NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 10
SENATE BILL 74

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 42-30 TO CONFORM TO G.S. 7A-218 WHICH PROHIBITS DEFAULT JUDGMENTS IN SMALL CLAIMS CASES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 42-30 is amended by deleting "defendant fails to appear, or" and inserting in lieu thereof "plaintiff proves his case by a preponderance of the evidence, or the defendant".
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of February, 1973.