Trespass to real property · North Carolina
For Trespass to real property · North Carolina, limitation period is three years; section is 1-52; how the statute describes it is For trespass upon real property, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Trespass to real property our reading
- State
- North Carolina verified
- Limitation period
- three years verified
- How the statute describes it
- For trespass upon real property verified
- Section
- 1-52 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
1-52. Three years. Within three years an action - (1) Upon a contract, obligation or liability arising out of a contract, express or implied, except those mentioned in the preceding sections or in G.S. 1-53(1). (1a) Upon the official bond of a public officer. (2) Upon a liability created by statute, either state or federal, unless some other time is mentioned in the statute creating it. (3) For trespass upon real property. When the trespass is a continuing one, the action shall be commenced within three years from the original trespass, and not thereafter.
— ncleg.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- ncleg.govhttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_1/Article_5.html