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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-131 (2026)
Establishment of district courts
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District courts are established, within districts, in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) On the first Monday in December, 1966, the first, the twelfth, the fourteenth, the sixteenth, the twenty-fifth, and the thirtieth districts;
(2) On the first Monday in December, 1968, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth, the eleventh, the thirteenth, the fifteenth, the eighteenth, the twentieth, the twenty-first, the twenty-fourth, the twenty-sixth, the twenty-seventh, and the twenty-ninth districts;
(3) On the first Monday in December, 1970, the seventeenth, the nineteenth, the twenty-second, the twenty-third, and the twenty-eighth districts. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases, 1967–1976 · leading case: Matter of Est. of Adamee, 230 S.E.2d 541 (N.C. 1976).
Matter of Est. of Adamee, 230 S.E.2d 541 (N.C. 1976). “See G.S. 7A-131 and G.S. 7A-252 (1969). However, on 7 December 1970, N.”
Bryant v. Kelly, 181 S.E.2d 438 (N.C. 1971). “G.S. 7A-131(2). The Resident Judge of the Third Judicial District, on his own motion, transferred the cause to the district court for trial by order dated 2 December 1968.”
State v. Wall, 157 S.E.2d 363 (N.C. 1967). “G.S. 7A-131(a). Under G.S. 7A-270 and G.S.”
In Re Holt, 160 S.E.2d 90 (N.C. Ct. App. 1968). “G.S. 7A-131(2). Appellant’s first assignment of error is overruled.”
Kinney v. Goley, 167 S.E.2d 97 (N.C. Ct. App. 1969). “G.S. 7A-131. Upon remand of all three of the cases involved in this appeal for new trial, the trial would properly be held in the superior court division, since the amount in controversy in each case exceeds $5,000.”
Cline v. Cline, 170 S.E.2d 645 (N.C. Ct. App. 1969). “G.S. 7A-131. Therefore, the District Court had exclusive original jurisdiction to entertain a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.”
Peoples v. Peoples, 174 S.E.2d 2 (N.C. Ct. App. 1970). “It would be anomalous to assume that when the Legislature changed the statutory framework to make the district court division the proper agency in which to bring actions for alimony or actions to enforce alimony judgments, it meant to leave supervision of prior alimony judgments…”
State v. Elledge, 186 S.E.2d 192 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). “G.S. 7A-131(3). He waived preliminary hearing before the Mayor’s Court and agreed to be bound over to the next regular session of Superior Court to be held in Wilkes County.”
State v. Stilley, 167 S.E.2d 529 (N.C. Ct. App. 1969). “” Said court was superseded by the implementation of the District Court in Forsyth County on the first Monday in December 1968 pursuant to G.S. 7A-131. In State v. Goff, 205 N.C. 545 , 172 S.”
Kelly v. Davenport, 173 S.E.2d 600 (N.C. Ct. App. 1970). “7A-41; G.S. 7A-131. Under date of 2 December 1968, which was the first Monday in December 1968, Judge Fred H.”
Hopper v. Morgan, 182 S.E.2d 228 (N.C. Ct. App. 1971). “G.S. 7A-131(2). All causes *615 pending in the superior court at the time of the establishment of the district court remained pending in the superior court unless and until transferred to the district court by proper order.”
Blackwell v. Montague, 190 S.E.2d 384 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). “” Each of the cases involved is a criminal case which was pending on 7 December 1970 (the date the district court was established in Rocking-ham County, G.S. 7A-131(3)), and which was disposed of and costs assessed after 7 December 1970.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-131(2) — 3 cases
Bryant v. Kelly, 181 S.E.2d 438 (N.C. 1971). “G.S. 7A-131(2). The Resident Judge of the Third Judicial District, on his own motion, transferred the cause to the district court for trial by order dated 2 December 1968.”
In Re Holt, 160 S.E.2d 90 (N.C. Ct. App. 1968). “G.S. 7A-131(2). Appellant’s first assignment of error is overruled.”
Hopper v. Morgan, 182 S.E.2d 228 (N.C. Ct. App. 1971). “G.S. 7A-131(2). All causes *615 pending in the superior court at the time of the establishment of the district court remained pending in the superior court unless and until transferred to the district court by proper order.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-131(3) — 2 cases
State v. Elledge, 186 S.E.2d 192 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). “G.S. 7A-131(3). He waived preliminary hearing before the Mayor’s Court and agreed to be bound over to the next regular session of Superior Court to be held in Wilkes County.”
Blackwell v. Montague, 190 S.E.2d 384 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). “” Each of the cases involved is a criminal case which was pending on 7 December 1970 (the date the district court was established in Rocking-ham County, G.S. 7A-131(3)), and which was disposed of and costs assessed after 7 December 1970.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-131(a) — 1 case
State v. Wall, 157 S.E.2d 363 (N.C. 1967). “G.S. 7A-131(a). Under G.S. 7A-270 and G.S.”
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