7A-190. District courts always open. The district courts shall be deemed always open for the disposition of matters properly cognizable by them. But all trials on the merits shall be conducted at trial sessions regularly scheduled as provided in this Chapter. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
7A-191. Trials; hearings and orders in chambers. All trials on the merits and all hearings on infractions conducted pursuant to Article 66 of Chapter 15A shall be conducted in open court and so far as convenient in a regular courtroom. All other proceedings, hearings, and acts may be done or conducted by a judge in […]
7A-191.1. Recording of proceeding in which defendant pleads guilty or no contest to felony in district court. The trial judge shall require that a true, complete, and accurate record be made of the proceeding in which a defendant pleads guilty or no contest to a Class H or I felony pursuant to G.S. 7A-272. (1995 […]
7A-192. By whom power of district court to enter interlocutory orders exercised. Any district judge may hear motions and enter interlocutory orders in causes regularly calendared for trial or for the disposition of motions, at any session to which the district judge has been assigned to preside. The chief district judge and any district judge […]
7A-193. Civil procedure generally. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the civil procedure provided in Chapters 1 and 1A of the General Statutes applies in the district court division of the General Court of Justice. Where there is reference in Chapters 1 and 1A of the General Statutes to the superior court, it shall […]
7A-196. Jury trials. (a) In civil cases in the district court there shall be a right to trial by a jury of 12 in conformity with Rules 38 and 39 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) In criminal cases there shall be no jury trials in the district court. Upon appeal to superior court […]
7A-197. Petit jurors. Unless otherwise provided in this Chapter, the provisions of Chapter 9 of the General Statutes with respect to petit jurors for the trial of civil actions in the superior court are applicable to the trial of civil actions in the district court. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
7A-198. Reporting of civil trials. (a) Court-reporting personnel shall be utilized, if available, for the reporting of civil trials in the district court. If court reporters are not available in any county, electronic or other mechanical devices shall be provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts upon request of the chief district judge. (b) […]
7A-199. Special venue rule when district court sits without jury in seat of court lying in more than one county; where judgments recorded. (a) In any nonjury civil action or juvenile matter properly pending in the district court division, regularly assigned for a hearing or trial before a district judge at a seat of the […]
7A-200. District and set of districts defined; chief district court judges and their authority. (a) In this section: (1) "District" means any district court district established by G.S. 7A-133 which consists exclusively of one or more entire counties; (2) "Set of districts" means any set of two or more district court districts established under G.S. […]
