7A-191. Trials; hearings and orders in chambers.
All trials on the merits and all hearings on infractions conducted pursuant to Article 66 of Chapter 15A shall be conducted in open court and so far as convenient in a regular courtroom. All other proceedings, hearings, and acts may be done or conducted by a judge in chambers in the absence of the clerk or other court officials and at any place within the district; but no hearing may be held, nor order entered, in any cause outside the district in which it is pending without the consent of all parties affected thereby. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1985, c. 764, s. 11; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 852, s. 17.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 7A - Judicial Department
Article 18 - District Court Practice and Procedure Generally.
§ 7A-190 - District courts always open.
§ 7A-191 - Trials; hearings and orders in chambers.
§ 7A-192 - By whom power of district court to enter interlocutory orders exercised.
§ 7A-193 - Civil procedure generally.
§ 7A-198 - Reporting of civil trials.
§ 7A-200 - District and set of districts defined; chief district court judges and their authority.