2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 44A-17. Definitions.
Part 2. Liens of Mechanics, Laborers, and Materialmen Dealing with One Other Than Owner.
§ 44A‑17. Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires in this Article:
(1) "Contractor" means a person who contracts with an owner to improve real property.
(2) "First tier subcontractor" means a person who contracts with a contractor to improve real property.
(3) "Obligor" means an owner, contractor or subcontractor in any tier who owes money to another as a result of the other's partial or total performance of a contract to improve real property.
(4) "Second tier subcontractor" means a person who contracts with a first tier subcontractor to improve real property.
(5) "Third tier subcontractor" means a person who contracts with a second tier subcontractor to improve real property. (1971, c. 880, s. 1.)
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