North Carolina § 1-253 Courts of record permitted to enter declaratory judgments of rights, status and other legal relations

North Carolina Statutes

§ 1-253 — Courts of record permitted to enter declaratory judgments of rights, status and other legal relations

North Carolina § 1-253

Ch. 1Civil Procedure

Art. 26Declaratory Judgments

Subch. VIIIJUDGMENT

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-253 (2026).

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Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree. (1931, c. 102, s. 1.)

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Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree. (1931, c. 102, s. 1.)