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North Carolina Court Decisions

Supreme Court (N.C.) Court of Appeals (N.C. Ct. App.) U.S. District Court—Eastern District (E.D.N.C.) * U.S. District Court—Middle District (M.D.N.C.) * U.S. District Court—Western District (W.D.N.C.) * —————  * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “342 N.C. 649” or “121 N.C. App. 222” or “465 S.E.2d 32”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

North Carolina Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (N.C. Const.)

2. Bills
   See also the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

3. Session Laws of North Carolina (N.C. Sess. Laws)

4. General Statutes of North Carolina (N.C. Gen. Stat.)
   See general comments and caveats about the web version of the statutes. See also uniform laws and interstate compacts.

North Carolina Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
Rules of Appellate Procedure ————— Local Court Rules ————— U.S. District Court Rules—Middle District—Civil Rules (M.D.N.C. R.)     —Criminal Rules     —Western District (W.D.N.C. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules—Eastern District (E.D.N.C. Bankr. R.)     —Middle District (M.D.N.C. Bankr. R.)     —Western District (W.D.N.C. Bankr. R.)
Rules of Practice ♦ Judicial Rules ♦ Professional Ethics Decisions
North Carolina State Bar Revised Rules of Professional Conduct ————— Code of Judicial Conduct ————— North Carolina State Bar Ethics Opinions
Additional Resources
¶  Rules of Appellate Procedure — Amendments
¶  General Rules of Practice for Superior and District Courts — Amendments and New Rules

North Carolina Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   See also the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings.
   1. North Carolina Administrative Code (N.C. Admin. Code)
   2. North Carolina Register (N.C. Reg.)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   North Carolina Attorney General Opinions (Ops. N.C. Atty. Gen.)

North Carolina Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Brunswick County <4> Buncombe County <4> Cabarrus County <4> Camden County <2> Carteret County <4> Catawba County <4> Cleveland County <4> Cumberland County <4> Currituck County <4> Dare County <2> Davie County <2> Durham County <4> Forsyth County <4> Gaston County <4> Granville County <4> Greene County <2> Guilford County <4> Henderson County <3> Iredell County <4> Johnston County <4> Moore County <4> New Hanover County <4> Onslow County <4> Orange County <4> Rowan County <4> Rutherford County <4>     
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Ahoskie <4> Albemarle <2> Apex <4> Asheboro <2> Asheville <4> Atlantic Beach <4> Bald Head Island <4> Beaufort <2> Boiling Spring Lakes <4> Brevard <4> Burgaw <4> Burlington <4> Canton <2> Carolina Beach <4> Cary <4> Caswell Beach <2> Chapel Hill <4> Charlotte <4> Clayton <2> Clemmons <2> <4> Clinton <4> Concord <4> Conover <4> Cornelius <2> Creedmoor <2> Davidson <4> Duck <2> Dunn <4> Durham <4> Elizabethtown <2> Elon <2> Emerald Isle <4> Fairmont <2> Fayetteville <4> Garner <4> Gastonia <4> Goldsboro <2> Graham <4> Greensboro <4> Havelock <4> Henderson <4> Hendersonville <4> Hickory <4> High Point <4> Hillsborough <4> Holden Beach <2> Holly Springs <4> Hope Mills <4> Huntersville <2> Jacksonville <4> Kenly <2> Kernersville <4> Kill Devil Hills <2> King <4> Kinston <4> Kitty Hawk <4> Knightdale <4> Kure Beach <4> Laurinburg <4> Leland <4> Lenoir <4> Lewisville <2> <4> Lexington <4> Liberty <2> Lumberton <4> Maggie Valley <2> Manteo <4> Marion <4> Mebane <4> Mills River <2> Mint Hill <4> Monroe <2> Mooresville <4> Morehead City <4> Mount Airy <4> Murfreesboro <2> Nags Head <4> Nashville <4> New Bern <4> Newton <4> North Topsail Beach <4> Oak Island <4> Oak Ridge <4> Ocean Isle Beach <4> Oxford <2> Pine Knoll Shores <4> Pinehurst Village <3> Raleigh <4> Randleman <4> Reidsville <4> Rocky Mount <4> Salisbury <4> Sanford <4> Selma <4> Shelby <4> Siler City <4> Smithfield <4> Southern Shores <4> Southport <4> Spencer <2> Statesville <4> Sunset Beach <4> Surf City <4> Swansboro <2> Sylva <4> Tarboro <4> Thomasville <4> Topsail Beach <4> Wake Forest <4> Walkertown <4> Walnut Creek <2> Warsaw <2> Waynesville <4> Weaverville <4> Wilkesboro <2> Wilmington <4> Wilson <4> Winston-Salem <4> Wrightsville Beach <2> Yadkinville <2> Zebulon <2>     
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Tribal Codes
Cherokee Indians Eastern Band  

