{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-24-6","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 24-6","heading":"Clerk to ascertain interest upon default judgment on bond, covenant, bill, note or signed account.","body":"When a suit is instituted on a single bond, a covenant for the payment of money, bill of exchange, promissory note, or a signed account, and the defendant does not plead to issue thereon, upon judgment, the clerk of the court shall ascertain the interest due by law, without a writ of inquiry, and the amount shall be included in the final judgment of the court as damages, which judgment shall be rendered therein in the manner prescribed by § 24-5. (1797, c. 475, P.R.; R.C., c. 31, s. 91; Code, s. 531; Rev., s. 1956; C.S., s. 2310.)","path":["Chapter 24. Interest.","Article 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_24/GS_24-6.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:42Z","sha256":"827991b00ea812a895859cadaae8c65af945249345e2e1fe672e7e5ab60cce6b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-24-5","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-24-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}