The Little Engine that Could: Article 27A, G.S. Chapter 1

In my last post, I wrote about the office of the clerk of superior court and the clerk’s judicial authority.  I provided a basic framework for this authority and noted that that the clerk’s non-criminal authority falls into three main categories:

1. estates and trusts,
2. civil, and
3. special proceedings.

Some Background on Article 27A of G.S. Chapter 1

I did not come up with these categories on my own.  In fact, there are three statutes located in Article 27A of G.S. Chapter 1 that clearly define these as the primary categories of the clerk’s judicial authority.  They are G.S. 1-301.1 (civil actions), G.S. 1-301.2 (special proceedings), and G.S. 1-301.3 (estates and trusts).