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NC Gen Stat § 1-209 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-209 - Judgments authorized to be entered by clerk; sale of property; continuance pending sale; writs of assistance and possession.

 1-209. Judgments authorized to be entered by clerk; sale of property; continuance pending sale; writs of assistance and possession.The clerks of the superior courts are authorized to enter the following judgments:(1) All judgments of voluntary nonsuit.(2) All consent judgments.(3) In all actions upon notes, bills, bonds, stated accounts, balances struck, and other evidences of indebtedness within the jurisdiction of the superior court.(4) All judgments by default final and default and inquiry as are authorized by Rule 55 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, and in this section provided.(5) In all cases where the clerks of the superior court enter judgment by default final upon any debt secured by mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sale contract or other conveyance of any kind, either real or personal property, or by a pledge of property, the said clerks of the superior court are authorized and empowered to order a foreclosure of such mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sale contract, or other conveyance, and order a sale of the property so conveyed or pledged upon such terms as appear to be just; and the said clerks of the superior court shall have all the power and authority now exercised by the judges of the superior court to appoint commissioners to make such sales, to receive the reports thereof, and to confirm the report of sale or to order a resale, and to that end they are authorized to continue such causes from time to time as may be required to complete the sale, and in the final judgment in said causes they shall order the execution and delivery of all necessary deeds and make all necessary orders disbursing the funds arising from the sale, and may issue writs of assistance and possession upon ten days' notice to parties in possession. The commissioners appointed to make foreclosure sales, as herein authorized, may proceed to advertise such sales immediately after the date of entering judgment and order of foreclosure, unless otherwise provided in said judgment and order.(6) All judgments on awards, or on Certificates of Accrued Arrearages, of the Industrial Commission in workers' compensation cases, as defined and provided for in G.S. 97-87.In any tax foreclosure action pending on March 15, 1939 or thereafter brought under the provisions of G.S. 105-414 in which there is filed no answer which seeks to prevent entry of judgment of sale, the clerk of the superior court may render judgment of sale and make all necessary subsequent orders and judgments to the same extent as permitted by this section in actions brought to foreclose a mortgage. All such judgments and orders heretofore rendered or made by a clerk of the superior court in such tax foreclosure actions are hereby, as to the authority of the said clerk, ratified and confirmed. (1919, c. 156; C.S., s. 593; Ex. Sess., 1921, c. 92, s. 12; 1929, cc. 35, 49; 1939, c. 107; 1943, c. 301, s. 1; 1967, c. 954, s. 3; 2001-477, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-209.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-209.1 - Petitioner who abandons condemnation proceeding taxed with fee for respondent's attorney.

 1-209.1. Petitioner who abandons condemnation proceeding taxed with fee for respondent's attorney.In all condemnation proceedings authorized by G.S. 40A-3 or by any other statute, the clerks of the superior courts are authorized to fix and tax the petitioner with a reasonable fee for respondent's attorney in cases in which the petitioner takes or submits to a voluntary nonsuit or otherwise abandons the proceeding. (1957, c. 400, s. 1; 2001-487, s. 38(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 1-209.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-209.2 - Voluntary nonsuit by petitioner in condemnation proceeding.

 1-209.2. Voluntary nonsuit by petitioner in condemnation proceeding.The petitioner in all condemnation proceedings authorized by G.S. 40A-3 or by any other statute is authorized and allowed to take a voluntary nonsuit. (1957, c. 400, s. 2; 2001-487, s. 38(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 1-210 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-210 - Return of execution; order for disbursement of proceeds.

 1-210. Return of execution; order for disbursement of proceeds.In all executions issued by the clerk of the superior court upon judgment before the clerk of the superior court, under G.S. 1-209, and execution issued thereon, the sheriff shall make his return to the clerk of the superior court, who shall make the final order directing the sheriff to disburse the proceeds received by him under said execution: Provided, that any interested party may appeal to the superior court, where the matter shall be heard de novo. (1925, c. 222, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-215.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-215.1 - Judgments or orders not rendered on Mondays validated.

 1-215.1. Judgments or orders not rendered on Mondays validated.In any case where, prior to the ratification of this section, any judgment or order, required to be rendered or signed on Monday, has been rendered or signed by any clerk of the superior court on any day other than Monday, such judgment or order is hereby declared to be valid and of the same force and effect as if the day on which it was signed or rendered had been a Monday; and any conveyance executed by any commissioner or other person authorized to make a conveyance in any action or special proceeding where the appointment of the commissioner or other person, the order of sale, the order of resale, or the confirmation of sale was made on a day other than Monday, is hereby declared to be valid and to have the same force and effect as if the day on which such judgment or order was rendered had been a Monday. (1943, c. 301, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-215.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-215.2 - Time within which judgments or orders signed on days other than Mondays may be attacked.

