2011 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 1 Civil Procedure.
Article 36 - Claim and Delivery.
1-474. Order of seizure and delivery to plaintiff.
1‑474. Order of seizure and delivery to plaintiff.
(a) Order. The clerk of court may, upon notice and hearing as provided in G.S. 1‑474.1 and upon the giving by the plaintiff of the undertaking prescribed in G.S. 1‑475, require the sheriff of the county where the property claimed is located to take the property from the defendant and deliver it to the plaintiff. The act of the clerk in issuing or refusing to issue the order to the sheriff is a judicial act and may be appealed pursuant to G.S. 1‑301.1 to the judge of the district or superior court having jurisdiction of the principal action.
(b) Expiration of Certain Orders. When delivery of property is claimed from a debtor who allegedly defaulted on his payments for personal property purchased under a conditional sale contract, a purchase money security agreement or on a loan secured by personal property, an order of seizure and delivery to the plaintiff for that property expires 60 days after it is issued. (C.C.P., s. 178; Code, s. 323; Rev., s. 792; C.S., s. 832; 1973, c. 472, s. 1; 1985, c. 736; 1999‑216, s. 6.)
