Mediator’s Certification that the Mediation Has Concluded

(a) Contents of Certification. Following the conclusion of mediation or the receipt of a Waiver Form signed by all parties to the farm nuisance dispute, the mediator shall prepare a Mediator’s Certification in Prelitigation Farm Nuisance Dispute, Form AOC-CV-823 (Certification Form). If a mediation was held, then the Certification Form shall state the date on which the mediation was concluded and report the general results of the mediation. If a mediation was not held, then the Certification Form shall either: (i) state why a mediation was not held and identify any parties named in the Request Form who failed, without good cause, to attend or participate in mediation; or (ii) state that all parties waived mediation in writing under Rule 7. (b) Deadline for Filing Mediator’s Certification. The mediator shall file the completed Certification Form with the clerk of superior court within seven days of either the completion of the mediation, the failure of the mediation to be held, or the receipt of a signed Waiver Form. The mediator shall serve a copy of the Certification Form on each of the parties named in the Request Form. History Note. 373 N.C. 772. 10 TOC Rule 9