PREVENT SQUATTING IN FORECLOSED REAL PROPERTY (NEW).

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 283 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 18, 2015
AN ACT TO ENHANCE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR PERSONS WHO COMMIT A TRESPASS TO REAL PROPERTY BY REENTERING AFTER REMOVAL PURSUANT TO A VALID ORDER OR BY KNOWINGLY CREATING OR PRESENTING A FALSE DOCUMENT OF TITLE OR POSSESSION.
Intro. by Blackwell.
Status: Ch. SL 2016-26 (House Action) (Jun 22 2016)

SOG comments (1):

Title change

Submitted by wunsche@sog.unc.edu on

The Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition changes the act's titles. The previous long title was: AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING SESSIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT TO AUTHORIZE SESSIONS TO BE HELD IN MORGANTON.

Bill History:

H 283/S.L. 2016-26

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 283 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Jun 23 2016 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO ENHANCE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR PERSONS WHO COMMIT A TRESPASS TO REAL PROPERTY BY REENTERING AFTER REMOVAL PURSUANT TO A VALID ORDER OR BY KNOWINGLY CREATING OR PRESENTING A FALSE DOCUMENT OF TITLE OR POSSESSION. Enacted June 22, 2016. Effective December 1, 2016.

    Courts/Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure, Development, Land Use and Housing, Property and Housing
    GS 14
  • Bill H 283 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Jun 9 2016 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the first edition.

    Amends the act's short and long titles.

    Deletes all of the provisions of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.

    Amends GS 14-159.12 concerning first degree trespass to create a Class I felony, with a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000, when a first degree trespass offense (1) occurs on real property where the person has reentered after previously having been removed pursuant to a valid order or writ for possession, or (2) the offense occurs under color of title where the person has knowingly created or provided materially false evidence of an ownership or possessory interest.

    Makes conforming changes. 

    Effective December 1, 2016, applying to offenses committed on or after that date. 

    Courts/Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure, Development, Land Use and Housing, Property and Housing
    GS 14
  • Bill H 283 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Mar 18 2015 - View Summary

    Identical to S 161, filed 3/3/15.

    Amends GS 7A-10 to allow the Supreme Court to, by rule, hold sessions no more than twice annually in Morganton. Requires meeting in the Old Burke County Courthouse, unless a more suitable site is identified. 

    Courts/Judiciary, Court System
    GS 7A
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