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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-224 (2026)

Rendition and entry of judgment

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Judgment in a small claim action is rendered in writing and signed by the magistrate or is rendered electronically by the magistrate. The judgment so rendered is a judgment of the district court, and is recorded and indexed as are judgments of the district and superior court generally. Entry is made as soon as practicable after rendition.  (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1969, c. 1190, s. 21; 2024-47, s. 9(a); 2024-54, s. 2(a).)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: Chandak v. Elec. Interconnect Corp., 550 S.E.2d 25 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001).
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Chandak v. Elec. Interconnect Corp., 550 S.E.2d 25 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “G.S. § 7A-224 (1999); G.S. § 7A-228 (1999).”
Provident Fin. Co. v. Locklear, 366 S.E.2d 599 (N.C. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 8× “Plaintiff construes Section 7A-224 to mean that a magistrate can never “render” a small claims judgment until he reduces it to writing.”
Jones v. Ratley, 607 S.E.2d 38 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “2d 25, 29 (2001) (citing N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7A-224 (1999); N.C. Gen.”
Morehead v. Wall, 736 S.E.2d 798 (N.C. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “In this order, the District Court found that the notice of appeal to District Court was filed on 22 December 2010 and concluded that the appeal was not timely filed under N.”
Brown v. Patel (N.C. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “”); see N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-224 (2019) (“Judgment in a small claim action is rendered in writing and signed by the magistrate.”
Brown v. Patel (N.C. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “”); see N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-224 (2019) (“Judgment in a small claim action is rendered in writing and signed by the magistrate.”
Fred Smith Co. v. Smith, 2025 NCBC 70 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2025). “§ 7A-224. By its plain language, when the actions listed therein are erroneously filed in superior court and no other such action has been previously filed in district court, the superior court may, upon a parties’ motion, transfer that action to the proper division— the…”
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