A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending rule 7 of the rules of civil procedure to provide that, with the permission of the senior resident superior court judge, a motion in a civil action in a county that is part of a multicounty judicial district may be heard during civil session in an included county different from where the case was filed.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 1A‑1, Rule 7(b)(4) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Motions and other papers. –
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(4)	A motion in a civil action in a county that is part of a multicounty judicial district may be heard in another county which is part of that same judicial district with the permission of the senior resident superior court judge of that district or of that judge's designee. Except for emergencies as determined by the senior resident superior court judge or that judge's designee, a motion in a civil action to be heard outside the county in which the case is filed shall be heard at a civil session of court. "
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2011, and applies to motions made on or after that date.