7A-49.2. Civil business at criminal sessions; criminal business at civil sessions.
(a) At criminal sessions of court, motions in civil actions may be heard upon due notice, and trials in civil actions may be heard by consent of parties. Motions for confirmation or rejection of referees' reports may also be heard upon 10 days' notice and judgment may be entered on such reports. The court may also enter consent orders and consent judgments, and try uncontested civil actions.
(b) For sessions of court designated for the trial of civil cases only, no grand juries shall be drawn and no criminal process shall be made returnable to any civil session. (1901, c. 28; Rev., ss. 1507, 1508; 1913, c. 196; Ex. Sess. 1913, c. 23; 1915, cc. 68, 240; 1917, c. 13; C.S., ss. 1444, 1445; 1931, c. 394; 1947, c. 25; 1969, c. 1190, s. 44; 1973, c. 503, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 7A - Judicial Department
§ 7A-40 - Composition; judicial powers of clerk.
§ 7A-41 - (Effective until January 1, 2023) Superior court divisions and districts; judges.
§ 7A-41.2 - Nomination and election of regular superior court judges.
§ 7A-42 - Sessions of superior court in cities other than county seats.
§ 7A-44 - Salary and expenses of superior court judge.
§ 7A-44.1 - Secretarial and clerical help.
§ 7A-45.3 - Superior court judges designated for complex business cases.
§ 7A-45.4 - Designation of complex business cases.
§ 7A-47 - Powers of regular judges holding courts by assignment or exchange.
§ 7A-47.1 - Jurisdiction in vacation or in session.
§ 7A-47.3 - Rotation and assignment; sessions.
§ 7A-48 - Jurisdiction of emergency judges.
§ 7A-49 - Orders returnable to another judge; notice.
§ 7A-49.1 - Disposition of motions when judge disqualified.
§ 7A-49.2 - Civil business at criminal sessions; criminal business at civil sessions.
§ 7A-49.4 - Superior court criminal case docketing.
§ 7A-49.5 - Statewide electronic filing in courts.
§ 7A-49.6 - Proceedings conducted by audio and video transmission.