North Carolina § 84-1 - Oaths taken in open court.

§ 84-1. Oaths taken in open court.

Attorneys before they shall be admitted to practice law shall, in open court before a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice, personally appear and take the oath prescribed for attorneys by G.S. 11-11 , and also the oaths of allegiance to the State, and to support the Constitution of the United States, prescribed for all public officers by Article VI, Sec. 7 of the North Carolina Constitution and G.S. 11-7 , and the same shall be entered on the records of the court; and, upon such qualification had, and oath taken may act as attorneys during their good behavior. History (1777, c. 115, s. 8; R.C., c. 9, s. 3; Code, s. 19; Rev., s. 209; C.S., s. 197; 1969, c. 44, s. 58; 1973, c. 108, s. 35; 1995, c. 431, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2020-3, s. 4.16(a), provides: "Notwithstanding G.S. 84-1, in response to the coronavirus emergency, a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice may administer the required oath prescribed for attorneys by G.S. 11-11 to an attorney remotely using a form of live video conferencing technology, provided the individual taking the oath is personally known to the justice or judge or provides satisfactory evidence of identity to the justice or judge." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 4.16(b), provides for the expiration of this provision on December 1, 2020. Session Laws 2020-3, s. 5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2021-3, s. 2.23(a), (b), provides: "(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 84-1, in response to the coronavirus emergency, a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice may administer the required oath prescribed for attorneys by G.S. 11-11 to an attorney remotely using a form of live video conferencing technology, provided the individual taking the oath is personally known to the justice or judge or provides satisfactory evidence of identity to the justice or judge. "(b) This section is effective when it becomes law and expires December 1, 2021." Legal Periodicals. - For article, "The Learned Profession Exemption of the North Carolina Deceptive Trade Practices Act: The Wrong Bright Line?," see 15 Campbell L. Rev. 223 (1993). For article, "Reginald Heber Smith and Justice and the Poor in the 21st Century," see 40 Campbell L. Rev. 73 (2018).