§ 44-5.1. Wages for two months' lien on assets. - North Carolina Statutes

Article1A.

Wage Liens.

§ 44‑5.1.  Wages for twomonths' lien on assets.

In case of the insolvency of acorporation, partnership or  individual, all persons doing labor or service ofwhatever character in its regular employment have a lien upon the assetsthereof for the  amount of wages due to them for all labor, work, and servicesrendered within two months next preceding the date when proceedings ininsolvency were actually instituted and begun against the corporation,partnership or individual, which lien is prior to all other liens that can beacquired against such assets: Provided, that the lien created by this sectionshall not apply to multiple unit dwellings, apartment houses, or otherbuildings for family occupancy except as to labor performed on the premisesupon which the lien is claimed. This section shall not apply to any single unitfamily dwelling. (1901, c. 2, s. 87; Rev., s. 1206; C.S., s. 1197;1937, c. 223; 1943, c. 501; 1955, c. 1345, s. 4.)