§ 160A-235. Lien in favor of a cotenant or joint owner paying special assessments. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 160A‑235.  Lienin favor of a cotenant or joint owner paying special assessments.

Any one of several tenants in common, or joint tenants, or copartnersshall have the right to pay the whole or any part of any special assessmentlevied against property held jointly or in common, and all sums by him so paidin excess of his share of the assessment, interests, costs, and amountsrequired for redemption, shall constitute a lien upon the shares of hiscotenants or associates, which he may enforce in proceedings for partition,actual or by sale, or in any other appropriate judicial proceeding. The lienherein provided for shall not be effective against an innocent purchaser forvalue unless and until notice thereof is filed in the office of the clerk ofsuperior court in the county in which the land lies and indexed and docketed inthe same manner as other liens required by law to be filed in the clerk'soffice. (1935, c. 174;1971, c. 698, s. 1.)