 1-215.2. Time within which judgments or orders signed on days other than Mondays may be attacked.From and after the 30th day of September, 1951, no action shall be brought or no motion in the cause shall be made to attack any judgment or order of any clerk of the superior court by reason of such judgment or order having been signed by such clerk of the superior court on any day other than Monday. (1951, c. 895, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-215.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-215.3 - Validation of conveyances pursuant to orders made on days other than Mondays.

 1-215.3. Validation of conveyances pursuant to orders made on days other than Mondays.From and after the 30th day of September, 1951, any conveyance executed by any commissioner or other person authorized to make a conveyance in any action or special proceeding where the appointment of the commissioner or other person, the order of sale, the order of resale, or the order or confirmation of sale was made on a day other than Monday is hereby declared to be valid and to have the same force and effect as if the day on which such judgment or order was rendered had been a Monday. (1951, c. 895, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-217 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-217 - Certain default judgments validated.

 1-217. Certain default judgments validated.In every case where, prior to the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, a judgment by default final has been entered by the clerk of the superior court of any county in this State on a day other than Monday, contrary to G.S. 1-215 and 1-216, such judgment shall be deemed to have been entered as of the first Monday immediately following the default and is hereby to all intents and purposes validated; provided, however, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights of any interested party, as provided in G.S. 1-220 other than for irregularity as to date of entry of the judgment by the clerk of the court. (1927, c. 187.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-217.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-217.1 - Judgments based on summons erroneously designated alias or pluries validated.

 1-217.1. Judgments based on summons erroneously designated alias or pluries validated.In all civil actions and special proceedings where the defendants were served with summons and judgment thereafter entered, or any final decree made, and said judgments or decrees shall not be invalidated by reason of the fact that the summons, although designated an alias or pluries summons, was not actually such: Provided, that this section shall not apply where the first summons was issued more than five years preceding March 6, 1943. (1943, c. 532.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-217.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-217.2 - Judgments by default to remove cloud from title to real estate validated.

 1-217.2. Judgments by default to remove cloud from title to real estate validated.In every case where prior to the tenth day of October, 1969, a judgment by default final has been entered by the clerk of superior court of any county in this State in an action to remove cloud from title to real estate, the said judgment is hereby to all intents and purposes validated, and said judgment is hereby declared to be regular, proper and a lawful judgment in all respects according to the provisions of same. (1961, c. 628; 1971, c. 59; 1973, c. 1348, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-223 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-223 - Against married persons.

 1-223. Against married persons.In an action brought by or against a married person, judgment may be given against such married person for costs or damages or both, to be levied and collected solely out of such married person's separate estate or property. (Rev., s. 563; C.S., s. 603; 1977, c. 545.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-228 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-228 - Regarded as a deed and registered.

 1-228. Regarded as a deed and registered.Every judgment, in which the transfer of title is so declared, shall be regarded as a deed of conveyance, executed in due form and by capable persons, notwithstanding the want of capacity in any person ordered to convey, and shall be registered in the proper county, under the rules and regulations prescribed for conveyances of similar property executed by the party. The party desiring registration of such judgment must produce to the register a copy thereof, certified by the clerk of the court in which it is enrolled, under the seal of the court, and the register shall record both the judgment and certificate. All laws which are passed for extending the time for registration of deeds include such judgments, provided the conveyance, if actually executed, would be so included. (1850, c. 107, ss. 2, 4; R.C., c. 32, ss. 25, 27; 1874-5, c. 17, ss. 2, 4; Code, ss. 427, 429; Rev., ss. 567, 568; C.S., s. 608.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-229 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-229 - Certified registered copy evidence.

 1-229. Certified registered copy evidence.In all legal proceedings, touching the right of parties derived under such judgment, a certified copy from the register's books is evidence of its existence and of the matters therein contained, as fully as if proved by a perfect transcript of the whole case. (1850, c. 107, s. 3; R.C., c. 32, s. 26; 1874-5, c. 17, s. 3; Code, s. 428; Rev., s. 569; C.S., s. 609.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-230 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-230 - In action for recovery of personal property.

