GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-89
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 578 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. Complaints or orders A
complaint issued by a public officer pursuant to Parts 5 or 6 of Article 19
of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall be served upon persons either
personally or by registered or certified mail. mail, and, in
conjunction therewith, may be served by regular mail. When the manner of
service is by regular mail in conjunction with registered or certified mail,
and the registered or certified mail is returned, but the regular mail is not
returned by the post office within 10 days after mailing, service shall be
deemed sufficient. The person mailing such complaint or order by regular
mail shall certify that fact and the date thereof, and such certificate shall
be deemed conclusive in the absence of fraud. A person who cannot with
due diligence be served by personal delivery or registered or certified mail
may be served by publication in the manner provided for service of process in
G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4(j1) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil
Procedure. All notices and orders subsequent to the complaint may be
served in accordance with G.S. 1A-1, Rule 5(b) of the North Carolina Rules of
Civil Procedure."
Section 2. This act applies to the City of Greensboro only.
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of May, 1997.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives