GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-126
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 160A-445(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Complaints or orders
issued by a public officer pursuant to an ordinance adopted under this Part
shall be served upon persons either personally or by registered or certified
mail. If the identities of any owners or the whereabouts of persons are
unknown and cannot be ascertained by the public officer in the exercise of
reasonable diligence, or the identities or whereabouts of the owners or
persons are known and the public officer, after exercising reasonable
diligence, is unable to serve the complaint or order, and the public
officer makes an affidavit to that effect, then the serving of the complaint or
order upon the unknown owners or other persons may be made by
publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the city at least once
no later than the time at which personal service would be required under the
provisions of this Part. When service is made by publication, a notice of
the pending proceedings shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises
thereby affected."
Section 2. This act applies only to the City of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to complaints or orders served on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives