§ 22C-2. Performance by subcontractor. - North Carolina Statutes

§22C‑2.  Performance by subcontractor.

Performance by a subcontractorin accordance with the provisions of its contract shall entitle it to paymentfrom the party with whom it contracts.  Payment by the owner to a contractor isnot a condition precedent for payment to a subcontractor and payment by acontractor to a subcontractor is not a condition precedent for payment to anyother subcontractor, and an agreement to the contrary is unenforceable.  (1987(Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 946; 1991, c. 620.)