NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 643
HOUSE BILL 903

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 1-75.10 TO PROVIDE A METHOD OF PROOF OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY REGISTERED MAIL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 1-75.10 is hereby amended by inserting on line 23 a new subdivision to read as follows:
"(3)	Service by Registered Mail. — In the case of service by registered mail, by affidavit of the serving party showing the circumstances warranting the use of service by registered mail and averring:
a.	That a copy of the summons and complaint was deposited in the post office for mailing by registered mail, return receipt requested,
b.	That it was in fact received as evidenced by the attached registry receipt or other evidence satisfactory to the court of delivery to the addressee, and
c.	That the genuine receipt or other evidence of delivery is attached."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 1-75.10 is hereby further amended by redesignating former subdivision (3) as subdivision (4).
Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective on October 1. 1973.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1973.