Shelton v. Fairley

WHICHARD, Judge.

I

The first issue concerns service of process on defendants Fairley, Monteith and Cobb. To exercise personal jurisdiction over a natural person, process must be served in compliance with N.C. Gen. Stat. 1A-1, Rule 4(j)(1). “Where a statute provides for service of summons by designated methods, the specified requirements must be complied with or there is no valid service.” Long v. Board of Education, 52 N.C. App. 625, 626, 279 S.E. 2d 95, 96 (1981), quoting Broughton v. DuMont, 43 N.C. App. 512, 514, 259 S.E. 2d 361, 363 (1979), disc. rev. denied, 299 N.C. 120, 262 S.E. 2d 5…