For the purpose of enabling all persons owning real estate within this State to have the title thereto settled and registered, as prescribed by the provisions of this Chapter, the superior court of the county in which the land lies in the State shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all petitions and proceedings had thereupon, under the rules of practice and procedure prescribed for special proceedings except as herein otherwise provided.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 43-1
Jurisdiction in superior court
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 177 N.C. App. 568 - Tillman v. Commercial Credit Loans, Inc. (2006)
Most recently applied in Adams Creek Associates v. Davis (June 2013)
1913, c. 90, s. 1; C.S., s. 2377.
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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.