§ 44-51.4. Attachment or garnishment for county or city ambulance or county or city supported ambulance service.
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Attachment or Garnishmentand Lien for Ambulance Service in Certain Counties.
§ 44‑51.4. Attachmentor garnishment for county or city ambulance or county or city supportedambulance service.
Whenever ambulance servicesare provided by a county, by a county‑franchised ambulance servicesupplemented by county funds, or by a municipally owned and operated ambulanceservice or by an ambulance service supplemented by municipal funds and arecipient of such ambulance services or one legally responsible for the supportof a recipient of such services fails to pay charges fixed for such servicesfor a period of 90 days after the rendering of such services, the county ormunicipality providing the ambulance services, or providing financial supportto the ambulance service, may treat the amount due for such services as if itwere a tax due to the county or municipality and may proceed to collect theamount due through the use of attachment and garnishment proceedings as set outin G.S. 105‑368. (1969, c. 708, s. 1; 1973, c. 1366, s. 1; 1975, c.595, s. 2; 1991, c. 595.)