{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-230","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-230","heading":"In action for recovery of personal property.","body":"In an action to recover the possession of personal property, judgment for the plaintiff may be for the possession, or for the recovery of possession, or for the value thereof in case a delivery cannot be had, and damages for the detention. If the property has been delivered to the plaintiff, and the defendant claims a return thereof, judgment for the defendant may be for a return of the property, or for the value thereof in case a return cannot be had, and damages for taking and withholding the same. (C.C.P., s. 251; Code, s. 431; Rev., s. 570; C.S., s. 610.)","path":["Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.","SUBCHAPTER VIII. JUDGMENT.","Article 23. Judgment."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-230.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:12Z","sha256":"0ab26da2e9c6e898332db6f4f4b15673e73b6ba13357ca7a06a5a565035257ee","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-229","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}