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NC Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases: Complete Set
NC Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases: Complete Set

North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases (complete set, 3 volumes) are sample jury instructions organized by criminal law topic. Trial judges use them for particular cases based on the relevant law and facts and share them with juries as guidance for reaching a decision in their cases. The instructions are created and compiled by The Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, made...
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NC Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases: Complete Set
NC Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases: Complete Set

North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases (complete set, 3 volumes) are sample jury instructions organized by civil law topic. Trial judges use them for particular cases based on the relevant law and facts and share them with juries as guidance for reaching a decision...
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2020 Property Tax Calendar
2020 Property Tax Calendar

This calendar lists deadlines for the 2020-21 tax year established by the Machinery Act.
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June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases
June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases

 Fifty-two (52) updated and twenty-two (22) new instructions are included in this 2019 update to the 2018 edition of North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases. 
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June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases
June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases

 Twenty-five (25) updated and four (4) new instructions are included in this 2019 update to the 2018 edition of North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases. 
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Budgeting in North Carolina Local Governments
Budgeting in North Carolina Local Governments

Budgets are more than simply accounting tools. They are legal documents that set the priorities, programs, and policies of a local government for the following fiscal year. This textbook covers critical considerations for those who work with budgets in North Carolina. Topics range from citizen engagement in the budget process to performance management to economic development....
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On Probation: Serving a Probationary Sentence in North Carolina
On Probation: Serving a Probationary Sentence in North Carolina

This book, sold in packs of 10, is about probation. In North Carolina, probation is a form of punishment in which a defendant can avoiding serving a suspended term of imprisonment by complying with a set of conditions imposed by the sentencing judge. If the probation is supervised, the defendant will have a probation officer—an employee of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety who...
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Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act: N.C. Juvenile Deliquency Process
Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act: N.C. Juvenile Deliquency Process

The N.C. Juvenile Delinquency Process Flowchart is a visual resource that illustrates the many pathways that a juvenile delinquency case can follow in North Carolina. The Flowchart incorporates the new legal provisions under the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (JJRA) that expand juvenile court jurisdiction to include most offenses committed by youth at ages 16 and 17 as well as new...
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Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act Implementation Guide
Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act Implementation Guide

Prior to the passage of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (JJRA), the criminal and juvenile laws of North Carolina had always treated youth who engage in criminal activity at age 16 and 17 as adults. Before the juvenile court was created, cases of youth who committed criminal offenses between the ages of 7 and 14 were handled in adult court under the common law of crimes applicable to...
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2019 North Carolina Legislation Related to Planning and Development Regulation
2019 North Carolina Legislation Related to Planning and Development Regulation

A relatively small number of bills affecting planning and development regulation were enacted in 2019, but they were significant. Part II of S.L. 2019-111 (S.B. 355) completely reorganizes the statutes related to planning and development regulation. That law is briefly summarized in this bulletin, but due to its length and complexity, it is the subject of separate School of Government...
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North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, District Court, Vol. 1, Family Law, 2019 (Print Version)
North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, District Court, Vol. 1, Family Law, 2019 (Print Version)

North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, District Court, Vol. 1, Family Law, 2019 is a comprehensive legal reference created for North Carolina district court judges. It provides summaries of North Carolina law governing cases routinely heard in district court. The School of Government offers Volume 1, Family Law and its individual chapters for sale in a print and PDF format. Chapters cover...
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Property Tax Officials Can Help Recognize Human-Trafficking Indicators
Property Tax Officials Can Help Recognize Human-Trafficking Indicators

Property tax officials, like many other local government staff in different roles, have professional reasons to visit homes, businesses, and construction sites every day. Their work positions them to see indicators of sex and labor trafficking in the communities they serve. This article will address what human trafficking is, what it looks like in our communities, how property tax officials...
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The Law of Municipal Streets and Utility Easements in North Carolina
The Law of Municipal Streets and Utility Easements in North Carolina

This book addresses the main legal questions that arise in North Carolina concerning rights of way for municipal streets and utilities, an area of the law in which the answers are not always intuitive or even clear. It summarizes and, as much as possible, synthesizes this body of law governing municipalities that manage streets and utilities.
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Delinquency and DSS Custody without Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency: How Does That Work?
Delinquency and DSS Custody without Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency: How Does That Work?

PLEASE NOTE: This bulletin replaces Juvenile Law Bulletin No. 2019/01, posted on June 12, 2019, due to revisions made to the subsection titled "Foster Care at Age 18 and Older." (For those of you who have downloaded or read the previous version of this bulletin, substantive revisions begin on page 44.)

