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Residential Real Property Law Board Certification in North Carolina

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Kimberly R Coward
Coward, Hicks & Siler, PA
Cashiers, NC
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Directory of Board-Certified Residential Real Property Law Specialists in North Carolina

Lawyer Legion maintains a directory of North Carolina board-certified specialists in:

Lawyer Legion also maintains a broader directory of both certified and non-certified lawyers in North Carolina and throughout the U.S. This directory provides the public with a valuable resource allowing them to narrow their search to local attorneys who have earned their status as board certified in Real Estate Law by North Carolina State Bar.

Lawyer Legion is the only commercial lawyer directory to properly acknowledge all ABA-accredited specialization programs and provide a dynamic directory of virtually every lawyer who has earned each certification.

Use this directory to connect with lawyers who are board-certified Real Estate Law specialists in North Carolina. Start by choosing your county from the list below.


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Overview of Residential Real Property Law Board Certification in North Carolina

Definitions of Real Property Law

Rule 27 NCAC 01D Section .2102 defines the specialty of real property law as the practice of law dealing with "real property transactions, including title examination, property transfers, financing, leases, and determination of property rights." Subspecialties in the field are identified and defined, in part, as follows:

  • Real Property Law - Residential Transactions is a subspecialty which is defined as the "practice of law dealing with the acquisition, ownership, leasing, financing, use, transfer and disposition, of residential real property by individuals."

  • Real Property Law - Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions is a subspecialty which is defined as the "practice of law dealing with the acquisition, ownership, leasing, management, financing, development, use, transfer, and disposition of residential, business, commercial, and industrial real property."

Qualifications for Certification in Real Property Law

  • The lawyer can use the term "Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law - Residential Transactions" if a lawyer qualifies as a specialist in real property law by meeting the standards set for the real property law - residential transactions subspecialty.
  • The lawyer can use the term "Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law - Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions" if the lawyer qualifies as a specialist in real property law by meeting the standards set for the real property law - business, commercial, and industrial transactions.
  • The lawyer can use the term "Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law - Residential, Business, Commercial and Industrial Transactions" if the lawyer qualifies as a specialist in real property law by meeting the standards set for both the real property law - residential transactions subspecialty and the real property law - business, commercial, and industrial transactions subspecialty.

Standards for Certification in Real Property Law

Under 27 NCAC 01D .2105, the Standards for Certification as a Specialist in Real Property Law in North Carolina provide that each applicant for certification must meet certain standards including:

  • Showing substantial involvement in the practice of real estate law. The practice of real estate law means substantive legal work done primarily for the purpose of legal advice or representation. Alternatively, the applicant might show substantial involvement through a practice equivalent which could include service as a law professor concentrating in the teaching of real property law for part of the experience requirement.
  • Completion of certain continuing legal education (CLE) credits in real property law (either commercial or residential) and other related areas of the law such as business organizations, elder law, environmental law, taxation, estate planning, and probate law.
  • A showing of qualifications through peer review by other lawyers or judges who are familiar with the attorney's practice.
  • Passing a written examination designed to test the attorney's knowledge and ability in real property law for the following areas:
  • title examinations, property transfers, financing, leases, and determination of property rights;
  • the acquisition, ownership, leasing, financing, use, transfer, and disposition of residential real property by individuals;
  • the acquisition, ownership, leasing, management, financing, development, use, transfer, and disposition of residential, business, commercial, and industrial real property.

Under 27 NCAC 01D .2106, the standards for continued certification as a specialist in real estate law provide that the period of certification is five years. During those five years, the attorney must apply for continued certification. Part of the recertification process for a real estate law attorney in North Carolina includes showing:

  • continuing substantial involvement in real property law;
  • continuing legal education (CLE) focused on real property law and related fields such as environmental law, taxation, business organizations, estate planning and probate law, and elder law; and
  • peer review.

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