North Carolina Statutes
§ 156-51 — Penalty for nonpayment of assessments
North Carolina·Ch. 156 Drainage·Art. 4 Rights and Liabilities in the Corporation·Subch. II DRAINAGE BY CORPORATION
Whenever any person whose lands have been adjudged liable to contribute to the maintenance or repair of such canal shall fail or refuse to pay the amount assessed against his land for such maintenance or repair for 30 days after such payment has been demanded by the company, then the company may give such person notice in writing of its intention to cut off his right of drainage into the canal, and if such person shall still neglect and refuse to pay such assessment for 30 days after such notice, then the company may proceed to so obstruct and dam up the ditches of such delinquent as will effectually prevent his draining in the canal. (1899, c. 600, s. 3; Rev., s. 4010; C.S., s. 5309.)
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§ 156-1
Supplemental proceeding§ 156-10
Right to drain into canal§ 156-100
Sale of bonds§ 156-100.1
Sale of assessment anticipation notes§ 156-100.3
Sinking fund§ 156-101
Refunding bonds issued§ 156-102
Drainage bonds received as deposits§ 156-103
Assessment rolls prepared§ 156-104
Application of amendatory provisions of certain sections; amendment or reformation of proceedings§ 156-108
Receipt books prepared