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§ 1-1. Remedies.
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Courts of justice remedies are divided into actions and special proceedings.
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§ 1-10. Plaintiff and defendant.
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In civil actions, the complaining party is the plaintiff and the adverse party is the defendant.
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§ 1-105. 1. Service on residents who establish residence outside the State and on residents who depart from the State.
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This provision says G.S. 1-105 also applies to certain State residents who move out after an accident or collision.
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§ 1-105. Service upon nonresident drivers of motor vehicles and upon the personal representatives of deceased nonresident drivers of motor vehicles.
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This section lets process be served on certain nonresident drivers through the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and requires notice and filing steps after service.
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§ 1-108. Defense after judgment set aside.
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If a judgment is set aside after it has been collected or enforced, the court may order restitution.
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§ 1-109. Bond required of plaintiff for costs.
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After summons, a judge or clerk may require a plaintiff to post a $200 bond, deposit $200, or file an indigency order, and noncompliance within 30 days can lead to dismissal.
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§ 1-11. How party may appear.
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A party may appear in person or by attorney in actions or proceedings in which he is interested.
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§ 1-110. Suit as an indigent; counsel; suits filed pro se by prison inmates.
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Courts may let a person sue as indigent if an affidavit shows inability to pay costs, and the clerk must approve it for certain benefit or legal-aid cases. For prison inmates filing pro se, a judge must screen the case for frivolousness, and if indigency is allowed, the clerk must serve the dismissal order or issue pro
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§ 1-111. Defendant’s, for costs and damages in actions for land.
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In real property recovery or possession actions, the defendant must file an undertaking with surety before pleading.
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§ 1-112. Defense without bond.
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An undertaking under G.S. 1-111 is not needed if the stated attorney certification and defendant affidavit are filed, and it is also not required in summary ejectment actions under Articles 3 or 7 of Chapter 42.
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§ 1-113. Defendants jointly or severally liable.
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A plaintiff may continue a case against defendants who were served, and in some cases may later recover from omitted partners.
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§ 1-114. Summoned after judgment; defense.
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People who were not originally summoned in a joint debt case may be brought in after judgment, and a summoned party may respond with defenses.
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§ 1-115. (Repealed)
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This section was repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 954, s. 4.
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§ 1-116. 1. Service of notice.
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A plaintiff filing a notice of pendency must serve a copy on the other parties, and the service method depends on when the notice is filed.
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§ 1-116. Filing of notice of suit.
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A person seeking constructive notice of pending litigation must file a separate notice and, for effectiveness, file it with the clerk of the superior court in each county where the real estate is located.
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§ 1-117. Cross-index of lis pendens.
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The clerk of the superior court must cross-index each notice of pending litigation filed under this Article in the Record of Lis Pendens.
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§ 1-118. Effect on subsequent purchasers.
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Cross-indexing a lis pendens gives constructive notice to a purchaser or incumbrancer, and later conveyances or incumbrances are bound by proceedings taken after that cross-indexing.
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§ 1-119. Notice void unless action prosecuted.
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A notice of lis pendens is ineffective unless followed by specified notice/service steps within 60 days, and it can become inoperative if the complaint is not filed within the clerk-set time.
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§ 1-12. (Repealed)
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This section was repealed.
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§ 1-120. 1. Article applicable to suits in federal courts.
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This Article applies to suits affecting title to real property in federal courts.
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