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NC Gen Stat § 1C-1830 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 19 - The North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act.|§ 1C-1830 - Determining United States dollar value of assets to be seized or restrained.

 1C-1830. Determining United States dollar value of assets to be seized or restrained.(a) Computations under this section shall not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose of payment.(b) For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in United States dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, or other legal process, the amount of United States dollars at issue for assessing costs, or the amount of United States dollars involved for a surety bond or other court-required undertaking, shall be ascertained as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section.(c) A party seeking process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection (b) of this section shall compute in United States dollars the amount of the foreign-money claim from a bank-offered spot rate prevailing at or near the close of business on the banking day next preceding the filing of a request or application for the issuance of process or for the determination of costs, or an application for a bond or other court-required undertaking.(d) A party seeking the process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection (b) of this section shall file with each request or application an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used and how it was obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Affected court officials shall incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting as if the judgment were in the amount of United States dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate. (1995, c. 213, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1831 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 19 - The North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act.|§ 1C-1831 - Effect of currency revalorization.

 1C-1831. Effect of currency revalorization.(a) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss shall be treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country established for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money.(b) If substitution under subsection (a) of this section occurs after a judgment or award is entered on a foreign-money claim, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award by a like conversion of the former money. (1995, c. 213, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1832 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 19 - The North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act.|§ 1C-1832 - Supplementary general principles of law.

 1C-1832. Supplementary general principles of law.Unless displaced by particular provisions of this Article, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes shall supplement its provisions. (1995, c. 213, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1833 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 19 - The North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act.|§ 1C-1833 - Uniformity of application and construction.

 1C-1833. Uniformity of application and construction.This Article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this Article among states enacting it. (1995, c. 213, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1834 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 19 - The North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act.|§ 1C-1834 - Short title.

 1C-1834. Short title.This Article may be cited as the North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act. (1995, c. 213, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1850 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1850 - Short title.

 1C-1850. Short title.This Article may be cited as the North Carolina Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1851 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1851 - Definitions.

 1C-1851. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) Foreign country. - A government other than:a. The United States;b. A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; orc. Any other government with regard to which the decision in this State as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government's courts is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.(2) Foreign-country judgment. - A judgment of a court of a foreign country.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1852 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1852 - Applicability; saving clause.

 1C-1852. Applicability; saving clause.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, this Article applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:(1) Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and(2) Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.(b) This Article does not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is:(1) A judgment for taxes;(2) A fine or other penalty; or(3) A judgment for alimony, support, or maintenance in matrimonial or family matters.(c) A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that this Article applies to the foreign-country judgment.(d) This Article does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment to which this Article does not apply.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1854 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1854 - Personal jurisdiction.

 1C-1854. Personal jurisdiction.(a) A foreign-country judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if any of the following exist:(1) The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country.(2) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant.(3) The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved.(4) The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country.(5) The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action or claim for relief arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country.(6) The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action or claim for relief arising out of that operation.(7) There was any other basis for personal jurisdiction that would be consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.(b) The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection (a) of this section is not exclusive. The courts of this State may recognize reasonable bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in subsection (a) of this section as sufficient to support a foreign-country judgment.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1855 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1855 - Procedure for recognition and nonrecognition of foreign-country judgment.

 1C-1855. Procedure for recognition and nonrecognition of foreign-country judgment.(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment.(b) If recognition or nonrecognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in some other action, the issue of recognition may be raised by complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1856 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1856 - Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.

 1C-1856. Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.(a) If the court in a proceeding under G.S. 1C-1855 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this Article then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is:(1) Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in this State would be conclusive; and(2) Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in this State.(b) Article 17 of this Chapter does not apply to the enforcement of foreign-country judgments recognized under this Article.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1857 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1857 - Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.

 1C-1857. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires without an appeal being taken, or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1858 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1858 - Statute of limitations.

 1C-1858. Statute of limitations.An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 10 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1859 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1859 - Uniformity of interpretation.

