In each county in which a district court has been established, courtrooms, office space for juvenile court counselors and support staff as assigned by the Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety, and related judicial facilities (including furniture), as defined in this Subchapter, shall be provided by the county, except that courtrooms and related judicial facilities may, with the approval of the administrative Officer of the Courts, after consultation with county and municipal authorities, be provided by a municipality in the county. To assist a county or municipality in meeting the expense of providing courtrooms and related judicial facilities, a part of the costs of court, known as the "facilities fee," collected for the State by the clerk of superior court, shall be remitted to the county or municipality providing the facilities. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 15; 2000-137, s. 4(a); 2007-323, s. 14.16; 2008-107, s. 29.8(f); 2011-145, s. 19.1(l); 2017-186, s. 2(c); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(z).)
§ 7A-303. Equipment and supplies in clerk's office.
Upon the establishment of the district court in any county, supplies and all equipment in the office of the clerk of superior court shall become the property of the State. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
Article 28.
Uniform Costs and Fees in the Trial Divisions.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
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2 in the last 5 years), 1990–2026 · leading case:
Wood v. Guilford Cnty., 558 S.E.2d 490 (N.C. 2002).
Wood v. Guilford Cnty., 558 S.E.2d 490 (N.C. 2002).
· cites it 16× “The County argues that by providing the courthouse, as well as the security for the courthouse, it was conducting the state’s business and therefore was acting as an agent of the state, making the Industrial Commission the proper forum for this action.”
Matter of Alamance Cnty. Ct. Facilities, 405 S.E.2d 125 (N.C. 1991).
· cites it 15× “§ 15A-623(e), to statutory requisites that counties in which a district court has been established provide *90 courtrooms and judicial facilities, N.C.G.S. § 7A-302, and to the open courts provision, Art.”
Satorre v. New Hanover Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 598 S.E.2d 142 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-302 (2003). We have held that the operation of a courthouse is viewed as a governmental function of a county acting in its role as apolitical subdivision.”
Doe v. Jenkins, 547 S.E.2d 124 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-302. Our Supreme Court has determined that “activities held to be governmental functions .”
Wood v. Guilford Cnty., 546 S.E.2d 641 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 3× “” N.C.G.S. § 7A-302 (1999) (“each county in which a district court has been established” is required to provide “courtrooms, office space, .”
State v. Giese (N.C. 2024).
· cites it 3× “84, 99 (1991); see also N.C.G.S. § 7A-302 (2023). That mandate includes office space for DAs.”
Orange Cnty. v. Town of Hillborough, 724 S.E.2d 560 (N.C. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 4× “ty a) to deny Orange County’s Compliance Permit, b) to require Orange County to comply with the parking provisions in the zoning Ordinance, c) to condition approval of the Certificate of Occupancy on its compliance with the parking provisions in the Zoning Ordinance, and d) to…”
Ragan v. Cnty. of Alamance, 391 S.E.2d 825 (N.C. Ct. App. 1990).
· cites it 6× “A county is required by statute to provide “courtrooms and related judicial facilities” for its citizens, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-302 (1989), and it is within the province of the courts to determine what are necessary public buildings.”
NAACP v. Gaston Cnty. (N.C. Ct. App. 2026).
· cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-302 (2023). And the State, through the Administrative Office of the Courts, administers the court proceedings conducted inside the county-owned courthouses.”
Livingston v. Guice, 855 F. Supp. 834 (W.D.N.C. 1994).
· cites it 2× “” N.C.Gen.Stat. § 7A-302. Plaintiff has not alleged that the State has any ability to control either the maintenance of the county courthouse or access to this county facility.”
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