In a juvenile delinquency action, the court may order a juvenile into the custody or...
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North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, District Court, Vol. 1, Family Law, 2019 (E-book)
North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, District Court, Vol. 1, Family Law, 2019 (E-book)

North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, District Court, Vol. 1, Family Law, 2019 is a comprehensive legal reference created for North Carolina district court judges. It provides summaries of North Carolina law governing cases routinely heard in district court. The School of Government offers Volume 1, Family Law and its individual chapters for sale in PDF format. Chapters cover topics...
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Final Report on City Services for Fiscal Year 2017-2018: Performance and Cost Data

This report presents fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, performance and cost data for thirteen North Carolina cities in the service areas of residential refuse collection, household recycling, yard waste/leaf collection, police services, emergency communications, asphalt maintenance and repair, fire services, building inspections, fleet maintenance, central human resources, water services,...
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Regulation and Taxation of Short-Term Rentals
Regulation and Taxation of Short-Term Rentals

NOTE: Due to legislation passed since the publication of this book, the authors have written a short, targeted update. TThis update discusses the implications of S.L. 2019-73 on local authority to regulate short-term rentals and is available free of charge. Please click "download" below.

Local governments across North Carolina are struggling...
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2019-2020 Finance Calendar of Duties for City and County Officials
2019-2020 Finance Calendar of Duties for City and County Officials

The annual School of Government publication, Finance Calendar of Duties (2019–2020), identifies the timeline throughout the fiscal year for the principal accounting, financial reporting, and budgeting duties of city and county officials. This calendar is part of the Local Finance Bulletin series.
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County Salaries in North Carolina, 2019
County Salaries in North Carolina, 2019

2019 NC County Salary Survey Dashboard

 

County Salaries in North Carolina is a self-reported data repository of county salaries, sponsored by the School of Government. North Carolina counties volunteer to provide this information to benefit other public organizations and the general public. For questions about a particular county’s salary data, please contact that county’s human...
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2018 Cumulative Supplement to North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime with Subscription to NC Crimes Online through May 1, 2020
2018 Cumulative Supplement to North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime with Subscription to NC Crimes Online through May 1, 2020

This supplement covers legislation enacted and case law decided from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2018. It is an essential companion to North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime, Seventh Edition, 2012, which incorporates statutory changes made through the 2011 session of the General Assembly and case law through December 31, 2011.

Purchase of the 2018...
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North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crimes, Seventh Edition, 2012, and the 2018 Cumulative Supplement with Online Access
North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crimes, Seventh Edition, 2012, and the 2018 Cumulative Supplement with Online Access


This item is a package of North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime, Seventh Edition, 2012 (print edition) and the 2018 Cumulative Supplement (print edition), with online access through May 1, 2020. Online access is granted by a code printed in the front pages of the hard copy publication. 

The seventh edition updates the sixth edition with new offenses,...
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2018 Punishment Chart for North Carolina Crimes and Motor Vehicle Offenses
2018 Punishment Chart for North Carolina Crimes and Motor Vehicle Offenses

This book presents, in chart form, the statutory punishments for felony and misdemeanor crimes in North Carolina, including motor vehicle offenses and infractions. It covers offenses subject to the Crime Victims’ Rights Act as well as those that require sex offender registration and driver’s license revocations. Content is current through the 2018 session of the North Carolina General Assembly...
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Labor Trafficking—What Local Governments Need to Know
Labor Trafficking—What Local Governments Need to Know

The Basic Information about Human Trafficking

Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion by one person to compel another person to perform a profitable labor or sex act. Victims can be adults or children, foreign or domestic born. The trafficking can involve purely labor, purely commercial sex, or a blend of both. 

To employ a common description, human...
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Probation Violations in North Carolina
Probation Violations in North Carolina

There are over 80,000 people on probation in North Carolina. This book sets out the law and procedure of how probation officers and the court system respond to violations of probation with a focus on the courts’ limited authority to revoke probation, after the Justice Reinvestment Act of 2011.
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"Full and Accurate" Minutes: A Primer
"Full and Accurate" Minutes: A Primer

Like other public bodies in North Carolina, local government boards must keep “full and accurate” minutes of their official meetings. This bulletin lays out the level of detail necessary for minutes to qualify as full and accurate, the standard features that should be part of a local board’s minutes, the approval process for minutes, and the scope of a board’s authority to amend minutes...
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North Carolina Guide to Animal Services Law
North Carolina Guide to Animal Services Law

Local governments in North Carolina take the lead in traditional animal services activities, ranging from rabies control to dangerous dogs to animal cruelty. Many local governments go beyond the minimum requirements of state law and offer comprehensive animal services programs as a general public service. This book is designed to provide an overview of the laws that...
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Local Government Immunity to Lawsuits in North Carolina Front Cover
Local Government Immunity to Lawsuits in North Carolina
Local Government Immunity to Lawsuits in North Carolina

The doctrine of governmental immunity can bar negligence and similar legal claims against cities, counties, and other local government units in North Carolina. Local officials, attorneys, and even judges often find it difficult to determine whether the immunity applies in specific cases. This book provides an in-depth guide to governmental immunity that should prove...
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2019 Property Tax Calendar
2019 Property Tax Calendar

