§ 7A-191. Trials; hearings and orders in chambers. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 7A‑191.  Trials;hearings and orders in chambers.

All trials on the merits and all hearings on infractions conductedpursuant to Article 66 of Chapter 15A shall be conducted in open court and sofar as convenient in a regular courtroom. All other proceedings, hearings, andacts may be done or conducted by a judge in chambers in the absence of theclerk or other court officials and at any place within the district; but nohearing may be held, nor order entered, in any cause outside the district inwhich it is pending without the consent of all parties affected thereby. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1985, c. 764, s. 11; 1985 (Reg.Sess., 1986), c. 852, s. 17.)