The 2005 General Assembly enacted a number of bills affecting small claims and miscellaneous duties of magistrates, some of which made significant changes in certain summary ejectment actions. This bulletin will discuss those changes. Another bulletin by John Rubin discusses criminal law changes. Copies of individual bills may be printed from the General Assembly’s web site, www.ncleg.net.

This bulletin will discuss the bills enacted by the 2004 General Assembly that affect small claims and other noncriminal matters of interest to magistrates. An Administration of Justice Bulletin by John Rubin was issued later that discusses all of the criminal law and procedure changes.

This book discusses the procedure in trials before a magistrate as well as the substantive law for common cases that magistrates hear, including basic contract and tort principles, summary ejectment, actions to recover possession of personal property, and motor vehicle lien actions. It also includes chapters on miscellaneous duties of the magistrate such as performing marriages, assigning year's allowances, and acknowledging documents.

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Discusses the law passed in 1982 that sets out the procedure a law enforcement officer must follow before or soon after having a vehicle towed and provides a hearing before a magisrate for those vehicle owners who wish to contest the towing.