GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 977

Short Title:  Entry of Judgment Rule.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Hackney.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENTRY OF JUDGMENT RULE, RULE 58 OF THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, AS REQUESTED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 1A-1, Rule 58, reads as rewritten:
"Rule 58.  Entry of judgment.
Subject to the provisions of Rule 54(b):  
A judgment is entered when the prepared judgment, signed by the judge before whom the case is pending, is filed with the clerk of court.  The party who prepared the judgment, in the absence of any contrary direction by the judge, shall serve a copy of the judgment to all parties within three days of the entry of judgment in the manner provided for service of an order in Rule 5.  When a copy of the judgment is not served to all parties according to this rule, the judgment in the action shall be stayed after its entry until a copy of the judgment is served to all parties."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993, and applies to all judgments subject to entry on or after that date.