Articles in the Small Claims Law category

A common conundrum for law enforcement, judicial officials, and citizens is how to remove an occupant from residential property when the occupant is not a tenant. If the occupant is […]

In my last post, I dissected the form Judgment for Actions to Recover Money or Personal Property, AOC-CVM-400. This post will focus on AOC-CVM-401, Judgment in Action for Summary Ejectment, […]

Over the years that I presided in small claims court, I entered hundreds, if not thousands, of form judgments without ever really pausing to examine the form. Recently, I taught […]

As a native North Carolinian, I feel pretty strongly that North Carolina is the best state in the country, and based on tourism statistics, everyone else in the country wants […]

The enactment of the Residential Rental Agreements Act of 1977, the Landlord Eviction Remedies Act of 1981, and the Retaliatory Eviction Act of 1979 provided expanded rights and protections for […]

North Carolina is one of a handful of jurisdictions that still follow the contributory negligence rule. In states where contributory negligence applies, if the plaintiff is even slightly at fault […]

The end of the year is always a good time to look back and reflect. The close of 2024 offers an opportunity to examine recent legislative developments affecting small claims […]

Hurricane Helene caused historic flooding in Western North Carolina, destroying or damaging approximately 126,000 residential properties. Many of those properties were occupied by tenants who now find themselves in unfit […]

In a series of recent decisions from the Court of Appeals, tenants in federally subsidized and federally funded properties have challenged whether the notice they received from their landlords was […]

Magistrates from around the state report to me that summary ejectment actions involving public housing authorities seem to be on the rise. In North Carolina, summary ejectment is the judicial […]