North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 41. Estates § 41-83. Possession of property held as cotenants

(a) Each cotenant has a right to enter upon the property and to occupy and use it subject to the rights of all other cotenants.

(b) The possession of one cotenant is the possession of any other cotenant.  Unless an actual ouster occurs, one cotenant cannot bring an action against another cotenant for taking possession of property as to which each has a right of possession as a cotenant.