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Six North Carolina machines, each a structured lifecycle whose illegal shortcut is unrepresentable and whose every step carries its citation — from the magistrate's ejectment counter to the clerk's foreclosure hearing. The machine shows the steps and the guard; whether and how to run it in your matter is a legal judgment.

Summary ejectment (the highest-volume NC civil machine)

Chapter 42, Article 3 before the magistrate — landlord-tenant possession on a small-claims clock, with the tenant's lifeline being a 10-day de novo appeal.

  1. 1. GroundsG.S. 42-26
  2. 2. Complaint → clerk's summonsG.S. 42-28
  3. 3. Magistrate trial (small-claims posture)G.S. 42-30; ch. 7A, art. 19
  4. 4. THE 10-DAY DE NOVO APPEALG.S. 7A-228
  5. 5. Staying execution pending appealG.S. 42-34

The 10-day appeal window is surfaced on every ejectment path — a tenant lane never lets it pass silently; what to DO about it is routed (SHOW/EDUCATE/ROUTE).

The Chapter 50B protective-order machine (DVPO)

Domestic-violence protective orders — a safety lane first, a procedure second.

  1. 1. Complaint under the chapterG.S. 50B-1, 50B-2
  2. 2. Ex parte reliefG.S. 50B-2
  3. 3. The return hearing → the orderG.S. 50B-3
  4. 4. RenewalG.S. 50B-3

This is a SAFETY lane: the platform shows emergency resources and the chapter's own no-cost text, and ROUTES all strategy — it never drafts against a protective order for any party.

The Business Court designation machine

§ 7A-45.4 — mandatory complex business cases, moved by a Notice of Designation into the Business Court.

  1. 1. Qualifying subject matterG.S. 7A-45.4(a)
  2. 2. The Notice of DesignationG.S. 7A-45.4
  3. 3. THE 30-DAY WINDOWG.S. 7A-45.4(d)
  4. 4. Opposition + assignmentG.S. 7A-45.4

The 30-day defendant window is a designation-lost-forever clock — it is computed and surfaced the day service lands on a qualifying pleading.

Power-of-sale foreclosure — before the CLERK

Chapter 45 — North Carolina forecloses deeds of trust in a special proceeding before the clerk of superior court, not a civil action before a judge.

  1. 1. Notice of hearing, filed with the clerkG.S. 45-21.16
  2. 2. The clerk's findingsG.S. 45-21.16
  3. 3. Sale → THE UPSET-BID WINDOWG.S. 45-21.27
  4. 4. Finality + possessionch. 45, art. 2A

Borrower-side strategy (enjoining the sale, ch. 45 defenses) is pure legal judgment — SHOWN as the statute's own words, ROUTED to counsel, never generated.

Involuntary dismissal (the NC failure-to-prosecute lane)

Rule 41(b) — dismissal for failure to prosecute or to comply with the rules or any order.

  1. 1. The motionG.S. 1A-1, Rule 41(b)
  2. 2. The adjudication defaultG.S. 1A-1, Rule 41(b)
  3. 3. The savings interplayG.S. 1A-1, Rule 41

Any dismissal order is read for its own words before the engine states its effect — merits vs without-prejudice is never inferred.

The enforcement lane (judgment → execution, stays, exemptions)

Money judgment enforcement through Chapter 1's execution machinery, with the debtor's Chapter 1C exemptions and the § 1-289 stay.

  1. 1. Execution on the judgmentch. 1, arts. 28–29B
  2. 2. Staying execution on appealG.S. 1-289
  3. 3. The debtor's exemptionsG.S. 1C-1601 et seq.

Exemption-designation rights are SHOWN to any debtor-side user before any collection surface renders — the statute's own list, then routing.