North Carolina's NCGS 42-25.6 through 42-25.9 bar landlord self-help eviction, lockouts, utility shutoffs, and personal-property seizure. Greensboro tenants experiencing these tactics can call code enforcement and pursue civil remedies in Guilford County small-claims court.
North Carolina's Ejectment of Residential Tenants Act provides the main anti-harassment framework for Greensboro renters. Landlords may not change locks, remove doors, shut off water, power, or gas, or remove a tenant's belongings outside the formal court process. The exclusive method to remove a holdover tenant is summary ejectment under NCGS Chapter 42 Article 3. Tenants subjected to retaliatory behavior, such as eviction filed within 12 months of a code complaint, can raise NCGS 42-37.1 retaliatory-eviction defenses. Greensboro Code Compliance enforces habitability issues that often accompany harassment.
Self-help lockouts, utility shutoffs, threats tied to protected complaints, and removal of tenant property without a writ can each trigger statutory damages, restoration orders, and attorney-fee awards.
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