NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 90

SENATE BILL 44

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 7A-217(1) CONCERNING PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS IN A SMALL CLAIM ACTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-217(1) is rewritten to read as follows: "By delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to him or by leaving copies thereof at the defendant's dwelling house or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein. When the defendant is under any legal disability, he may be subject to personal jurisdiction only by personal service of process in the manner provided by law."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are repealed.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of March, 1973.