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N.C.G.S. § 1-531 — revision history

Text is never overwritten. Each amendment lands as a new version row with its own effective range.

  1. Version 1 — 2026-08-08 to present

    Scraped from ncleg.gov; The General Statutes include changes through S.L. 2026-7.

    If a person against whom a judgment has been rendered in an action brought to recover a public office shall fail or refuse to turn over, on demand, to the person adjudged to be entitled to such office, all papers, documents and books belonging to such office, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (C.C.P., s. 372; Code, s. 612; Rev., s. 3601; C.S., s. 886; 1993, c. 539, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)