---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penalty for Filing Unauthorized Statutory Lien."
description: "Penalty for Filing Unauthorized Statutory Lien."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 912"
citation: "North Carolina SB 912 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "CRIMES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FRAUD", "LIENS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. RAND", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2001-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c23e3a97-d117-4e1d-92e2-a7bede12da25"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S912&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3fa741e6cd0134fbfa35bbe58af025d70da24bc7c3a75799f8f07c336ac7493d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 912 (2001) — Penalty for Filing Unauthorized Statutory Lien.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S912v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-12-19** Ch. SL 2001-495 `became-law`
- **2001-12-19** Signed By Gov. 12/19/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-12-04** Pres. To Gov. 12/4/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-12-03** Ratified
- **2001-11-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-11-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-11-28** Placed On Cal For 11/29/2001
- **2001-11-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-11-28** Placed On Cal For 11/29/2001
- **2001-11-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-06-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-06-18** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-06-12** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2001
- **2001-06-11** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-07** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2001
- **2001-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c23e3a97-d117-4e1d-92e2-a7bede12da25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).