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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-59 (2026)

Limitation of action to set aside order

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Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside a bond order, or to obtain any other relief, upon the ground that the order is invalid, must be begun within 30 days after the date of publication of the bond order as adopted. After the expiration of this period of limitation, no right of action or defense based upon the invalidity of the order shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the order be open to question in any court upon any ground whatever, except in an action or proceeding begun within the period of limitation prescribed  in this section. (1917, c. 138, s. 20; 1919, c. 49, s. 1; c. 178, s. 3(20); C.S., s. 2945; 1921, c. 8, s. 1; Ex. Sess. 1921, c. 106, s. 1; 1927, c. 81, s. 20; 1971, c. 780, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1983 · leading case: Citizens Ass'n for Reasonable Growth of Washington v. City of Washington, 262 S.E.2d 343 (N.C. Ct. App. 1980).
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Citizens Ass'n for Reasonable Growth of Washington v. City of Washington, 262 S.E.2d 343 (N.C. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “G.S. 159-59 provides: Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside a bond order, or to obtain any other relief, upon the ground that the order is invalid, must be begun within 30 days after the date of publication of the bond order as adopted.”
Wright v. Cnty. of Macon, 308 S.E.2d 97 (N.C. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 8× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-59 (1982). In Sessions v.”
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