North Carolina § 42-14 - Notice to quit in certain tenancies.
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§ 42-14. Notice to quit in certain tenancies.
A tenancy from year to year may be terminated by a notice to quit given one month or more before the end of the current year of the tenancy; a tenancy from month to month by a like notice of seven days; a tenancy from week to week, of two days. Provided, however, where the tenancy involves only the rental of a space for a manufactured home as defined in G.S. 143-143.9(6), a notice to quit must be given at least 60 days before the end of the current rental period, regardless of the term of the tenancy. History (1868-9, c. 156, s. 9; Code, s. 1750; 1891, c. 227; Rev., s. 1984; C.S., s. 2354; 1985, c. 541; 2005-291, s. 1.) Local Modification. - Forsyth: 1935, c. 119; Halifax: 1935, c. 22; Hertford: 1939, c. 367; Montgomery: 1925, c. 196, s. 2; Perquimans: 1935, c. 472; Pitt: 1925, c. 196, s. 2; Randolph: 1925, c. 196, s. 2; Wake: 1931, c. 20. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-291, s. 1, effective January 1, 2006, and applicable to all notices to quit given on or after that date, substituted "60" for "30" in the last sentence. Legal Periodicals. - For note, "When A Hotel Is Your Home, Is There Protection?," see 15 Campbell L. Rev. 295 (1993). For comment, "Additional Time to Move Is Not the Issue with Mobile Homes: Why North Carolina Needs Statutory Reform to Provide the Mobile Home Owner-Tenant with Adequate Security of Tenure and Security of Investment," see 92 N.C. L. Rev. 591 (2014).
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