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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, […]

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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 […]

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