1-253. Courts of record permitted to enter declaratory judgments of rights, status and other legal relations.
Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree. (1931, c. 102, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 26 - Declaratory Judgments.
§ 1-254 - Courts given power of construction of all instruments.
§ 1-255 - Who may apply for a declaration.
§ 1-256 - Enumeration of declarations not exclusive.
§ 1-257 - Discretion of court.
§ 1-259 - Supplemental relief.
§ 1-264 - Liberal construction and administration.
§ 1-265 - Word "person" construed.