 1-230. In action for recovery of personal property.In an action to recover the possession of personal property, judgment for the plaintiff may be for the possession, or for the recovery of possession, or for the value thereof in case a delivery cannot be had, and damages for the detention. If the property has been delivered to the plaintiff, and the defendant claims a return thereof, judgment for the defendant may be for a return of the property, or for the value thereof in case a return cannot be had, and damages for taking and withholding the same. (C.C.P., s. 251; Code, s. 431; Rev., s. 570; C.S., s. 610.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-231 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-231 - What judge approves judgments.

 1-231. What judge approves judgments.In all cases where a judgment, decree or order of the superior court is required to be approved by a judge, it shall be approved by the judge having jurisdiction of receivers and injunctions. (1876-7, c. 223, s. 3; 1879, c. 63; 1881, c. 51; Code, s. 432; Rev., s. 571; C.S., s. 611.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-232 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-232 - Judgment roll.

 1-232. Judgment roll.Unless the party or his attorney furnishes a judgment roll or the documents referred to in this section are already on file, the clerk, immediately after entering the judgment, shall attach together and file the following papers which constitute the judgment roll:(1) In case the complaint is not answered by any defendant, the summons and complaint, or copies thereof, proof of service, and that no answer has been received, the report, if any, and a copy of the judgment.(2) In all other cases, the summons, pleadings, or copies thereof, and a copy of the judgment, with any verdict or report, the offer of the defendant, exceptions, case, and all orders and papers in any way involving the merits and necessarily affecting the judgment. (C.C.P., s. 253; Code, s. 434; Rev., s. 572; C.S., s. 612; 2003-59, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-233 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-233 - Docketed and indexed.

 1-233. Docketed and indexed.Every judgment of the superior or district court, affecting title to real property, or requiring in whole or in part the payment of money, shall be indexed and recorded by the clerk of said superior court on the judgment docket of the court. The docket entry must contain the file number for the case in which the judgment was entered, the names of the parties, the address, if known, of each party and against whom judgment is rendered, the relief granted, the date, hour, and minute of the entry of judgment under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 58, and the date, hour, and minute of the indexing of the judgment. The clerk shall keep a cross-index of the whole, with the dates and file numbers thereof; however, error or omission in the entry of the address or addresses shall in no way affect the validity, finality or priority of the judgment docketed. (Sup. Ct. Rule VIII; C.C.P., s. 252; Code, s. 433; Rev., s. 573; 1909, c. 709; C.S., s. 613; 1929, c. 183; 1943, c. 301, s. 41/2; 1971, c. 268, s. 6; 1981, c. 745, s. 1; 2003-59, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-234 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-234 - Where and how docketed; lien.

 1-234. Where and how docketed; lien.Upon the entry of a judgment under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 58, affecting the title of real property, or directing in whole or in part the payment of money, the clerk of superior court shall index and record the judgment on the judgment docket of the court of the county where the judgment was entered. The judgment may be docketed on the judgment docket of the court of any other county upon the filing with the clerk thereof of a transcript of the original docket. The judgment lien is effective as against third parties from and after the indexing of the judgment as provided in G.S. 1-233. The judgment is a lien on the real property in the county where the same is docketed of every person against whom any such judgment is rendered, and which he has at the time of the docketing thereof in the county in which such real property is situated, or which he acquires at any time thereafter, for 10 years from the date of the entry of the judgment under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 58, in the county where the judgment was originally entered. But the time during which the party recovering or owning such judgment shall be, or shall have been, restrained from proceeding thereon by an order of injunction, or other order, or by the operation of any appeal, or by a statutory prohibition, does not constitute any part of the 10 years aforesaid, as against the defendant in such judgment, or the party obtaining such orders or making such appeal, or any other person who is not a purchaser, creditor or mortgagee in good faith.A judgment docketed pursuant to G.S. 15A-1340.38 shall constitute a lien against the property of a defendant as provided for under this section. (C.C.P., s. 254; Code, s. 435; Rev., s. 574; C.S., s. 614; 1971, c. 268, s. 7; 1998-212, s. 19.4(i); 2003-59, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-235 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-235 - Of appellate division docketed in superior court; lien.