North Carolina Law-Related Periodicals

1. Campbell Law Review (Campbell L. Rev.)
2. Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum (Duke Envtl. L. & Pol'y F.)
3. Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law (Duke J. Comp. & Int'l L.)
4. Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy (Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol'y)
5. Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy (Duke J. Gender L. & Pol'y)
6. Duke Law and Technology Review (Duke L. & Tech. Rev.)
7. Duke Law Journal (Duke L.J.)
8. First Amendment Law Review (First Amend. L. Rev.) ... [Univ. of North Carolina Sch. of Law]
9. Law and Contemporary Problems (Law & Contemp. Probs.) ... [Duke Univ. Sch. of Law]
10. National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law (Nat'l J. Sexual Orientation L.) ... [Univ. of North Carolina Sch. of Law]
11. North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology (N.C. J. L. & Tech.)
12. Wake Forest Intellectual Property Law Journal (Wake Forest Intell. Prop. L.J.)
13. Wake Forest Law Review (Wake Forest L. Rev.)

Other North Carolina Commentary

1. Legal Guide to Doing Business in North Carolina. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC. ... [Lex Mundi]

North Carolina Law-Related Topical Web Sites

North Carolina Court Information

Web Sites
See also a trial courts directory.
Judicial Branch Supreme Court Court of Appeals ————— U.S. District Court—Eastern District     —Middle District     —Western District U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Eastern District     —Middle District     —Western District

North Carolina Forms

1. Litigation Forms
   Court Forms ... [Administrative Office of the Courts]

2. Revenue Department — Tax Forms and Publications

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other North Carolina Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
General Assembly Judicial Branch ————— Justice Department [Attorney General] ————— Revenue Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
North Carolina State Bar North Carolina Bar Association ————— North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Attorneys ————— Mecklenburg County Bar Wake County Bar Association ————— North Carolina Paralegal Association
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
Charlotte School of Law Duke University School of Law Elon University School of Law Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (Campbell University) North Carolina Central University School of Law UNC School of Law (University of North Carolina) Wake Forest University School of Law
1. Consulate General of Mexico in Raleigh • Consulado General de México en Raleigh

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
North Carolina Supreme Court ————— Buncombe County Campbell University Charlotte School of Law Duke University Elon University North Carolina Central University University of North Carolinal: Kathrine R. Everett Law Library Wake Forest University
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
North Carolina Bar Association — Public Information Pamphlets ... Information on numerous legal topics, addressed to non-lawyers. A few of them are available in Spanish (as well as English). Landlords and Tenants Buying a Home Marriage in North Carolina Separation and Divorce Child Custody, Visitation Rights and Support Family Violence Living Wills and Health Care Powers of Attorney AIDS/HIV Infection and the Law Protecting Your Assets: Wills, Trusts and Powers of Attorney What to Do in Case of an Accident Workers' Compensation: What to Do in Case of an On-the-Job Injury Buying on Time (Goods and Services) Filing for Bankruptcy Serving on a North Carolina Jury
Propietarios é Inquilinos La Custodia de Niños Derechos de Visita, y El Sostenimiento Violéncia Domestica y La Lay Testamento y Poder de Abogado Acerca Los Cuidados de Salud
North Carolina Bar Association — Other Publications
Crime Survivors' Handbook: What Do I Do Now? Domestic Violence Life After Layoff Rebuilding After Disaster Strikes Senior Citizens' Handbook
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for North Carolina Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of North Carolina law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in North Carolina.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. North Carolina Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.