NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 788

HOUSE BILL 1308

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 105, SECTION 374, OF THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Subsection (k) of the North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 105, Section 374, is amended by deleting the last paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"In all cases in which no answer is filed within the time allowed by law, and in cases in which answers filed do not seek to prevent sale of said property, the clerk of the superior court may render the judgment, subject to appeal in the same manner as appeals are taken from other judgments of the clerk".

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification, and shall apply to pending litigation as of the effective date of ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1973.