Legal Resources: North Carolina

Articles & eResources

LexisNexis Congressional

To find General Statutes of North Carolina, click on "Legal Resources" then "State Code" and pick North Carolina. Keyword and additional terms search the full text of the code. Make sure to select North Carolina Code in the "Source" pull down menu.

LexisNexis Academic

State Code: Click on "Legal Resources" then "State Code" and pick North Carolina. Keyword and additional terms search the full text of the code. Make sure to select North Carolina Code in the "Source" pull down menu.
U. S. District Court in North Carolina: Click on "Legal Resources" then "Federal Case Law". Keyword and additional terms search the full text. Make sure to select "District Courts" in the "Source" pull down menu.
North Carolina Supreme Court: Click on "Legal Research" then click "State Case Law". Click on North Carolina. Make sure to select "North Carolina High Courts" in the 'Sources" pull down menu.
North Carolina Court of Appeals: Click on "Legal Research" then click "State Case Law". Click on North Carolina. Make sure to select "North Carolina Appellate Courts" in the 'Sources" pull down menu.

Books & Library Materials

General Statutes of North Carolina

General laws of a permanent nature passed by the North Carolina General Assembly arranged by subject.

Official North Carolina Administrative Code

North Carolina Reports

The primary function of the North Carolina Supreme Court is to decide questions of law that have arisen in the lower state courts and before state administrative agencies. (Holdings are incomplete before v.320 1987) Contains cases decided by the North Carolina Supreme Court. Cases are arranged by term. All cases heard by the Court are recorded in this official print source.

South Eastern Reporter

Contains selected North Carolina cases decided in the N.C. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. S.E.2d also contains selected cases from Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. This is not an official report.

North Carolina Session Laws

Public laws and resolutions passed by the General Assembly each legislative session.

Guide to American law : everyone's legal encyclopedia

American Law Reports (ALR)

Contains selected appellate court decisions. Its editors scan all current decisions and select what they think will be the leading cases. The editorial essays that follow each case are valuable research tools. Selected North Carolina cases are included as well as selected cases from all other areas of the United States.