North Carolina Court Rules
North Carolina Court Rules
✓ current as of July 2026Full text of 46 rules across 1 sets, cross-linked with North Carolina case law.
N.C. R. App. P. — 46 rules
- Title; Scope of Rules; Trial Tribunal Defined
- Suspension of Rules
- Appeal in Civil Cases—How and When Taken
- Review in Cases Governed by Subchapter I of the Juvenile Code
- Appeal in Criminal Cases—How and When Taken
- Joinder of Parties on Appeal
- Security for Costs on Appeal
- Transcripts
- Stay Pending Appeal
- The Record on Appeal
- Preservation of Issues at Trial; Proposed Issues on Appeal
- Settling the Record on Appeal
- Filing the Record on Appeal; Docketing the Appeal; Copies
- Filing and Service of Briefs
- Appeals of Right from Court of Appeals to Supreme Court under N.C.G.S. § 7A-30
- Discretionary Review on Certification by Supreme Court under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31
- Scope of Review of Decisions of Court of Appeals
- Appeal Bond in Appeals Under N.C.G.S. §§ 7A-30, 7A-31
- Taking Appeal; Record on Appeal—Composition and Settlement
- [Reserved]
- Miscellaneous Provisions of Law Governing Appeals from Administrative Tribunals
- Certiorari
- Mandamus and Prohibition
- Supersedeas
- [Reserved]
- Penalties for Failure to Comply with Rules
- Filing and Service
- Computation and Extension of Time
- Briefs—Function and Content
- Amicus Curiae
- Sessions of Courts; Calendar of Hearings
- Oral Argument and Unpublished Opinions
- Petition for Rehearing
- Motion for En Banc Consideration by Court of Appeals
- Mandates of the Courts
- Attorneys
- Secure-Leave Periods for Attorneys
- Frivolous Appeals; Sanctions
- Costs
- Trial Judges Authorized to Enter Orders Under These Rules
- Motions in Appellate Courts
- Substitution of Parties
- Duties of Clerks; When Offices Open
- Consolidation of Actions on Appeal
- Appeal Information Statement
- Protecting Identities—Sealed Items and Identification Numbers