Court of Appeals of North Carolina March 1, 2011, COA10-284 (Webb v. Price)

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant Douglas H. Price, II appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss. Because N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162-16 governs only a method of personal service of process upon a sheriff and does not establish the sole method of service of process upon a sheriff, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162-16 is not applicable to service in this case, so defendant’s appeal is interlocutory.