North Carolina § 22B-3 - Contracts with forum selection provisions.
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§ 22B-3. Contracts with forum selection provisions.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, any provision in a contract entered into in North Carolina that requires the prosecution of any action or the arbitration of any dispute that arises from the contract to be instituted or heard in another state is against public policy and is void and unenforceable. This prohibition shall not apply to non-consumer loan transactions or to any action or arbitration of a dispute that is commenced in another state pursuant to a forum selection provision with the consent of all parties to the contract at the time that the dispute arises. History (1993, c. 436, s. 2; 1995, c. 100, s. 1.) Cross References. - For provisions concerning limitations on the power of parties to consumer leases to choose applicable law and judicial forum, see G.S. 25-2A-106. Editor's Note. - The number of this section was assigned by the Revisor of Statutes, the number in Session Laws 1993, c. 436, s. 2 having been G.S. 22B-10. Legal Periodicals. - For note, "Civil Procedure - Forum Selection - N.C. Gen. Stat. G.S. 22B-3 (1994)," see 72 N.C.L. Rev. 1608 (1994). For note and comment, "FAA and Arbitration Clauses - How Far Can It Reach? The Effect of Allied-Bruce Terminix, Inc. v. Dobson," see 19 Campbell L. Rev. 607 (1997). For article, "Foreign Law Between Domestic Commercial Parties: A Party Autonomy Approach with Particular Emphasis on North Carolina Law," see 30 Campbell L. Rev. 437 (2008).
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