---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificates Under Seal in Indigent Cases/Fee."
description: "Certificates Under Seal in Indigent Cases/Fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "North Carolina HB 243 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "FEES", "INDIGENTS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JACKSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-07"
last_action: "2011-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ea0bf3c-161e-418f-875b-d56e1c83e76a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H243&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5f39c2bb1176362fa4f5ab445771a10b2bfb1ef507841e7f29f34f48948dd941"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 243 (2011) — Certificates Under Seal in Indigent Cases/Fee.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H243v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H243v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H243v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H243v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-06-24** Ch. SL 2011-285 `became-law`
- **2011-06-24** Signed By Gov. 6/24/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Rec From House
- **2011-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2011
- **2011-04-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee B, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ea0bf3c-161e-418f-875b-d56e1c83e76a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).