---
type: "Bill"
title: "No In Person Service Required/50C Orders."
description: "No In Person Service Required/50C Orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 660"
citation: "North Carolina HB 660 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "REP. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2012-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc0f979-c6f8-46d4-a6fa-67451abf5695"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H660&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ecdf25168e404f39563b7face342a7c5072bb56c8e882b441d7b88c7045f4037"
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 660 (2011) — No In Person Service Required/50C Orders.

## 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/H660v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H660v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H660v2.pdf)
4. **SL2012-19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H660v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-11** Ch. SL 2012-19 `became-law`
- **2012-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-08** Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-07** Ratified
- **2012-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Rec From House
- **2011-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-20** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bc0f979-c6f8-46d4-a6fa-67451abf5695`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).