GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 468 
HOUSE BILL 1161 

AN ACT TO REVISE THE APPEAL BOND STATUTE TO ALLOW FOR THE AUTOMATIC POSTING OF AN APPEAL BOND. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 1-285 is rewritten as follows: 
"§ 1-285. Undertaking on appeal.–(a) To render an appeal effectual for any purpose in a civil cause or special proceeding, a written undertaking must be executed on the part of the appellant, with good and sufficient surety, in the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), or any lesser sum as might be adjudged by the court, to the effect that the appellant will pay all costs awarded against him on the appeal, and this undertaking must be filed with the clerk by whom the judgment or order was entered; or such sum must be deposited with the clerk by whom the judgment or order was entered, to abide the event of the appeal. 
(b)	The provisions of this section do not apply to the State of North Carolina or its agencies." 
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1985.