NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 468

HOUSE BILL 360

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO SMALL CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT AND INQUIRY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 1-212 is hereby amended by inserting at the end of line 7 following the word "cases" the following: "except small claims under Article 43A of this Chapter".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 1-213 is amended by adding at the end of said Section the following: "; provided, no jury will be required in small claims under Article 43A of this Chapter."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 1-539.5 is amended by adding at the end of said Section the following: "; and provided further that when any of the parties to the action are entitled to a judgment by default and inquiry against an adverse party thereto under G.S. 1-212 or G.S. 1-213, no jury trial shall be required."

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1963.