{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-226","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-226","heading":"Priority of judgment when appeal taken.","body":"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.)","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-226.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:27Z","sha256":"8e20d664de8539e2e974c30cb4806c259c682f6643c7872d71ab45e4f4afc5de","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-225","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-227"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}