NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 159

HOUSE BILL 403

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND RULE 45 OF THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE TO ALLOW ATTORNEYS TO SIGN SUBPOENAS IN CIVIL ACTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 1A-1, Rule 45(a) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence to read as follows: "A subpoena for a witness or witnessses need not be signed by the clerk, and is sufficient if signed by the party or his attorney."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1971.