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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-593 (2026)
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The time within which an act is to be done, as provided by law, shall be computed in the manner prescribed by Rule 6(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure. (C.C.P., s. 348; Code, s. 596; Rev., s. 887; C.S., s. 922; 1957, c. 141; 1967, c. 954, s. 3.)
§ 1-594. Computation in publication.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, the time for publication of legal notices shall be computed in the manner prescribed by Rule 6 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. (C.C.P., s. 359; Code, s. 602; Rev., s. 888; C.S., s. 923; 1979, c. 579, s. 2.)
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1953–2026 · leading case: Winston v. Livingstone Coll., Inc., 707 S.E.2d 768 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011).
Winston v. Livingstone Coll., Inc., 707 S.E.2d 768 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011). “Where the three-year statute of limitations for a tort action expired on a Sunday, plaintiff was permitted to file his action on Monday, the next day that the courthouse was open, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-593 and Rule 6(a) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.”
Murdock v. Chatham Cnty., 679 S.E.2d 850 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). “The manner in which time is to be computed in North Carolina is set forth by statute. “The time within which an act is to be done, as provided by law, shall be computed in the manner prescribed by Rule 6(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure.”
Harris v. Latta, 259 S.E.2d 239 (N.C. 1979). “Downey, supra, the defendant offered the deposition of a witness taken on December 28, 1847, pursuant to a notice served on plaintiff on December 26, 1847. The statute pertaining to the taking of depositions required three days’ notice to be given.”
Hardbarger v. Deal, 127 S.E.2d 771 (N.C. 1962). “G.S. 1-593 has been applied in these cases: Where an appellant was required to serve case on appeal within thirty days from June 5th and July 5th was Sunday, this Court held that service on July 6th was sufficient compliance.”
City of Durham v. Keen, 253 S.E.2d 585 (N.C. Ct. App. 1979). “” See also G.S. § 1-593. Applying the foregoing rules to the facts in the present case, it is clear that the notice was posted for thirty days as required.”
Bowles v. Bowles, 75 S.E.2d 413 (N.C. 1953). “” The meaning of the word exclude has frequently been construed in connection with G.S. 1-593 “the time within which an act is to be done, as provided by law, shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day.”
Anderson v. Gooding, 265 S.E.2d 201 (N.C. 1980). “See G.S. 1-593 and Rule 6(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure.”
Kinlaw v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 152 S.E.2d 329 (N.C. 1967). “G.S. 1-593 provides: “The time within which an act is to be done, as provided by law, shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day.”
Walker v. S. Ry. Co., 237 F. Supp. 278 (W.D.N.C. 1965). “N.C.G.S. § 1-593 provides: “The tíme within which an act is to be done, as provided by law, shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day.”
Jackson v. Stanwood Corp., 248 S.E.2d 576 (N.C. Ct. App. 1978). “G.S. 1-593. At the conclusion of the thirty-day negotiation period, the sixty-day period during which the petitioner could file a petition for the appointment of appraisers began to run.”
Herbert v. Herbert, 689 S.E.2d 245 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). “See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-593 (2007); N.C. Gen.”
Bradley Home v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs. (N.C. 2026). “” N.C.G.S. § 1-593. Importantly, the General Assembly did not apply Rule 6(e) to these time computations as well.”
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