---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Finders."
description: "Property Finders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1021"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1021 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "ESCHEATS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE TREASURER", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81b8e662-98c3-4201-8f70-e842b1d522b1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1021&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2f91df77bb2b5c2b2aad1e090328a9393ec99e0a81ffd5814eebfcf45152a875"
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 1021 (2009) — Property Finders.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- A1 Stam\Third Reading — **38–79** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-312 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-08** Ratified
- **2009-07-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2009
- **2009-07-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-30** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81b8e662-98c3-4201-8f70-e842b1d522b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).