NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1165

SENATE BILL 652

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 7A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PERMIT MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS IN SMALL CLAIM ACTIONS TO BE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-211 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"G.S. 7A-211.  Small Claim Actions Assignable to Magistrates. In the interest of speedy and convenient determination, the chief district judge may, in his discretion, by specific order or general rule, assign to any magistrate of his district any small claim action pending in his district if the defendant is a resident of the county in which the magistrate resides. If there is more than one defendant, at least one of them must be a bona fide resident of the county in which the magistrate resides."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of July, 1967.