 1C-1859. Uniformity of interpretation.In applying and construing this Article, consideration may be given to promoting uniformity of interpretation with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.  (2009-325, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1C-1860 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments|Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.|§ 1C-1860 - Severability.

 1C-1860. Severability.The provisions of this Article are severable. If any part or application of this Article is invalid, then other parts or applications remain valid.  (2015-107, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 1E-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1E - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians|Article 1 - Full Faith and Credit.|§ 1E-1 - Full faith and credit.

 1E-1. Full faith and credit.(a) The courts of this State shall give full faith and credit to a judgment, decree, or order signed by a judicial officer of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and filed in the Cherokee Tribal Courts to the same extent as is given a judgment, decree, or order of another state, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section; provided that the judgments, decrees, and orders of the courts of this State are given full faith and credit by the Tribal Courts of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.(b) Judgments, decrees, and orders specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be given full faith and credit subject to the provisions of G.S. 1C-1705 and G.S. 1C-1708 and shall be considered a foreign judgment for purposes of these statutes.(c) Any limited driving privilege signed and issued by a Judge or Justice of the Cherokee Tribal Courts in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes and filed in the Cherokee Tribal Courts Clerk's Office shall be valid and given full faith and credit as specified in subsection (a) of this section. For purposes of this subsection, any reference to the issuing "judge" or "court" in the applicable provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes shall be construed to mean the appropriate Judge or Justice in the Cherokee Tribal Courts or the appropriate Cherokee Tribal Court.  (2001-456, s. 1; 2015-287, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1E-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1E - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians|Article 1 - Full Faith and Credit.|§ 1E-2 - County services.

 1E-2. County services.A county is not compelled to provide services on lands held in trust by the United States for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, except for public health or human services traditionally provided by county agencies and not otherwise assumed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, unless there is an agreement between the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the county describing each party's responsibilities. The agreement must be approved and signed by the Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on behalf of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and must be signed by the county manager or delegated department head. The agreement may be effective for a definite period of time or an indefinite period of time, as specified in the agreement.  (2015-262, s. 1(b); 2016-123, s. 2.4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 1E-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1E - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians|Article 2 - Tribal Law Enforcement Authority.|§ 1E-10 - Tribal law enforcement.

 1E-10. Tribal law enforcement.(a) Except for the sections listed in subsection (b) of this section, Article 13 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is applicable to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.(b) The following provisions of Article 13 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall not apply to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians:(1) G.S. 160A-283.(2) G.S. 160A-286.(3) G.S. 160A-287.(4) G.S. 160A-289.1.  (2015-287, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1E-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1E - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians|Article 2 - Tribal Law Enforcement Authority.|§ 1E-11 - Application and meaning of terms.

 1E-11. Application and meaning of terms.For purposes of the application of the applicable provisions of Article 13 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, the following terms contained in Article 13 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall be construed as follows:(1) City. - To mean the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.(2) Council or governing body. - To mean the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.(3) City clerk. - To mean the clerk of the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians.(4) Corporate limits of the city. - To mean the boundaries of the trust lands of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians wherever located within the State of North Carolina.(5) Law enforcement agency or local law enforcement agency. - To include the Cherokee Police Department, the Cherokee Marshals Service, the Tribal Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, and the Natural Resources Enforcement Agency of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.  (2015-287, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 1E-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 1E - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians|Article 3 - Probation and Parole.|§ 1E-20 - Cherokee Marshals Service.

 1E-20. Cherokee Marshals Service.(a) The Supreme Court of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is authorized to establish a probation and parole agency known as the "Cherokee Marshals Service."(b) Marshals of the Cherokee Marshals Service shall (i) be required to meet the standards set forth in G.S. 1E-12 for law enforcement officers and (ii) have the same territorial jurisdiction, powers, and immunities as a law enforcement officer under G.S. 1E-12.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, marshals of the Cherokee Marshals Service shall have access to all probation and parole records of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety to the same extent as a probation or post-release supervision officer of the Department for any person over which the Cherokee Tribal Courts have jurisdiction to proceed in a criminal case and impose a sentence, including a fine, community service, or imprisonment. The Department may enter into a memorandum of understanding addressing the specifics of transferring information to the Cherokee Tribal Courts.  (2015-287, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 5A-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 5A - Contempt|Article 1 - Criminal Contempt.|§ 5A-12 - Punishment; circumstances for fine or imprisonment; reduction of punishment; other measures.

