GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 338
SENATE BILL 679

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT A NORTH CAROLINA COURT HAS PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ACTIONS ARISING FROM DIRECT AND INDIRECT SOLICITATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 1-75.2 is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:
"(5)	'Solicitation' means a request or appeal of any kind, direct or indirect, by oral, written, visual, electronic, or other communication, whether or not the communication originates from outside the State."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993, and applies to any actions filed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of July, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives