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North Carolina

For North Carolina, earnings wholly exempt is the earnings of the debtor for his personal services, at any time within 60 days next preceding the order, cannot be so applied; statute is § 1-362. Debtor's property ordered sold, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

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North Carolina our reading
Earnings wholly exempt
the earnings of the debtor for his personal services, at any time within 60 days next preceding the order, cannot be so applied verified
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§ 1-362. Debtor's property ordered sold. verified
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of the judgment; except that the earnings of the debtor for his personal services, at any time within 60 days next preceding the order, cannot be so applied when it appears, by the debtor's affidavit or otherwise, that these earnings are necessary for the use of a family supported wholly or partly by his labor. (C.C.P., s. 269;

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