 5A-12. Punishment; circumstances for fine or imprisonment; reduction of punishment; other measures.(a) A person who commits criminal contempt, whether direct or indirect, is subject to censure, imprisonment up to 30 days, fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or any combination of the three, except that:(1) A person who commits a contempt described in G.S. 5A-11(8) is subject to censure, imprisonment not to exceed 6 months, fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or any combination of the three;(2) A person who has not been arrested who fails to comply with a nontestimonial identification order, issued pursuant to Article 14 of Chapter 15A of the General Statutes is subject to censure, imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or any combination of the three; and(3) A person who commits criminal contempt by failing to comply with an order to pay child support is subject to censure, imprisonment up to 30 days, fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or any combination of the three. However, a sentence of imprisonment up to 120 days may be imposed for a single act of criminal contempt resulting from the failure to pay child support, provided the sentence is suspended upon conditions reasonably related to the contemnor's payment of child support.(b) Except for contempt under G.S. 5A-11(5) or 5A-11(9), fine or imprisonment may not be imposed for criminal contempt, whether direct or indirect, unless:(1) The act or omission was willfully contemptuous; or(2) The act or omission was preceded by a clear warning by the court that the conduct is improper.(c) The judicial official who finds a person in contempt may at any time withdraw a censure, terminate or reduce a sentence of imprisonment, or remit or reduce a fine imposed as punishment for contempt if warranted by the conduct of the contemnor and the ends of justice.(d) A person held in criminal contempt under this Article shall not, for the same conduct, be found in civil contempt under Article 2 of this Chapter, Civil Contempt.(e) A person held in criminal contempt under G.S. 5A-11(9) may nevertheless, for the same conduct, be found guilty of a violation of G.S. 14-225.1, but he must be given credit for any imprisonment resulting from the contempt.  (1977, c. 711, s. 3; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 843, s. 1; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1040, ss. 2, 4; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1039, s. 4; 1991, c. 686, s. 3; 1999-361, s. 3; 2009-335, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 5A-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 5A - Contempt|Article 1 - Criminal Contempt.|§ 5A-13 - Direct and indirect criminal contempt; proceedings required.

 5A-13. Direct and indirect criminal contempt; proceedings required.(a) Criminal contempt is direct criminal contempt when the act:(1) Is committed within the sight or hearing of a presiding judicial official; and(2) Is committed in, or in immediate proximity to, the room where proceedings are being held before the court; and(3) Is likely to interrupt or interfere with matters then before the court.The presiding judicial official may punish summarily for direct criminal contempt according to the requirements of G.S. 5A-14 or may defer adjudication and sentencing as provided in G.S. 5A-15. If proceedings for direct criminal contempt are deferred, the judicial official must, immediately following the conduct, inform the person of his intention to institute contempt proceedings.  (b) Any criminal contempt other than direct criminal contempt is indirect criminal contempt and is punishable only after proceedings in accordance with the procedure required by G.S. 5A-15. (1977, c. 711, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 5A-14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 5A - Contempt|Article 1 - Criminal Contempt.|§ 5A-14 - Summary proceedings for contempt.

 5A-14. Summary proceedings for contempt.(a) The presiding judicial official may summarily impose measures in response to direct criminal contempt when necessary to restore order or maintain the dignity and authority of the court and when the measures are imposed substantially contemporaneously with the contempt.(b) Before imposing measures under this section, the judicial official must give the person charged with contempt summary notice of the charges and a summary opportunity to respond and must find facts supporting the summary imposition of measures in response to contempt. The facts must be established beyond a reasonable doubt. (1977, c. 711, s. 3.)