{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-220","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-220","heading":"No required pleadings other than complaint.","body":"There are no required pleadings in assigned small claim actions other than the complaint. Answers and counterclaims may be filed by the defendant in accordance with G.S. 7A-218 and G.S. 7A-219. Any new matter pleaded in avoidance in the answer is deemed denied or avoided. On appeal from the judgment of the magistrate for trial de novo before a district judge, the judge shall allow appropriate counterclaims, cross claims, third party claims, replies, and answers to cross claims, in accordance with G.S. 1A-1, et seq. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1987, c. 628.)","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-220.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:27Z","sha256":"0327b5d6407081879bb0ccb06bd8ee51211beca8480b9b70f587a23490e946ca","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-219","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-221"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}