# North Carolina — How long before a car left on your property or towed from it can legally be sold — by US state

For North Carolina, time to count as abandoned on private property is more than 10 days without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property; statutory citation is G.S. § 20-137.7, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** North Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Time to count as abandoned on private property:** more than 10 days without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** G.S. § 20-137.7 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> "Abandoned vehicle" means a motor vehicle that has remained illegally on private or public property for a period of more than 10 days without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property.

## Source

- https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-137.7.html

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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