Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that prohibits landlords from refusing tenants based on their lawful source of income and clarifies changes to ordinances and regulations regarding small claims and notaries in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Defines actual ouster as possession of property by a cotenant that is a clear act that denies the rights of another cotenant (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that each cotenant has the right to access a property and occupy it (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that when a tenant in common receives more than than one share of rent or an amount greater, a cotenant has the right to bring up an action to get reimbursed (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes notaries to disclose confidential information when the following events occur (Sec. 3):

• Subpoenas;

• Court Orders;

• Written Requests from the department; and

• Warrants.

• Authorizes any notary public to administer an oath to a principal in person (Sec. 4).

• Amends the use of global positioning systems and other types of digital information to find a remotely located principal (Sec. 5).

• Prohibits counties and cities from strictly regulating and enforcing the amount of rent that is charged for privately owned commercial or single family property (Sec. 7).

• Authorizes landlords and tenants to create rental agreements for late fees in the case that the payment is more than five days late (Sec. 8).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that prohibits landlords from refusing tenants based on their lawful source of income and clarifies changes to ordinances and regulations regarding small claims and notaries in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Defines actual ouster as possession of property by a cotenant that is a clear act that denies the rights of another cotenant (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that each cotenant has the right to access a property and occupy it (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that when a tenant in common receives more than than one share of rent or an amount greater, a cotenant has the right to bring up an action to get reimbursed (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes notaries to disclose confidential information when the following events occur (Sec. 3):

• Subpoenas;

• Court Orders;

• Written Requests from the department; and

• Warrants.

• Authorizes any notary public to administer an oath to a principal in person (Sec. 4).

• Amends the use of global positioning systems and other types of digital information to find a remotely located principal (Sec. 5).

• Prohibits counties and cities from strictly regulating and enforcing the amount of rent that is charged for privately owned commercial or single family property (Sec. 7).

• Authorizes landlords and tenants to create rental agreements for late fees in the case that the payment is more than five days late (Sec. 8).

Full Bill Text

Vetoed by Governor Roy Cooper III

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits landlords from refusing tenants based on their lawful source of income and clarifies changes to ordinances and regulations regarding small claims and notaries in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Defines actual ouster as possession of property by a cotenant that is a clear act that denies the rights of another cotenant (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that each cotenant has the right to access a property and occupy it (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that when a tenant in common receives more than than one share of rent or an amount greater, a cotenant has the right to bring up an action to get reimbursed (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes notaries to disclose confidential information when the following events occur (Sec. 3):

• Subpoenas;

• Court Orders;

• Written Requests from the department; and

• Warrants.

• Authorizes any notary public to administer an oath to a principal in person (Sec. 4).

• Amends the use of global positioning systems and other types of digital information to find a remotely located principal (Sec. 5).

• Prohibits counties and cities from strictly regulating and enforcing the amount of rent that is charged for privately owned commercial or single family property (Sec. 7).

• Authorizes landlords and tenants to create rental agreements for late fees in the case that the payment is more than five days late (Sec. 8).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits landlords from refusing tenants based on their lawful source of income and clarifies changes to ordinances and regulations regarding small claims and notaries in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Defines actual ouster as possession of property by a cotenant that is a clear act that denies the rights of another cotenant (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that each cotenant has the right to access a property and occupy it (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that when a tenant in common receives more than than one share of rent or an amount greater, a cotenant has the right to bring up an action to get reimbursed (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes notaries to disclose confidential information when the following events occur (Sec. 3):

• Subpoenas;

• Court Orders;

• Written Requests from the department; and

• Warrants.

• Authorizes any notary public to administer an oath to a principal in person (Sec. 4).

• Amends the use of global positioning systems and other types of digital information to find a remotely located principal (Sec. 5).

• Prohibits counties and cities from strictly regulating and enforcing the amount of rent that is charged for privately owned commercial or single family property (Sec. 7).

• Authorizes landlords and tenants to create rental agreements for late fees in the case that the payment is more than five days late (Sec. 8).

Full Bill Text