1-20. Disability must exist when right of action accrues.
No person may avail himself of a disability except as authorized in G.S. 1-19, unless it existed when his right of action accrued. (C.C.P., s. 48; Code, s. 169; Rev., s. 365; C.S., s. 410.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 3 - Limitations, General Provisions.
§ 1-15 - Statute runs from accrual of action.
§ 1-18 - Disability of marriage.
§ 1-19 - Cumulative disabilities.
§ 1-20 - Disability must exist when right of action accrues.
§ 1-21 - Defendant out of State; when action begun or judgment enforced.
§ 1-22 - Death before limitation expires; action by or against personal representative or collector.
§ 1-23 - Time of stay by injunction or prohibition.
§ 1-24 - Time during controversy on probate of will or granting letters.
§ 1-26 - New promise must be in writing.
§ 1-27 - Act, admission or acknowledgment by party to obligation, co-obligor or guarantor.
§ 1-30 - Applicable to actions by State.
§ 1-31 - Action upon a mutual, open and current account.
§ 1-32 - Not applicable to bank bills.