1C-1823. Determining proper money of the claim.
(a) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment.
(b) If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money:
(1) Regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing;
(2) Used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or
(3) In which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant. (1995, c. 213, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 1C - Enforcement of Judgments
Article 19 - The North Carolina Foreign-Money Claims Act.
§ 1C-1822 - Variation by agreement.
§ 1C-1823 - Determining proper money of the claim.
§ 1C-1824 - Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims.
§ 1C-1825 - Asserting and defending foreign-money claims.
§ 1C-1827 - Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceedings.
§ 1C-1828 - Prejudgment and judgment interest.
§ 1C-1829 - Enforcement of foreign judgments.
§ 1C-1830 - Determining United States dollar value of assets to be seized or restrained.
§ 1C-1831 - Effect of currency revalorization.
§ 1C-1832 - Supplementary general principles of law.