NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1267

HOUSE BILL 1654

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT FOR MAGISTRATE'S COURT FROM THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00).

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-210(1) is hereby amended by deleting the words and figures "three hundred dollars ($300.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "five hundred dollars ($500.00)".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 7A-219 is hereby amended on line two by deleting the words and figures "Three hundred dollars ($300.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "five hundred dollars ($500.00)".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 7A-305(a)(2) is amended by deleting "three hundred dollars ($300.00)" wherever it appears, and inserting in lieu thereof "five hundred dollars ($500.00)".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 42-28 and G.S. 42-30 are amended by deleting "three hundred dollars ($300.00)" wherever the same appears in each of these sections, and inserting in lieu thereof "five hundred dollars ($500.00)".

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of April, 1974.