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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-237 (2026)

Judgments of federal courts docketed; lien on property; recordation; conformity with federal law

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Judgments and decrees rendered in the district courts of the United States within this State may be docketed on the judgment dockets of the superior courts in the several counties of this State for the purpose of creating liens upon property in the county where docketed; and when a judgment or decree is registered, recorded, docketed and indexed in a county in like manner as is required of judgments and decrees of the courts of this State, it shall become a lien and shall have all the rights, force and effect of a judgment or  decree of the superior court of said county. When a judgment roll of a district court is filed with the clerk of the superior court, the clerk shall docket it as judgments of the superior court are required to be docketed. It is the intent and purpose of this section to conform the State law to the requirements of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to Regulate the Liens on Judgments and Decrees of the Courts of the United States" being the act of August first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, Chapter seven hundred and twenty-nine. (1889, c. 439; Rev., s. 576; C.S., s. 616; 1943, c. 543.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1955–2021 · leading case: S & D Land Clearing Ex Rel. Mitchell v. D'Elegance Mgmt. Ltd., 34 F. App'x 885 (4th Cir. 2002).
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S & D Land Clearing Ex Rel. Mitchell v. D'Elegance Mgmt. Ltd., 34 F. App'x 885 (4th Cir. 2002). “The basis for this argument is N.C. Gen.Stat. § 1-237, which accords to properly docketed federal judgments the force and effect of a lien under state law.”
Kinsinger v. Smartcore, LLC (W.D.N.C. 2021). · cites it 4× “§ 1-237 is the relevant statute addressing the issue of judgments obtained in federal courts.”
In Re Se. Eye Ctr. (Ebw Judgment), 2017 NCBC 41 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “§ 1C-1703 (emphasis added); see also N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-237 . The Receiver has not argued, nor is the Court prepared to conclude, that the UEFJA is preempted or otherwise without application here.”
Denver Global Prods., Inc. v. Leon (W.D.N.C. 2019). “§ 1-237, which created a judicial lien on Leon’s personal residence in Lincoln County.”
United States v. Norman Lumber Co., 127 F. Supp. 518 (M.D.N.C. 1955). “§ 1-237, must be docketed in the county like a judgment of the Superior Court in order to become a lien on the property located in the county, which is true, but a careful consideration of the Conformity Act in relation to docketing judgments of Federal Courts and of the…”
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