GroundRules
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-226: Priority of judgment when appeal taken.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chapter 7A. Judicial Department.
- SUBCHAPTER IV. DISTRICT COURT DIVISION OF THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE.
- Article 19. Small Claim Actions in District Court.
When appeal is taken from a judgment in a small claim action, the lien acquired by docketing merges into any judgment rendered after trial de novo on appeal, continues as a lien from the first docketing, and has priority over any judgment docketed subsequent to the first docketing. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
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