GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 168
SENATE BILL 419

AN ACT TO ALLOW FILING OF COURT PAPERS BY TELEFACSIMILE TRANSMISSION PURSUANT TO RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE SUPREME COURT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE COURTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 1A-1, Rule 5(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	(1)	Filing with the court defined. – The filing of pleadings and other papers with the court as required by these rules shall be made by filing them with the clerk of the court, except that the judge may permit the papers to be filed with him, in which event he shall note thereon the filing date and forthwith transmit them to the office of the clerk.
(2)	Filing by telefacsimile transmission. – If, pursuant to G.S. 7A-34 and G.S. 7A-343, the Supreme Court and the Administrative Officer of the Courts establish uniform rules, regulations, procedures and specifications for the filing of pleadings or other court papers by telefacsimile transmission, filing may be made by the transmission when, in the manner, and to the extent provided therein."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of May, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives