§ 136-117. Payment of compensation. - North Carolina Statutes

§136‑117.  Payment of compensation.

If there are adverse andconflicting claimants to the deposit made into the court by the Department ofTransportation or the additional amount determined as just compensation, onwhich final judgment is entered in said action, the judge may direct the fullamount determined to be paid into said court by the Department ofTransportation and may retain said cause for determination of who is entitledto said moneys and may by further order in the cause direct to whom the sameshall be paid and may in its discretion order a reference to ascertain thefacts on which such determination and order are to be made. (1959,c. 1025, s. 2; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)