North Carolina § 1-253 - Courts of record permitted to enter declaratory judgments of rights, status and other legal relations.

§ 1-253. Courts of record permitted to enter declaratory judgments of rights, status and other legal relations.

Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree. History (1931, c. 102, s. 1.) Cross References. - As to declaratory judgments, see also G.S. 1A-1 , Rule 57. Legal Periodicals. - For explanation and comments regarding this section, see 9 N.C.L. Rev. 20 (1931); 9 N.C.L. Rev. 352 (1931). For note on this section, see 12 N.C.L. Rev. 57 (1934). For comment on taxpayers' actions, see 13 Wake Forest L. Rev. 397 (1977). For note on the Declaratory Judgment Act and due process in expulsions from voluntary trade associations in light of Harrison v. Gaston Bd. of Realtors, Inc., 311 N.C. 230 , 316 S.E.2d 59 (1984), see 21 Wake Forest L. Rev. 121 (1985). For survey of developments in North Carolina law (1992), see 71 N.C.L. Rev. 1893 (1993). For article, "The Myth of the Mild Declaratory Judgment," see 63 Duke L. J. 1091 (2014).