§ 40A-23. Service where parties unknown. - North Carolina Statutes

§40A‑23.  Service where parties unknown.

If the person on whom serviceof summons and petition is to be made is unknown, or his residence is unknownand cannot by reasonable diligence be ascertained, then service may be made bypublishing a notice, stating the time and place within which such person mustappear and plead, the object thereof, with a description of the land to beaffected by the proceedings, in accordance with the  provisions of G.S. 1A‑1,Rule 4(j)(9)c. In such cases the State Treasurer shall be served as custodianof the Escheat Fund and may become a party to the action. (Code,s. 1944, subsec. 5; Rev., s. 2582; C.S., s. 1718; 1971, c. 1093, s. 18; 1981,c. 919, s. 1.)