Personal jurisdiction - Grounds for without service of summons
Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case 73 N.C. App. 594 - Glesner v. Dembrosky (1985)
Most recently applied in 234 N.C. App. 668 - Brewster v. Verbal (July 2014)
1967, c. 954, s. 2; 1975, c. 76, s. 1.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A court of this State having jurisdiction of the subject matter may, without serving a summons upon him, exercise jurisdiction in an action over a person:
(1) Who makes a general appearance in an action; provided, that obtaining an extension of time within which to answer or otherwise plead shall not be considered a general appearance; or
(2) With respect to any counterclaim asserted against that person in an action which he has commenced in the State.
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.