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GS Page 1 of 1 <br />§ 153A -15. Consent of board of commissioners necessary in certain counties before land may be <br />condemned or acquired by a unit of local government outside the county. <br />(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 40A of the General Statutes or any other general <br />law or local act conferring the power of eminent domain, before final judgment may be entered in any <br />action of condemnation initiated by a county, city or town, special district, or other unit of local <br />government which is located wholly or primarily outside another county, whereby the condemnor seeks <br />to acquire property located in the other county, the condemnor shall furnish proof that the county board <br />of commissioners of the county where the land is located has consented to the taking. <br />(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 153A -158, 160A- 240.1, 130A -55, or any other <br />general law or local act conferring the power to acquire real property, before any county, city or town, <br />special district, or other unit of local government which is located wholly or primarily outside another <br />county acquires any real property located in the other county by exchange, purchase or lease, it must <br />have the approval of the county board of commissioners of the county where the land is located. <br />(c) This section applies to Alamance, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, <br />Burke, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Clay, <br />Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, <br />Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, <br />Henderson, Hoke, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, <br />McDowell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, <br />Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, <br />Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surly, Swain, Transylvania, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, <br />Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, and Yancey Counties only. <br />(d) This section does not apply as to any condemnation or acquisition of real property or an <br />interest in real property by a city where the property to be condemned or acquired is within the corporate <br />limits of that city. (1981, c. 134, ss. 1, 2; c. 270, ss. 1, 2; c. 283, ss. 1 -3; c. 459, s. 1; c. 941, s. 1; 1981 <br />(Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1150, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 973, s. 1; c. 1061, s. 1; 1991, c. 615, s. 3; <br />1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 790, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 624, s. 1; c. 628, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., <br />1996), c. 681, s. 1; 1997 -164, s. 1; 1997 -263, s. l; 1998 -110, s. l; 1998 -217, s. 47; 1999 -6, s. l; <br />2005 -33, s. l.) <br />Attachment number 2 <br />http:// www.nega.state.nc.us /gascripts/ statutes /statLmookup.pl ?statute= 153A -15 Pagp/9312012 <br />