--- title: "North Carolina Landlord Compliance Kit | MCC Solutions" description: "North Carolina landlord kit: deposit capped at 2 months of rent, deposit returned within 30 days. Checklists, notice calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/north-carolina-landlord-compliance-kit" --- Document pack # North Carolina Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker The North Carolina landlord-tenant rules in one package: deposit capped at 2 months of rent; deposit returned within 30 days; 7-day notice to end month-to-month; 10-day notice for unpaid rent; $96 eviction filing fee; $10,000 small claims limit. **Coming soon** not on sale yet Why it is not on sale yet [Read the free guide](/state-rules?state=nc) 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) Who it is for Landlords and property managers with rentals in North Carolina, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Not the right fit if Your rental is outside North Carolina: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered. Why it is different - Built only from our North Carolina data files, checked November 2026 against 11 official pages, among them North Carolina General Assembly: Chapter 42, Article 6; North Carolina General Assembly: G.S. Chapter 42, Article 1; North Carolina General Assembly: G.S. 42-46 (late fees); North Carolina General Assembly: G.S. Chapter 42 (Landlord and Tenant), full chapter; North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 42, Article 3 (Summary Ejectment); North Carolina Judicial Branch: Landlord/Tenant Issues, plus National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read. - 1 item the official pages didn't state is left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed. - The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out North Carolina notice and deposit dates for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 22 confirmed North Carolina rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 1 point to check: diversion or mediation (statewide), each with the official page. - **North Carolina landlord rules checklist.** Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: Two weeks' rent for week-to-week; one and one-half months for month-to-month; two months for longer terms (42-51); return deadline: No later than 30 days after the tenancy ends and possession is delivered: an itemized accounting and the balance; itemized list of deductions: An itemized list of damages (42-52); interest on the deposit: None stated in N.C.G.S; where the deposit is held: In a trust account with a licensed, federally insured depository institution, or the landlord furnishes a bond; the tenant is told where within 30 days after the lease begins (42-50); penalty the law states: Willful failure to follow the deposit, bond or notice rules voids the right to keep any part; the court may award attorney fees (42-55); ending month-to-month (landlord): Notice to quit at least 7 days before the end of the current monthly period (2 days for week-to-week; 60 days for a manufactured home space); ending month-to-month (tenant): Notice to quit at least 7 days before the end of the current monthly period (2 days for week-to-week; 60 days for a manufactured home space); rent increase notice: No rent increase notice rule in G.S; unpaid rent notice: The lease is forfeited if rent isn't paid within 10 days after a demand for all past-due rent; entry notice: No entry notice rule in G.S; late fee limits: Only if rent is 5 calendar days or more late; court: Eviction (summary ejectment) cases are usually heard in small claims court by a magistrate; filing fee: $96 to file a summary ejectment complaint, per the Durham County packet on the Judicial Branch site, plus a $30 sheriff's service fee for each defendant; time to answer or appear: The tenant appears on the court date in the summons; hearing after filing: The tenant is summoned to appear no more than seven days (not counting weekends and legal holidays) after the summons issues. - **Move-in and move-out deposit checklist.** A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with North Carolina's return deadline (within 30 days). - **Notice calendar.** When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules. - **Eviction timeline sheet.** The North Carolina case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates. - **North Carolina landlord workbook (Excel).** A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the North Carolina rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here (North Carolina Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/north-carolina-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/north-carolina-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the North Carolina Landlord Rules Checklist (North Carolina Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/north-carolina-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/north-carolina-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp) First page of North Carolina Landlord Rules Checklist Get it ## North Carolina Landlord Compliance Kit Coming soon This kit is being finished: every state rule in it is checked against official sources before it goes on sale. Free now: [State rules directory](/state-rules?state=nc) Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. The kit describes the rules for both sides of a lease and takes neither side. Cities, counties and the lease can add rules; the official pages linked in the kit have the final word. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The North Carolina Landlord Kit comes as a zip with five documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, North Carolina Landlord Rules Checklist, Move-In Move-Out Deposit Checklist, Notice Calendar 2027, and Eviction Timeline Sheet, plus an Excel workbook (North Carolina Landlord Workbook). The download link arrives by email after payment. **Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?** The PDFs open in any PDF reader, and the Word files edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The workbook is built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund. **Is this legal or tax advice?** General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. **Is it the right fit for me?** It is made for landlords and property managers with rentals in North Carolina, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Skip it if your rental is outside North Carolina: get that state's kit. Also from MCC Solutions [### Month-End Close Workbook A real month-end close in one Excel file. 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