GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 320
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Winston-Salem may, by ordinance, require that each owner of rental property within the city authorize a person residing in Forsyth County to serve as the owner's agent for the purpose of accepting service of process in an action involving a violation of an ordinance adopted under Parts 5 or 6 of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes. The owner shall provide, on a form supplied by the Housing Services Department, the authorized agent's name, address, and phone number, and shall notify the Housing Services Department of any changes in the information provided not more than 10 days after such changes occur. Nothing in this section shall require an owner to designate an agent to accept service of process where the owner of the rental property resides within Forsyth County.
Sec. 2. The City Council of the City of Gastonia may, by ordinance, require that each owner of rental property within the city authorize a person residing in Gaston County to serve as the owner's agent for the purpose of accepting service of process in an action involving a violation of an ordinance adopted under Parts 5 or 6 of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes. The owner shall provide, on a form supplied by the Housing Services Department, the authorized agent's name, address, and phone number, and shall notify the Housing Services Department of any changes in the information provided not more than 10 days after such changes occur. Nothing in this section shall require an owner to designate an agent to accept service of process where the owner of the rental property resides within Gaston County.
Sec. 3. Section 1 of Chapter 261 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. The Charter of the City of Durham, the same being Chapter 671, 1975 Session Laws, as amended, is amended by adding the following new section:
"Sec. 102.5. Owner of rental property shall
authorize agent to accept service of process. - The City Council may, by ordinance,
require that each owner of rental property within the city authorize a person
residing in the city Durham County or a county bordering Durham
County to serve as his or her agent for the purpose of accepting service of
process; that the owner provide, on a form supplied by the Housing Services
Department, the authorized agent's name, address, and phone number; and that
the owner notify the Housing Services Department of any changes in the
information provided not more than 10 days after such changes have
occurred. Nothing in this section shall require an owner to designate an
agent to accept service of process where the owner of the rental property
resides within the city. Durham County."
Sec. 4. Sec. 2 of Chapter 651 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. (a) The City Council may, by ordinance,
require that each owner of rental property within the city authorize a person
residing in the city Buncombe County to serve as his or her agent
for the purpose of accepting service of process in an action involving a
violation of an ordinance adopted under Parts 5 or 6 of Article 19 of Chapter
160A of the General Statutes. The owner shall provide, on a form supplied
by the city clerk, the authorized agent's name, address, and telephone number.
The owner shall notify the city clerk of any changes in the information
provided not more than 10 days after such changes have occurred. Nothing
in this section requires an owner to designate an agent to accept service of
process where the owner of the rental property resides within the city. Buncombe
County.
(b) This section applies to the City of Asheville only."
Sec. 4.1. The City Council of the City of Fayetteville may, by ordinance, require that each owner of rental property within the city authorize a person residing in Cumberland County to serve as the owner's agent for the purpose of accepting service of process in an action involving a violation of an ordinance adopted under Parts 5 or 6 of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes. The owner shall provide, on a form supplied by the Housing Services Department, the authorized agent's name, address, and phone number, and shall notify the Housing Services Department of any changes in the information provided not less than 10 days after such changes occur. Nothing in this section shall require an owner to designate an agent to accept service of process where the owner of the rental property resides within Cumberland County.
Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives