Where the procedure for conducting an action under this Chapter is not expressly provided for in this Chapter or by the statutes governing civil procedure, or where the civil procedure statutes are inapplicable, the judge before whom such proceeding may be pending shall have the power to make all the necessary orders and rules of procedure necessary to carry into effect the object and intent of this Chapter. The practice in each case shall conform as near as may be to the practice in other civil actions.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 40A-12
Additional rules
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 129 N.C. App. 183 - City of Durham v. Woo (1998)
Most recently applied in 129 N.C. App. 183 - City of Durham v. Woo (April 1998)
1981, c. 919, s. 1.
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