2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 143-3.4. Warrants for money paid into treasury by mistake.

§ 143‑3.4.  Warrants for money paid into treasury by mistake.

(a)       Whenever the Governor and Council of State are satisfied that moneys have been paid into the treasury through mistake, they may direct a warrant be drawn therefor on the Treasurer, in favor of the person who made such payment; but this provision shall not extend to payments on account of taxes nor to payments on bonds and mortgages.

(b)       Whenever any real property mortgaged to the State, or bought in for the benefit of the State, of which a certificate shall have been given to a former purchaser, is sold by the Attorney General on a foreclosure by notice, or under a judgment, for a greater sum than the amount due to the State, with costs and expenses, the surplus money received into the treasury, after a conveyance has been executed to the purchaser, shall be paid to the person legally entitled to such real property at the time of the foreclosure on the forfeiture of the original contract. A warrant shall not be drawn for such surplus money but upon satisfactory proof, by affidavit or otherwise, of the legal rights of such person. (1868‑9, c. 270, ss. 66, 68; Code, ss. 3351, 3352; Rev., ss. 5366, 5368; C.S., ss. 7676, 7678; 1983, c. 913, ss. 50, 51.)