Any officer competent to take the acknowledgment of deeds, and any judge or clerk of the General Court of Justice, notary public, in or out of the State, or magistrate, is competent to take affidavits for the verification of pleadings, in any court or county in the State, and for general purposes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-148
Verification before what officer
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 207 N.C. App. 359 - STATE EX REL. CARTERET COUNTY v. Davis (2010)
Most recently applied in Fansler v. Honeycutt (June 2012)
C.C.P., s. 117; 1868-9, c. 159, s. 7; Code, s. 258; 1891, c. 140; Rev., s. 492; C.S., s. 532; 1971, c. 268, s. 5.
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