GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1993 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 578

HOUSE BILL 1727

 

AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE OF COMPLAINTS AND ORDERS IN HOUSING CODE CASES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Complaints or orders 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, 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 unclaimed or refused, 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.

Sec. 2.  This act applies to the City of Greensboro only.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 1994.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives