NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 12

SENATE BILL 25

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 1-84 TO PROVIDE FOR REMOVAL OF A CIVIL CAUSE TO ANY ADJACENT COUNTY, IF THE SAME IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE A FAIR TRIAL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 1-84 as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1A of the General Statutes is hereby amended and rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 1-84.  Removal for fair trial. In all civil actions in the superior and district courts, when it is suggested on oath or affirmation on behalf of the plaintiff or defendant, that there are probable grounds to believe that a fair and impartial trial cannot be obtained in the county in which the action is pending, the judge may order a copy of the record of the action removed for trial to any adjacent county, if he is of the opinion that a fair trial cannot be had in said county, after hearing all the testimony offered on either side by oral evidence or affidavits."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of February, 1977.