Can my landlord (Property Management) enter my apartment without a notice?

I live in North Carolina and my property manager entered my apartment without any notice. We keep our doors locked and our apartment complex has ALOT of inspections.... Example: last month we had 3-4 inspections, 1 was state inspection and the calendar mail letter says another one at the end of April!! Anyway they always attach a letter to our door about a week prior to anyone entering for all the inspections or.. check fire extinguisher, check fire alarms, change air filters, exterminator treatment..... Anyway back to the main point. They have always given notice and I work 2nd-3rd shift 7PM- 3AM which they know. This past Friday around 9 AM I had only been asleep for a few hours and I wake up to her screaming in my living room then opening my bedroom door where me and my spouse was sleeping and kept screaming for Josh.... I was seeing if he was Ok... I was like no, my name is Robbie... Then she was like sorry and left. I was groggy and half asleep. When I woke up later that afternoon I noticed she left my door unlocked which I don't like while we are sleeping! Anyway is any of this legal? I hate the way this place is ran and our lease doesn't expire until February next year but it was a mistake renewing it a couple months ago. What's thoughts on this?

Rob2014-04-06T14:11:47Z

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go to local hardware store and buy a door stopper.
use it when u there - sleep or not.

visit state's website for tenant/landlord laws.

have a legal case against landlord? nope.

would be wasting your money and time.

learn local laws.

Steve D2014-04-06T14:01:41Z

Can she enter your apartment without notice? Only if there is an emergency. In this case, it sounds more like an accident (she was looking for a different apartment) and being that humans make mistakes coupled with the fact that she left upon finding out that she was in the wrong apartment, you will have a hard time convincing a judge to let you break the lease or collect and damages.

Landlord2014-04-06T14:04:27Z

Yep. NC does not have any laws that require any advance notice.