# N.C. R. Civ. P. 22: Rule 22. Interpleader

> North Carolina · Court rules · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R22

## Section

- **Citation:** N.C. R. Civ. P. 22
- **Heading:** Rule 22. Interpleader
- **Jurisdiction:** North Carolina
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** North Carolina Court Rules / North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure / N.C. R. Civ. P. 22

## Text

(a) Persons having claims against the plaintiff may be joined as defendants and required to interplead when their claims expose or may expose the plaintiff to double or multiple liability. It is not ground for objection to the joinder that the claims of the several claimants or the titles on which their claims depend do not have a common origin or are not identical but are adverse to and independent of one another, or that the plaintiff avers that he is not liable in whole or in part to any or all of the claimants. A defendant exposed to similar liability may obtain such interpleader by way of crossclaim or counterclaim. The provisions of this rule supplement and do not in any way limit the joinder of parties permitted in Rule 20.
(b) Where funds are subject to competing claims by parties to the action, the court may order the party in possession of the funds either to deposit the funds in an interest bearing account in a federally insured depository institution or a trust institution authorized to do business in this State or to deposit the funds with the clerk. If the funds are deposited in a federally insured depository institution or a trust institution authorized to do business in this State, the court shall specify the type of interest bearing account to be used. Funds deposited with the clerk shall be invested or deposited as provided in G.S. 7A-112 and G.S. 7A-112.1. Upon determination of the action, the judgment shall provide for disbursement of the principal and interest earned on the funds while so deposited. (1967, c. 954, s. 1; 1989, c. 668, s. 1; 2017-25, s. 1(a).)

## Nearby sections

- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 1 Rule 1. Scope of rules](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R1.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 2 Rule 2. One form of action](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R2.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 3 Rule 3. Commencement of action](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R3.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 4 Rule 4. Process](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R4.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 5 Rule 5. Service and filing of pleadings and other papers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R5.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 6 Rule 6. Time](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R6.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 7 Rule 7. Pleadings allowed; motions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R7.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 8 Rule 8. General rules of pleadings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R8.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 9 Rule 9. Pleading special matters](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R9.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 10 Rule 10. Form of pleadings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R10.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 11 Rule 11. Signing and verification of pleadings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R11.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 12 Rule 12. Defenses and objections; when and how presented; by pleading or motion; motion for judgment on pleading](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R12.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 13 Rule 13. Counterclaim and crossclaim](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R13.md)
- [N.C. R. Civ. P. 14 Rule 14. Third-party practice](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_NC_NCRCP_R14.md)

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