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North Carolina · Through S.L. 2026-30

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-87.17: Motions to transfer proceedings to a foreign venue or forum.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.
  2. SUBCHAPTER IV. VENUE.
  3. Article 7A. Application of Foreign Law.

If a natural person subject to personal jurisdiction in this State seeks to maintain a litigation proceeding, arbitration proceeding, or other similarly binding proceeding in this State, and if a court of this State finds that granting a motion by another party to the proceeding to transfer the proceeding to a foreign venue or forum would likely lead to the violation of a fundamental constitutional right of the natural person who is the nonmovant in the foreign forum with respect to the matter in dispute, the motion shall be denied. (2013-416, s. 1.)

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