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- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.11 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.12 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.13 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.14 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.15 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.16 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.17 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.18 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.19 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.20 · Repealed by Session Laws 2023-134, s. 16.14(a), effective October 3, 2023.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4.21 · Repealed by Session Laws 2023-134, s. 16.14(a), effective October 3, 2023.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-5 · Organization and age limit for service as justice or judge.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-6 · Appellate division reporters; reports.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-7 · Law clerks; secretaries and stenographers.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-8 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-9 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-10 · Organization; compensation of justices.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-10.1 · Authority to prescribe standards of judicial conduct.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-11 · Clerk of the Supreme Court; salary; fees; oath.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-12 · Supreme Court marshal.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-13 · Supreme Court library; functions; librarian; library committee; seal of office.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-14 · Reprints of Supreme Court Reports.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-15 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-16 · Creation and organization.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-17 · Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1190, s. 57.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-18 · Compensation of judges.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-19 · Seats and sessions of court.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-20 · Clerk; oath; salary; assistants; fees.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-21 · Marshal; powers; salary.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-22 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-23 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-24 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-25 · Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-26 · Appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-27 · Appeals of right from the courts of the trial divisions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-28 · Decisions of Court of Appeals on post-trial motions for appropriate relief, valuation of exempt property, or courts-martial are final.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-29 · Appeals of right from certain administrative agencies.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-30 · Appeals of right from certain decisions of the Court of Appeals.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-31 · Discretionary review by the Supreme Court.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-31.1 · Discretionary Review by the Court of Appeals.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-32 · Power of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals to issue remedial writs.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-33 · Supreme Court to prescribe appellate division rules of practice and procedure.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-34 · Rules of practice and procedure in trial courts.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-34.1 · Repealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 31.23(f), effective July 1, 2011.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-35 · Repealed by Session Laws 1971, c. 377, s. 32.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-36 · Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1190, s. 57.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-37 · Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 553, s. 1.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-37.1 · Statewide court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration in certain civil actions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38 · Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 500, s. 3.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.1 · Mediated settlement conferences in superior court civil actions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.2 · Regulation of mediators and other neutrals.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.3 · Prelitigation mediation of farm nuisance disputes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.3A · Prelitigation mediation of insurance claims.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.3B · Mediation in matters within the jurisdiction of the clerk of superior court.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.3C · Repealed by Session Laws 2007-491, s. 4, effective August 21, 2007.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.3D · Mediation in matters within the jurisdiction of the district criminal courts.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.3E · Mediation of public records disputes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.3F · Prelitigation mediation of condominium and homeowners association disputes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.4 · Repealed by Session Laws 2001-320, s. 1.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.4A · Settlement procedures in district court actions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.5 · Community mediation centers.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.6 · Repealed by Session Laws 2014-100, s. 18B.1(g), effective July 1, 2014.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-38.7 · Dispute resolution fee for cases referred to mediation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39 · Cancellation of court sessions and closing court offices; extension of statutes of limitations and other emergency orders in catastrophic conditions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.1 · Justice, emergency justice, judge and emergency judge defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.2 · Age and service requirements for retirement of justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.3 · Retired justices and judges may become emergency justices and judges subject to recall to active service; compensation for emergency justices and judges on recall.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.4 · Retirement creates vacancy.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.5 · Recall of emergency justice or emergency judge upon temporary incapacity of a justice or judge.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.6 · Application to the Governor; commission as emergency justice or emergency judge.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.7 · Jurisdiction and authority of emergency justices and emergency judges.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.8 · Court authorized to adopt rules.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.9 · Chief Justice and Chief Judge may recall and terminate recall of justices and judges; procedure when Chief Justice or Chief Judge incapacitated.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.10 · Article applicable to previously retired justices.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.11 · Retirement on account of total and permanent disability.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.12 · Applicability of §§ 7A-39.2 and 7A-39.11.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.13 · Recall of active and emergency justices and judges who have reached mandatory retirement age.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.14 · Recall by Chief Justice of retired or emergency justices or judges for temporary vacancy.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-39.15 · Emergency recall judges of the Court of Appeals.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-40 · Composition; judicial powers of clerk.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-40.1 · Age limit for service as superior court judge; exception.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-41 · Superior court divisions and districts; judges.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-41.1 · District and set of districts defined; senior resident superior court judges and their authority.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-41.2 · Nomination and election of regular superior court judges.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-42 · Sessions of superior court in cities other than county seats.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-43 · Reserved for future codification purposes.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 7A-43.1 through 7A-43.3 · Repealed by Session Laws 1967, c. 1049, s. 6.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-44 · Salary and expenses of superior court judge.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-44.1 · Secretarial and clerical help.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-45 · Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 509, s. 7, effective January 1, 1989.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-45.1 · Special judges.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-45.2 · Emergency special judges of the superior court; qualifications, appointment, removal, and authority.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-45.3 · Superior court judges designated for complex business cases.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-45.4 · Designation of complex business cases.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-45.5 · Repealed by Session Laws 2017-57, s. 18B.4(a), effective June 28, 2017.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-46 · Special sessions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-47 · Powers of regular judges holding courts by assignment or exchange.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-47.1 · Jurisdiction in vacation or in session.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-47.2 · Repealed by Session Laws 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037,s. 8.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-47.3 · Rotation and assignment; sessions.