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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-1 (2026)

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This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Judicial Department Act of 1965." (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)

 

§ 7A-2.  Purpose of Chapter.

This Chapter is intended to implement Article IV of the Constitution of North Carolina and promote the just and prompt disposition of litigation by:

(1) Providing a new chapter in the General Statutes into which, at a time not later than January 1, 1971, when the General Court of Justice is fully operational in all counties of the State, all statutes concerning the organization, jurisdiction and administration of each division of the General Court of Justice may be placed;

(2) Amending certain laws with respect to the superior court division to conform them to the laws set forth in this Chapter, to the end that each trial division may be a harmonious part of the General Court of Justice;

(3) Creating the district court division of the General Court of Justice, and the Administrative Office of the Courts;

(4) Establishing in accordance with a fixed schedule the various  district courts of the district court division;

(5) Providing for the organization, jurisdiction and procedures necessary for the operation of the district court division;

(6) Providing for the financial support of the judicial department, and for uniform costs and fees in the trial divisions of the General Court of Justice;

(7) Providing for an orderly transition from the present system of courts to a uniform system completely operational in all counties of the State not later than January 1, 1971;

(8) Repealing certain laws inconsistent with the foregoing purposes; and

(9) Effectuating other purposes incidental and supplemental to the foregoing enumerated purposes. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1969–2007 · leading case: Cail v. Cerwin, 648 S.E.2d 510 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007).
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Cail v. Cerwin, 648 S.E.2d 510 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “” There is no provision in section 7A-1 et seq. that would support such an award; section 45-36.”
Kinney v. Goley, 167 S.E.2d 97 (N.C. Ct. App. 1969). “This contention, however, has been rendered moot by the effectuation of the Judicial Department Act of 1965, G.S. 7A-1, et seq., in the Eighteenth District.”
Lowder v. All Star Mills, Inc., 314 N.C. 541 (1985). “Petition by intervening defendants for discretionary review under G.S. 7A-1 denied 19 September 1985.”
Burns, Day & Presnell v. Lowder, 409 S.E.2d 589 (N.C. 1991). “Lowder and Lois Lowder Hudson) for discretionary review pursuant to G.S. 7A-1 denied 2 October 1991.”
Lowder v. Lowder, 409 S.E.2d 596 (N.C. 1991). “Hudson) for discretionary review pursuant to G.S. 7A-1 denied 2 October 1991.”
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