#EverythingNC: Legal

These journals, kept during sessions of the General Assembly, document the day-to-day business of the Senate and House of Representatives (known as the House of Commons until 1868) and offer a wealth of detailed information.

An info graphic about the law making process in North Carolina.

A guide from Wake Forest University's School of Law.

A PDF created by the NC Legislative library. The handout gives a basic process for researching the history of an NC bill or statute.

Created by the GHL, this guide will help you get started researching a legislative research.

GHL's guide to Session laws and how they are arranged.

From UNC's Law Library, a collection of research guides on North Carolina, Federal, Foreign and International Law, and other guides.

Search and browse 30 years of bills, find the vote history, and see the Governor's actions on the bills.

The Statutes on the North Carolina General Assembly website reflect changes made in the 2016 Regular Session. The changes do not include the 4th Special Session held in December 2016.

Links to individual volumes of the Session Laws from 1777 to current.

North Carolina Supreme Court opinions from 1998 to current and North Carolina Court of Appeals opinions from 1998 to current.

This collection has two titles: North Carolina Reports (1778 - ongoing) and North Carolina Court of Appeals Reports (1968 - ongoing). The reports do not contain the entire record relating to Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases. Instead, they contain information about the final outcome of cases heard in North Carolina’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

A publication about the Judicial Branch.

The website of the North Carolina Court System, find contact information, judicial directory, information for citizens, and information about the courts.

Browse court opinions from North Carolina.

A number of fact sheets provide information about the N.C. Judicial Branch and the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts.

The court posts all issued opinions and selected orders daily beginning at 2:30 p.m. All opinions and selected orders issued by the court from 1996 to date are available in a searchable database.

Seven documents from Yale's Avalon project. Titles include the 1663 and 1665 Charter of Carolina and the 1776 Constitution of North Carolina.

An article from the Encyclopedia of North Carolina edited by William S. Powell as it is published in NCpedia.

The current version of the North Carolina Constitution on the General Assembly's website.

The Rules Division of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) compiles, produces, and publishes the North Carolina Administrative Code. Rules have the same weight of authority as statutes, case law and constitutions.

Find the full text of all of the House and Senate Journals from 1822 to current.

The North Carolina Legislative Library makes selected full text legislative studies reports available. Please be aware these on-line reports are not official and may be incomplete. Official versions are on file in the Legislative Library.

The North Carolina General Assembly broadcasts live, real-time audio of the daily House and Senate sessions, press conferences in the Press Conference Room, and meetings held in the Appropriations and Finance Committee Rooms. Refer to the Legislative Calendar for meeting and press conference schedules.

The North Carolina State Bar was created in 1933 by the North Carolina General Assembly as the government agency responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in North Carolina. The State Bar currently regulates over 27,000 licensed lawyers.