§ 44A-7. Definitions. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 2.

Statutory Liens on RealProperty.

Part 1. Liens of Mechanics,Laborers, and Materialmen Dealing with Owner.

§ 44A‑7.  Definitions.

Unless the context otherwiserequires in this Article:

(1)        "Improve"means to build, effect, alter, repair, or demolish any improvement upon,connected with, or on or beneath the surface of any real property, or toexcavate, clear, grade, fill or landscape any real property, or to constructdriveways and private roadways, or to furnish materials, including trees and shrubbery,for any of such purposes, or to perform any labor upon such improvements, andshall also mean and include any design or other professional or skilledservices furnished by architects, engineers, land surveyors and landscapearchitects registered under Chapter 83A, 89A or 89C of the General Statutes,and rental of equipment directly utilized on the real property in making theimprovement.

(2)        "Improvement"means all or any part of any building, structure, erection, alteration,demolition, excavation, clearing, grading, filling, or landscaping, includingtrees and shrubbery, driveways, and private roadways, on real property.

(3)        An "owner"is a person who has an interest in the real property improved and for whom animprovement is made and who ordered the improvement to be made."Owner" includes successors in interest of the owner and agents ofthe owner acting within their authority.

(4)        "Realproperty" means the real estate that is improved, including lands,leaseholds, tenements and hereditaments, and improvements placed thereon. (1969, c. 1112, s. 1; 1975,c. 715, s. 1; 1985, c. 689, s. 13; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 607, s. 1.)