NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION
CHAPTER 625
HOUSE BILL 854
AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 136-107 TO GIVE JUDGES THE POWER TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING ANSWER FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 136-107 is hereby amended by striking the last sentence and substituting the following therefor:
"Provided, however, at any time prior to the entry of the final judgment the judge may, for good cause shown and after notice to the plaintiff, extend the time for filing answer for 30 days."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1975.