GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 102

HOUSE BILL 109

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW AN OFFICER CHARGED WITH SERVING A SUMMARY EJECTMENT SUMMONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO TELEPHONE THE DEFENDANT BEFORE ATTEMPTING PERSONAL DELIVERY OF THE SUMMONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 42-29 is amended as follows:

(1)       by deleting the word "shall" in the second sentence of that section and substituting the word "may"; and

(2)       by deleting the phrase "If a telephone call is not possible or" in the third sentence of that section and substituting the phrase "If the officer does not attempt to telephone the defendant or the attempt".

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1985.