NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 86

SENATE BILL 64

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SMALL CLAIMS COURT HEARINGS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN MECHANIC AND STORAGE LIENS ON MOTOR VEHICLES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 19 of Chapter 7A is hereby amended by adding a new section to be designated G.S. 7A-211.1 and to read as follows:

"§ 7A-211.1.  Small claims action permitted; motor vehicle mechanic and storage liens enforcement. — Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 7A-210(2) and G.S. 7A-211, the chief district judge may in his discretion, by specific order or general rule, assign to any magistrate of his district actions to enforce motor vehicle mechanic and storage liens arising under G.S. 44A‑2(d) when the claim arose in the county in which the magistrate resides. The defendant may be subjected to the jurisdiction of the court over his person by the methods provided in G.S. 7A-217 or G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4(J), Rules of Civil Procedure."

Sec. 2.  This act shall not affect pending litigation.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of March, 1977.