LIEN AGENT INFORMATION
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2013
In accordance with North Carolina General Assembly Session Law 2012-158, Inspection Departments are not allowed to
issue any permit where the project cost is $30,000 or more unless the application is for improvements to an existing
dwelling that the applicant uses as a residence OR the property owner has designated a lien agent and provided the
inspections office with the information below:
Name of Lien Agent: __________________________________
Mailing Address of Agent: ______________________________________________
Physical address of Agent: ______________________________________________
Telephone: _________________________ Fax: ____________________________
Email: _______________________________________________________________
CONTRACTOR AND CONSTRUCTION SITE INFORMATION
Name of Contractor and/or Owner: _________________________________________
Telephone: __________________________________ Fax: _____________________
Construction Site Address and/or parcel #: ___________________________________
I certify that to the best of my knowledge, the above statements provided are true and correct.
Signature of Contractor/Owner: ___________________________________ Date: ________________________
The Information will be attached to the permit record and a copy provided to the applicant. The applicant is required
to post a copy on the construction site. For further information regarding the Lien Agent process you may visit
liensnc.com or contact Nancy Ferguson at 800-445-9983 or email her at Nancy.Ferguson@ctt.com
Excerpt from North Carolina G.S. 153A-357:
(Effective April 1, 2013) No permit shall be issued pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section where the
cost of the work is thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or more, other than for improvements to an existing single-family
residential dwelling unit as defined in G.S. 87-15.5(7) that the applicant uses as a residence, unless the name, physical and
mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, and electronic mail address of the lien agent designated by the
owner pursuant to G.S. 44A-11.1(a) is conspicuously set forth in the permit or in an attachment thereto. The building
permit may contain the lien agent's electronic mail address. The lien agent information for each permit issued pursuant to
this subsection shall be maintained by the inspection department in the same manner and in the same location in which it
maintains its record of building permits issued.
MADISON COUNTY INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT
www.madisoncountync.org/permits.php
828-649-3766
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