{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-2-101","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-2-101","heading":"Venue.","body":"A petition for adoption may be filed with the clerk of the superior court in the county in which:\n(1)\tA petitioner lives, or is domiciled, at the time of filing;\n(2)\tThe adoptee lives; or\n(3)\tAn office of the agency that placed the adoptee is located. (1949, c. 300; 1967, c. 880, s. 3; 1969, c. 21, ss. 3-6; 1971, c. 233, s. 1; c. 1231, s. 1; 1973, c. 849, s. 3; 1975, c. 91; 1981, c. 657; 1989, c. 208; c. 727, s. 219(4); 1993, c. 553, s. 14; 1995, c. 88, s. 4; c. 457, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 48. Adoptions.","Article 2. General Adoption Procedure.","Part 1. Jurisdiction and Venue."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_48/GS_48-2-101.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:04:02Z","sha256":"65c91752fa833c41f908fd8a8330265c2d2abaa81675406a72f5cceb9b725abb","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-2-100","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-2-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}