North Carolina § 7A-135 - Transfer of pending cases when present inferior courts replaced by district courts.

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§ 7A-135. Transfer of pending cases when present inferior courts replaced by district courts.

On the date that the district court is established in any county, cases pending in the inferior court or courts of that county shall be transferred to the appropriate division of the General Court of Justice, and all records of these courts shall be transferred to the office of clerk of superior court in that county pursuant to rule of Supreme Court. History (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)

Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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