{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-210","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-210","heading":"Small claim action defined.","body":"For purposes of this Article a small claim action is a civil action wherein:\n(1)\tThe amount in controversy, computed in accordance with G.S. 7A-243, does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and\n(2)\tThe only principal relief prayed is monetary, or the recovery of specific personal property, or summary ejectment, or any combination of the foregoing in properly joined claims; and\n(3)\tThe plaintiff has requested assignment to a magistrate in the manner provided in this Article.\nThe seeking of the ancillary remedy of claim and delivery or an order from the clerk of superior court for the relinquishment of property subject to a lien pursuant to G.S 44A-4(a) does not prevent an action otherwise qualifying as a small claim under this Article from so qualifying. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1973, c. 1267, s. 1; 1979, c. 144, s. 1; 1981, c. 555, s. 1; 1985, c. 329; c. 655, s. 1; 1989, c. 311, s. 1; 1993, c. 107, s. 1; c. 553, s. 73(a); 1999-411, s. 1; 2004-128, s. 1; 2013-159, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 7A. Judicial Department.","SUBCHAPTER IV. DISTRICT COURT DIVISION OF THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE.","Article 19. Small Claim Actions in District Court."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7A/GS_7A-210.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:27Z","sha256":"ab3cc89b99d3998bd707aa0bae3d7dee2ddca9ac1fb1be4adf0b33a0d7b03216","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-209","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}