[TriLUG] NC spam laws?

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 13:39, Brandon L. Newport wrote:
> Having to help with some spam cases in the past.  I don’t think the rules
> have changed yet.  You want to do it through small claims court because it
> only costs you roughly $25 (in most states) however in this state I believe
> the maximum damages that you can recover is $25...so you have broken even
> :(.  

In small claims court, you can (and normally do) ask the judge to add
your court costs on to the damages.  So the damages would be for the $25
of the award plus the court costs.  Of course, then you have to collect
the judgement, which can be pretty tough if the person is nowhere to be
found.

--Jeremy

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