---
type: "Bill"
title: "Release of Upset Bid Deposit."
description: "Release of Upset Bid Deposit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "North Carolina HB 164 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FORECLOSURES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. RANDLEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurley", "Randleman", "Spear"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-22"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d59e15b-ab38-40b8-bc8d-4d99ade3cc82"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H164&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2927152118b454dfb2415054b630a37da2e08d507a0fb181f2c8eef28f7fe774"
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 HB 164 (2011) — Release of Upset Bid Deposit.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H164v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H164v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H164v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H164v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H164v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurley — primary (person)
- Randleman — primary (person)
- Spear — primary (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-204 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Rec From House
- **2011-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2011
- **2011-04-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d59e15b-ab38-40b8-bc8d-4d99ade3cc82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).