§ 7A-3. Judicial power; transition provisions. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 7A‑3.  Judicial power; transition provisions.

Except for the judicial power vested in the court for the trial ofimpeachments, and except for such judicial power as may from time to time bevested by the General Assembly in administrative agencies, the judicial powerof the State is vested exclusively in the General Court of Justice. Provided,that all existing courts of the State inferior to the superior courts,including justice of the peace courts and mayor's courts, shall continue toexist and to exercise the judicial powers vested in them by law untilspecifically abolished by law, or until the establishment within the county oftheir situs of a district court, or until January 1, 1971, whichever eventshall first occur. Judgments of inferior courts which cease to exist under theprovisions of this section continue in force and effect as though the issuingcourt continued to exist, and the General Court of Justice is hereby vestedwith jurisdiction to enforce such judgments. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)