 1-235. Of appellate division docketed in superior court; lien.It is the duty of the appropriate clerk of the appellate division, on application of the party obtaining judgment in one of the courts of that division, directing in whole or in part the payment of money, or affecting the title to real estate, or on the like application of the attorney of record of said party, to certify under his hand and the seal of said court a transcript of the judgment, setting forth the title of the court, the names of the parties thereto, the relief granted, that the judgment was so rendered by said court, the amount and date of the judgment, what part thereof bears interest and from what time; and said clerk shall send such certificate and transcript to the clerk of the superior court of such counties as he is directed; and the clerk of the superior court receiving the certificate and transcript shall docket them in like manner as judgment rolls of the superior court are docketed. And when so docketed, the lien of said judgment is the same in all respects, subject to the same restrictions and qualifications, and the time shall be reckoned as is provided and prescribed in the preceding sections for judgments of the superior court, so far as the same are applicable. The party desiring the certificate and transcript provided for in this section may obtain them at any time after such judgment has been rendered, unless the appellate court otherwise directs. (1881, c. 75, ss. 1, 4; Code, s. 436; Rev., s. 575; C.S., s. 615; 1969, c. 44, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-236.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-236.1 - Transcripts of judgments certified by deputy clerks validated.

 1-236.1. Transcripts of judgments certified by deputy clerks validated.Each transcript of judgment from the original docket of the superior or district court of a county where the same was rendered and docketed, heretofore certified under the official seal of said court, by a deputy clerk thereof, in his own name as such deputy clerk, and docketed on the judgment docket of another county in the State, is hereby validated and declared of full force and effect in such county where docketed, from the date of docketing of the same, to the same extent and with the same effect as if said transcript of judgment had been certified in the name of the clerk of the superior court of said original county, and under his hand and official seal. (1943, c. 11; 1971, c. 268, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-237 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-237 - Judgments of federal courts docketed; lien on property; recordation; conformity with federal law.

 1-237. Judgments of federal courts docketed; lien on property; recordation; conformity with federal law.Judgments and decrees rendered in the district courts of the United States within this State may be docketed on the judgment dockets of the superior courts in the several counties of this State for the purpose of creating liens upon property in the county where docketed; and when a judgment or decree is registered, recorded, docketed and indexed in a county in like manner as is required of judgments and decrees of the courts of this State, it shall become a lien and shall have all the rights, force and effect of a judgment or decree of the superior court of said county. When a judgment roll of a district court is filed with the clerk of the superior court, the clerk shall docket it as judgments of the superior court are required to be docketed. It is the intent and purpose of this section to conform the State law to the requirements of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to Regulate the Liens on Judgments and Decrees of the Courts of the United States" being the act of August first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, Chapter seven hundred and twenty-nine. (1889, c. 439; Rev., s. 576; C.S., s. 616; 1943, c. 543.)
NC Gen Stat § 1-239.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1 - Civil Procedure|Article 23 - Judgment.|§ 1-239.1 - Records of cancellation, assignment, etc., of judgments recorded by photographic process.

 1-239.1. Records of cancellation, assignment, etc., of judgments recorded by photographic process.In all cases where the governing authority of any county has caused the instruments or documents filed for record in the office of the clerk of the superior court of such county to be recorded by any system involving the use of microfilm or by the use of any microphotographic system or by any system of photographic recording, it shall be lawful for the clerk of the superior court to keep a record or docket book for the purpose of entering on same payment or payments, credit or satisfaction, assignments or releases in whole or in part of any judgment which has heretofore been recorded by any photographic process above mentioned. For this purpose, the form of such docket or record book shall be substantially as follows: "______________ Superior Court Cancellation, Assignment, Transfer or Release of Judgments, etc.I (We) ______________do hereby certify that that certain judgment docketed in Judgment Docket________, at page______, filed __________________ day of____, ____, Case No.______, wherein _____________ is (are) Plaintiff(s) and ____________ is (are) Defendant(s) has been fully satisfied, released and discharged together with all costs, and interest, _________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________      Signed in the presence of   ____________________________________     Assistant-Deputy Clerk of    the Superior Court of    __________County"     Any entries of payment, credits or satisfaction made on such record or docket book, in substantially the form above mentioned, shall be good and valid payments, credits or satisfactions in all respects as if the same had been duly entered on the original judgment docket before the recording of same by the photographic process or system above mentioned. The clerk of the superior court shall have the authority to forward certificates to the clerk of the superior court of each county to whom a transcript of said judgment has been sent to the same extent and for all the purposes provided in G.S. 1-239, and all payments, credits or satisfactions entered in said docket book or record shall be valid to the same extent as if the same had been entered in the regular judgment docket in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 1-239. (1951, c. 774; 1999-456, s. 59.)