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§ 153A -15. Consent of board of commissioners necessary in certain counties before land <br />may be condemned or acquired by a unit of local government outside the <br />county. <br />(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 40A of the General Statutes or any other <br />general law or local act conferring the power of eminent domain, before final judgment may be <br />entered in any action of condemnation initiated by a county, city or town, special district, or <br />other unit of local government which is located wholly or primarily outside another county, <br />whereby the condemnor seeks to acquire property located in the other county, the condemnor <br />shall furnish proof that the county board of commissioners of the county where the land is <br />located has consented to the taking. <br />(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 153A -158, 160A- 240.1, 130A -55, or any <br />other general law or local act conferring the power to acquire real property, before any county, <br />city or town, special district, or other unit of local government which is located wholly or <br />primarily outside another county acquires any real property located in the other county by <br />exchange, purchase or lease, it must have the approval of the county board of commissioners of <br />the county where the land is located. <br />(c) This section applies to Alamance, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Bertie, Bladen, <br />Brunswick, Burke, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, <br />Chatham, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, <br />Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Graham, Granville, Greene, <br />Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hoke, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, <br />Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Nash, New <br />Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, <br />Pitt, Polk, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, <br />Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, and <br />Yancey Counties only. <br />(d) This section does not apply as to any condemnation or acquisition of real property <br />or an interest in real property by a city where the property to be condemned or acquired is <br />within the corporate limits of that city. (1981, c. 134, ss. 1, 2; c. 270, ss. 1, 2; c. 283, ss. 1 -3; c. <br />459, s. 1; c. 941, s. 1; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1150, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 973, s. <br />1; c. 1061, s. 1; 1991, c. 615, s. 3; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 790, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., <br />1994), c. 624, s. 1; c. 628, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 681, s. 1; 1997 -164, s. 1; 1997 -263, <br />s. 1; 1998 -110, s. 1; 1998 -217, s. 47; 1999 -6, s. 1; 2005 -33, s. 1.) <br />G.S. 153A -15 <br />Pa 1 <br />Attachment 3 <br />G -2 Page 282 <br />