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