NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 384

HOUSE BILL 237

AN ACT TO MAKE CIVIL PROCEDURE RULE 36'S PROVISIONS ON REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS MORE EQUITABLE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 36(a) is amended by deleting in the second sentence of the second paragraph the phrase "45 days" and substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "60 days".

Sec. 2. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 36(a) is amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the sentence: "If the request is served with service of the summons and complaint, the summons shall so state."

Sec. 3. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4(b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the sentence: "If a request for admission is served with the summons, the summons shall so state."

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981, and applies to actions commenced on or after this date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1981.