When the commencement of an action is stayed by injunction or statutory prohibition, the time of the continuance of the injunction or prohibition is not part of the time limited for the commencement of the action.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-23
Time of stay by injunction or prohibition
C.C.P., s. 46; Code, s. 167; Rev., s. 368; C.S., s. 413.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.