North Carolina § 1-217 - 1. Judgments based on summons erroneously designated alias or pluries validated.
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§ 1-217. 1. Judgments based on summons erroneously designated alias or pluries validated.
In all civil actions and special proceedings where the defendants were served with summons and judgment thereafter entered, or any final decree made, and said judgments or decrees shall not be invalidated by reason of the fact that the summons, although designated an alias or pluries summons, was not actually such: Provided, that this section shall not apply where the first summons was issued more than five years preceding March 6, 1943. History (1943, c. 532.)
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1-217 ("1. Judgments based on summons erroneously designated alias or pluries validated.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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