NC H227

Amends North Carolina law to preserve tenancy by the entirety for same-sex married couples following the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, effective retroactively to October 10, 2014.

Replaces gendered language ("husband and wife") with gender-neutral terms ("spouses," "married individuals," "married to each other") throughout property conveyance statutes.

Clarifies that conveyances between married individuals, joint tenancy interests, and mobile home ownership create tenancy by the entirety unless a contrary intention is expressed.

Extends protections for tenancy by the entirety held in trusts, including immunity from separate creditors' claims, and allows notice of creditor immunity in trust conveyances.

Updates related property law provisions governing spousal joinder requirements, purchase-money mortgages, separation agreements, and surviving spouses' elective rights to use gender-neutral language and reflect modern marriage law.