North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 1C Enforcement of Judgments

Article 0 - Reserved

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1 through 1C-1599. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 16 - Exempt Property.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1601. What property exempt; waiver; exceptions
(a) Exempt property. - Each individual, resident of this State, who is a debtor is entitled to retain free of the enforcement of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1602. Alternative exemptions
The debtor may elect to take the personal property and homestead exemptions provided in Article X of the Constitution of North Carolina instead of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1603. Procedure for setting aside exempt property
(a) Motion or Petition; Notice. - (1) A judgment debtor may have his exempt property designated by motion after judgment has been entered against...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1604. Effect of exemption
(a) Property allocated to the debtor as exempt is free of the enforcement of the claims of creditors for indebtedness incurred before or after...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1605 through 1C-1700. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 17 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1701. Short title
This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. (1989, c. 747.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1702. Definitions
As used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Foreign Judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1703. Filing and status of foreign judgments
(a) A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or the statutes of this State may be filed...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1704. Notice of filing; service
(a) Promptly upon the filing of a foreign judgment and affidavit, the judgment creditor shall serve the notice of filing provided for in subsection...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1705. Defenses; procedure; stay
(a) The judgment debtor may file a motion for relief from, or notice of defense to, the foreign judgment on the grounds that the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1706. Fees
The enforcement of a foreign judgment under this Article shall be subject to the costs and fees set forth in Article 28 of Chapter...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1707. Optional procedure
This Article may not be construed to impair a judgment creditor's right to bring a civil action in this State to enforce such creditor's...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1708. Judgments against public policy
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to foreign judgments based on claims which are contrary to the public policies of North Carolina....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1709 through 1C-1749. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 17A - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments for Noncompensatory Damages.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1750. Repealed by Session Laws 2003-19, s. 1, effective April 23, 2003
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1751 through 1C-1759. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1760. Repealed by Session Laws 2003-19, s. 1, effective April 23, 2003
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1761 through 1C-1799. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 18 - North Carolina Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1800. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1801. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1802. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1803. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1804. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1805. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1806. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1807. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1808. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-325, s. 1, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to all actions commenced on or after that date in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1809 through 1C-1819. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 19 - The North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1820. Definitions
As used in this Article: (1) "Action" means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1821. Scope of Article
(a) This Article applies only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding. (b) This Article applies to foreign-money issues even if...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1822. Variation by agreement
(a) The effect of this Article may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or distribution...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1823. Determining proper money of the claim
(a) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1824. Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims
(a) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1825. Asserting and defending foreign-money claims
(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant shall make the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1826. Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims, times of money conversion; form of judgments
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1827. Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceedings
The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated shall govern all exchanges...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1828. Prejudgment and judgment interest
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, recovery of prejudgment or pre-award interest and the rate of interest to be applied...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1829. Enforcement of foreign judgments
Subject to the provisions of Article 17 and 18 of this Chapter: (a) If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1830. Determining United States dollar value of assets to be seized or restrained
(a) Computations under this section shall not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1831. Effect of currency revalorization
(a) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1832. Supplementary general principles of law
Unless displaced by particular provisions of this Article, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1833. Uniformity of application and construction
This Article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1834. Short title
This Article may be cited as the North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act. (1995, c. 213, s. 1.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1835. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1836. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1837. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1838. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1839. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1840. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1841. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1842. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1843. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1844. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1845. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1846. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1847. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1848. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1849. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 20 - North Carolina Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1850. Short title
This Article may be cited as the North Carolina Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. (2009-325, s. 2.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1851. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Foreign country. - A government other than: a. The United States; b. A state, district, commonwealth,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1852. Applicability; saving clause
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, this Article applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1853. Standards for recognition and nonrecognition of foreign-country judgment
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a court of this State shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this Article applies. (b)...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1854. Personal jurisdiction
(a) A foreign-country judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if any of the following exist: (1) The defendant was...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1855. Procedure for recognition and nonrecognition of foreign-country judgment
(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1856. Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment
(a) If the court in a proceeding under G.S. 1C-1855 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this Article then, to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1857. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment
If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1858. Statute of limitations
An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1859. Uniformity of interpretation
In applying and construing this Article, consideration may be given to promoting uniformity of interpretation with respect to its subject matter among states that...

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