---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase In Rem Foreclosure Fee."
description: "Increase In Rem Foreclosure Fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 537"
citation: "North Carolina SB 537 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FEES", "FORECLOSURES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-07"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6fc42a2-ccf9-4c55-bfa3-dc4e3111be6e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S537&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fd3b145a241a60d07ed57aef8b33799e77e02386d9109c3bcecbc6619ceeebb2"
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 537 (2011) — Increase In Rem Foreclosure Fee.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S537v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S537v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S537v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S537v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **72–44** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **80–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-352 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-23** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6fc42a2-ccf9-4c55-bfa3-dc4e3111be6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).