>I'm trying to find what the North Carolina law is regarding forfeiture of property by an owner due to criminal activity by a tenent. It's not as easy as I thought it would be. Any ideas of where to look?

Check this out. Do a search on 'tenant', and it should take you to page 11 (if memory serves). Mostly the forfeiture laws seem to be federal rather than state.

http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/Asset_Forfeiture_Briefing.pdf