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Drainage (North Carolina General Statutes: Chapter 156)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
North Carolina
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Basic legislation Drainage/land reclamation Local government Governance Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Court/tribunal Procedural matters Dispute settlement Property rights
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of the North Carolina General Statutes concerns drainage. More specifically, it provides for drainage by individual owners; drainage by corporation; drainage districts; and drainage by counties. Among others, it provides that any person owning pocosin, swamp, or flatlands, or owning lowlands subject to inundation, which cannot be conveniently drained or embanked so as to drain off or dam out the water from such lands, except by cutting a canal or ditch, or erecting a dam through or upon the lands of other persons, may by petition apply to the superior court of the county in which the lands sought to be drained or embanked or some part of such lands lie, setting forth the particular circumstances of the case, the situation of the land to be drained or embanked, to what outlet and through whose lands he desires to drain, or on what lands he would erect his dam, and who are the proprietors of such lands; whereupon a summons shall be served on each of the proprietors, and, on the hearing of the petition the court shall appoint three persons as commissioners, who shall be duly sworn to do justice between the parties.

Full text
English
Website
www.ncleg.gov