North Carolina Law Sources

North Carolina Court System - Links to all levels of courts in North Carolina, as well as administrative services and resources, maps, rules of practice and judicial forms and other court information.
NC Court Opinions - Full text opinions from the NC Supreme Court (1997-present) and Court of Appeals (1996-present) available here on day of release.
NC Supreme Court - Rules, announcements, judicial biographies, oral argument calendars, dockets and opinions.
NC Court of Appeals - Opinions, judicial biographies.
NC Electronic Filing Site with Briefs and Records - Login for registered users to file documents. Briefs and Records of Current Cases in North Carolina can be browsed or searched on this site.
Rules of Court - Rules of Appellate Procedure with recent amendments, Appellate Style Manual and General Rules of Practice in Superior and District Courts.

NC General Statutes - available in MSWord format or in Folio.
NC General Assembly - Bills, calendars, legislator information, committees, legislative process. The Bill Info link gives you many options for bill searching.
NC Legislative History — brief guide to NC legislative history.
NC Legislative History — more extensive explanation of NC legislative history and where to find documents by the NC Supreme Court Library.
Daily Bulletin - Subscription access to legislative actions from Institute of Government.
NC Constitution - with notes on history.

Official NC Administrative Code - browse, search or download sections in Microsoft Word format.
North Carolina Register - available from July 2001-present in PDF.
Attorney General Opinions - searchable formal and advisory opinions from 1978-present.

State of North Carolina - Official North Carolina Information Server linking you to information about the state, officials and organizations, state agencies, business information, State Library of NC and more. Search the site by keyword.
Dept of Revenue - including tax forms in .pdf format.
Perkins Library - North Carolina links to reference, statistics, jobs, education, government and cities.

IOG - (a governmental training and research organization) includes links to publications and services, municipal and county resources, legislative reporting.
Daily Bulletin - Subscription access to legislative actions.

NC BarLink - North Carolina Bar Association site with organization and committee information, CLE calendar, ethics opinions, and links to other bar associations and legal materials.
Casemaker - Low-cost alternative to Lexis/Westlaw, featuring North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions. NC bar membership (free for law students) includes access to this database.
Law Pamphlets Series - on topics such as Child Custody, Filing for Bankruptcy, Living Wills.

Last update 11/2007 LMC