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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-21 (2026)

Organization of Council; publication of rules, regulations and bylaws

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(a) The Council shall adopt the rules pursuant to G.S. 45A-9.

(b) The rules and regulations adopted by the Council under this Article may be amended by the Council from time to time in any manner not inconsistent with this Article. Copies of all rules and regulations and of all amendments adopted by the Council shall be certified to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, entered by the North Carolina Supreme Court upon its minutes, and published in the next ensuing number of the North Carolina Reports and in the North Carolina Administrative Code: Provided, that the court shall decline to have so entered upon its minutes any rules, regulations and amendments which in the opinion of the Chief Justice are inconsistent with this Article. (1933, c. 210, s. 7; 1991, c. 418, s. 7; 1995, c. 431, s. 14; 2011-336, s. 8; 2021-189, s. 5.7.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2025 · leading case: Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep't of State Treasurer, 821 S.E.2d 196 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018).
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Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep't of State Treasurer, 821 S.E.2d 196 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 14× “Therefore, the General Assembly's intent was clear that the specific rule making provisions enacted for proceedings governed by the State Bar controlled, not those contained in the APA.”
North Carolina State Bar v. Brewer, 644 S.E.2d 573 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 14× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-21 (2005) governs rulemaking procedures applicable to the State Bar, and provides, in part, that [cjopies of all rules and regulations and of all amendments adopted by the Council shall be certified to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North…”
Bring v. North Carolina State Bar, 501 S.E.2d 907 (N.C. 1998). · cites it 24× “§ 84-24 and N.C.G.S. § 84-21 require that the Bar Council and this Court must approve rules made by the Board.”
Keenan v. Bd. of Law Examiners of State of NC, 317 F. Supp. 1350 (E.D.N.C. 1970). · cites it 5× “§ 84-24 requires that the Board’s rules be promulgated in accordance with N.C.G.S. § 84-21. Section 84-21 empowers the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to determine whether such rules are in compliance with G.”
Adams v. Bank United of Texas, FSB, 606 S.E.2d 149 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “) 399, 444; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-21 (2003).”
In Matter of Rogers, 253 S.E.2d 912 (N.C. 1979). “The Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law have been promulgated by the Board and approved by this Court pursuant to G.S. 84-21. They have undergone some revision during the pendency of this action, but no provision bearing on the outcome here has been materially…”
Bowens v. Bd. of Law Examiners, Etc., 291 S.E.2d 170 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). “The Supreme Court has otherwise approved, pursuant to G.S. 84-21, rules for appeals from the Board as appear in the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in the State of North Carolina.”
In re Beasley, 566 S.E.2d 125 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “” The order stated, as had the orders preceding it, that the court’s authority in the matter was based upon G.S. § 84-21 and 84-28, as well as 27 North Carolina Administrative Code ID, Section .”
N.C. State Bar v. Musinguzi (N.C. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 10× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-21 (b) (2023). The State Bar’s argument turns on the meaning of rendering or offering to render “legal services in North Carolina.”
Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep't of State Treasurer (N.C. 2020). · cites it 3× “In rejecting the individual’s argument that the Board of Law Examiners was not required to have identified the law schools whose graduates were eligible to take the North Carolina bar examination, we stated, without further elaboration, that N.”
Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep't of State Treasurer (N.C. 2020). · cites it 3× “In rejecting the individual’s argument that the Board of Law Examiners was not required to have identified the law schools whose graduates were eligible to take the North Carolina bar examination, we stated, without further elaboration, that N.”
North Carolina State Bar v. Tillett, 794 S.E.2d 743 (N.C. 2016). · cites it 2× “§ 84-21 (2015), “[i]t is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:” (a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another; (b) commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the…”
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