North Carolina land underwriting
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Property tax rules
Rules used: North Carolina state module · reviewed by Attorney Bot (AI) on 2026-10-12 · not legal or tax advice.
Assessment
- Property is assessed at 100% of value; rates per $100.
Source: N.C. General Statutes ch. 105, subch. II (as of 2026-10-12)
Rates
- Property is assessed at 100% of value; rates per $100.
Source: N.C. General Statutes ch. 105, subch. II (as of 2026-10-12)
Exemptions
- No statewide exemption amount is applied. Enter dollar exemptions from the county tax bill.
Source: N.C. General Statutes ch. 105, subch. II (as of 2026-10-12)
Ag/special use
- No additional special-use schedule is listed beyond the notes in this section. Enter a county rollback if the parcel is in agricultural or timber use.
Source: N.C. General Statutes ch. 105, subch. II (as of 2026-10-12)
Delinquency
- The tax for the year of disqualification itself is not computed at full (market) value here; only the 3 prior years' deferred taxes plus interest are included.
- Delinquent tax interest: 2% for Jan 6–Feb 1, then 0.75% each month or fraction after.
- Present-use value deferred taxes for the 3 prior years are due on disqualification, with interest from each year's original due date.
- Redemption is allowed until the foreclosure sale is confirmed; none after.
Source: N.C. General Statutes ch. 105, subch. II (as of 2026-10-12)
Other rules
- No statutory attorney-fee percentage; the court sets a reasonable fee, plus a commissioner fee of up to 5% of the sale price (§ 105-374(i)).
Source: N.C. General Statutes ch. 105, subch. II (as of 2026-10-12)
How it works: methodology.
County registry (100 counties)
Counties and equivalents from the Census 2020 (national_county2020.txt). Start a deal in any county.
- Alamance County (37001)
- Alexander County (37003)
- Alleghany County (37005)
- Anson County (37007)
- Ashe County (37009)
- Avery County (37011)
- Beaufort County (37013)
- Bertie County (37015)
- Bladen County (37017)
- Brunswick County (37019)
- Buncombe County (37021)
- Burke County (37023)
- Cabarrus County (37025)
- Caldwell County (37027)
- Camden County (37029)
- Carteret County (37031)
- Caswell County (37033)
- Catawba County (37035)
- Chatham County (37037)
- Cherokee County (37039)
- Chowan County (37041)
- Clay County (37043)
- Cleveland County (37045)
- Columbus County (37047)
- Craven County (37049)
- Cumberland County (37051)
- Currituck County (37053)
- Dare County (37055)
- Davidson County (37057)
- Davie County (37059)
- Duplin County (37061)
- Durham County (37063)
- Edgecombe County (37065)
- Forsyth County (37067)
- Franklin County (37069)
- Gaston County (37071)
- Gates County (37073)
- Graham County (37075)
- Granville County (37077)
- Greene County (37079)
- Guilford County (37081)
- Halifax County (37083)
- Harnett County (37085)
- Haywood County (37087)
- Henderson County (37089)
- Hertford County (37091)
- Hoke County (37093)
- Hyde County (37095)
- Iredell County (37097)
- Jackson County (37099)
- Johnston County (37101)
- Jones County (37103)
- Lee County (37105)
- Lenoir County (37107)
- Lincoln County (37109)
- Macon County (37113)
- Madison County (37115)
- Martin County (37117)
- McDowell County (37111)
- Mecklenburg County (37119)
- Mitchell County (37121)
- Montgomery County (37123)
- Moore County (37125)
- Nash County (37127)
- New Hanover County (37129)
- Northampton County (37131)
- Onslow County (37133)
- Orange County (37135)
- Pamlico County (37137)
- Pasquotank County (37139)
- Pender County (37141)
- Perquimans County (37143)
- Person County (37145)
- Pitt County (37147)
- Polk County (37149)
- Randolph County (37151)
- Richmond County (37153)
- Robeson County (37155)
- Rockingham County (37157)
- Rowan County (37159)
- Rutherford County (37161)
- Sampson County (37163)
- Scotland County (37165)
- Stanly County (37167)
- Stokes County (37169)
- Surry County (37171)
- Swain County (37173)
- Transylvania County (37175)
- Tyrrell County (37177)
- Union County (37179)
- Vance County (37181)
- Wake County (37183)
- Warren County (37185)
- Washington County (37187)
- Watauga County (37189)
- Wayne County (37191)
- Wilkes County (37193)
- Wilson County (37195)
- Yadkin County (37197)
- Yancey County (37199)