States — North Carolina
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This Article does not apply to a suit by a mortgagee, or the mortgagee’s heirs or assigns, against a mortgagor, or the mortgagor’s heirs or assigns, to recover the mortgaged premises.
United States — North Carolina
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A judgment creditor may serve written interrogatories on a judgment debtor about the debtor’s property, and the debtor must answer under oath, file the answer, and serve a copy.
United States — North Carolina
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A court clerk or judge may order discovery steps to help find a judgment debtor’s assets, if the judgment is still unpaid and the creditor shows good cause.
United States — North Carolina
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If an execution against a debtor’s property is returned unsatisfied, the judgment creditor may get a court order requiring the debtor to appear and answer about property.
United States — North Carolina
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After execution against property, a court or judge may order a judgment debtor to appear and answer about property used to satisfy the judgment.
United States — North Carolina
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Creditors may pursue satisfaction of judgments from joint debtors’ property after an execution is returned unsatisfied, and the rule also applies to certain pending or concluded proceedings.
United States — North Carolina
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A court or judge may order a debtor arrested if there is proof the debtor may leave the state or hide property, and the debtor can be required to give an undertaking or be jailed for contempt.
United States — North Carolina
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A party may examine witnesses, and the court, judge, or referee may require parties or witnesses to appear and testify under oath.
United States — North Carolina
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A person examined under this Article must answer questions and cannot refuse by claiming self-incrimination or prior transfer of property.
United States — North Carolina
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A court or judge may order property of a judgment debtor to be blocked from transfer, disposal, or interference, except property exempt from execution.
United States — North Carolina
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After an execution issues, certain debtors and several public agencies may pay or collect money through the sheriff or by attaching/garnishing credit card receipts and other third-party payments.
United States — North Carolina
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In real property title actions, title is conclusively treated as being out of the State unless the State is a party.
United States — North Carolina
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If the clerk of superior court is satisfied that the debtor of the judgment debtor admitted holding the debtor’s property or owing the debtor more than $10 in a G.S. 1-360 proceeding, an execution must issue against that property or debt.
United States — North Carolina
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A court or judge may order a person or corporation to appear and answer about a judgment debtor’s property or debts, and may also require notice to be given.
United States — North Carolina
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Proceedings supplemental to execution must be started in the county where the judgment was entered, and the defendant must be required to appear and answer in the county where he lives.
United States — North Carolina
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A court or judge may order property to be used to satisfy a judgment, but not certain exempt property or, in some cases, recent earnings needed for family support.
United States — North Carolina
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A court or judge may appoint a receiver for a judgment debtor’s property, but not for homestead or personal property exemptions, and no more than one receiver may be appointed.
United States — North Carolina
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The clerk must file and record the receiver appointment order, note when it was filed, and deliver a certified copy to the named receiver.
United States — North Carolina
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Before a receiver gets any real property of the judgment debtor, a certified copy of the order of appointment must be filed and recorded in the relevant county offices.