§ 1C-1704. Notice of filing; service. - North Carolina Statutes

§1C‑1704.  Notice of filing; service.

(a)        Promptly upon thefiling of a foreign judgment and affidavit, the judgment creditor shall servethe notice of filing provided for in subsection (b) on the judgment debtor andshall attach thereto a filed‑stamped copy of the foreign judgment andaffidavit.  Service and proof of service of the notice may be made in anymanner provided for in Rule 4(j) of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

(b)        The notice shallset forth the name and address of the judgment creditor, of his attorney ifany, and of the clerk's office in which the foreign judgment is filed in thisState, and shall state that the judgment attached thereto has been filed inthat office, that the judgment debtor has 30 days from the date of receipt ofthe notice to seek relief from the enforcement of the judgment, and that if thejudgment is not satisfied and no such relief is sought within that 30 days, thejudgment will be enforced in this State in the same manner as any judgment ofthis State. (1989, c. 747.)