This calendar lists deadlines for the 2019-20 tax year established by the Machinery Act.
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Plan-Consistency Statements
Plan-Consistency Statements
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A Comprehensive Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act for Public Employers

Whether you are new to the FLSA or have years of experience with it, A Comprehensive Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act for Public Employers is for you. Written in clear, easy-to-understand language, this publication covers the basic rules of FLSA-exempt status and digs into difficult issues involving employee classification. Employers will find the book’s discussion of allowable deductions...
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Chapter 160D: A New Land Use Law for North Carolina
Chapter 160D: A New Land Use Law for North Carolina

The new Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes consolidates current city- and county-enabling statutes for development regulations (now in Chapters 153A and 160A) into a single, unified chapter. Chapter 160D places these statutes into a more logical, coherent organization. While the new law does not make major policy changes or shifts in the scope of authority granted to...
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Human Trafficking of Minors and Young Adults: What Local Governments Need to Know

Children, teens, and young adults interact with local government departments and services in a variety of ways. Local government staff are uniquely positioned to protect vulnerable children and young adults from being exploited by human traffickers, to identify the indicators of trafficking, and to intervene in trafficking situations when appropriate.

Organized into three parts, this...
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Land Use Law in North Carolina
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Stages of Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases in North Carolina: From Report to Final Disposition (2019)

This item is currently in production and is available for pre-order. 

This primer illustrates the flow of child abuse, neglect, and dependency cases in North Carolina. A case starts with a mandated report of suspected abuse, neglect, or dependency and ends with the termination of the district court’s jurisdiction over an abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding.

There are many...
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2012 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
2012 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
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2013 Interim Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, SIxth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
2013 Interim Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, SIxth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
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2013 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
2013 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
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2014 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
2014 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
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2015 Punishment Chart for North Carolina Crimes and Motor Vehicle Offenses
2016 Supplement to the 2015 Punishment Chart for North Carolina Crimes and Motor Vehicle Offenses (Free PDF)
2016 Supplement to the 2015 Punishment Chart for North Carolina Crimes and Motor Vehicle Offenses (Free PDF)

 

 

 

See below for a free PDF download of the 2016 Supplement.
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2016 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
2016 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
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2017 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
2017 Update to Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, Sixth Edition, 2010 (Free PDF)
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2018 Cumulative Supplement to Arrest, Search, and Investigation
2018 Cumulative Supplement to Arrest, Search, and Investigation

This supplement updates Arrest, Search, and Investigation in North Carolina, Fifth Edition, 2016, written by former School of Government faculty member Robert L. Farb. The 2016 main volume includes case law through June 2016 and statutory law through the 2016 legislative session. This supplement includes recent cases from the United...
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2018 Cumulative Supplement to North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime with Subscription to NC Crimes Online through May 1, 2020
2018 Cumulative Supplement to North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime with Subscription to NC Crimes Online through May 1, 2020

This supplement covers legislation enacted and case law decided from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2018. It is an essential companion to North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime, Seventh Edition, 2012, which incorporates statutory changes made through the 2011 session of the General Assembly and case law through December 31, 2011.

Purchase of the 2018...
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December 2016 Update to North Carolina Guidebook for Registers of Deeds, Tenth Edition, 2013 (Free PDF)
December 2016 Update to North Carolina Guidebook for Registers of Deeds, Tenth Edition, 2013 (Free PDF)
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Emerging Issues in Confrontation Litigation: A Supplement to Crawford v. Washington: Confrontation One Year Later 2007
Emerging Issues in Confrontation Litigation: A Supplement to Crawford v. Washington: Confrontation One Year Later
Emerging Issues in Confrontation Litigation: A Supplement to Crawford v. Washington: Confrontation One Year Later

Designed as a reference for North Carolina judges and litigants, this supplement discusses Davis v. Washington, the United States Supreme Courts first decision interpreting Crawford; describes a number of key issues that remain open even after Davis; and summarizes significant Crawford cases decided since publication of Crawford v. Washington: Confrontation One Year Later
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Update to Economic Development Law for North Carolina Local Government (Free PDF)
Update to Economic Development Law for North Carolina Local Government (Free PDF)
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Update to Incorporation of a North Carolina Town, Third Edition (Free PDF)
Update to Incorporation of a North Carolina Town, Third Edition (Free PDF)
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Update to Local Government Revenue Sources in North Carolina (Free PDF)
Update to Local Government Revenue Sources in North Carolina (Free PDF)

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A Comprehensive Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act for Public Employers

Whether you are new to the FLSA or have years of experience with it, A Comprehensive Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act for Public Employers is for you. Written in clear, easy-to-understand language, this publication covers the basic rules of FLSA-exempt status and digs into difficult issues involving employee classification. Employers will find the book’s discussion of allowable deductions...
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NC Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases: Complete Set
NC Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases: Complete Set

North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases (complete set, 3 volumes) are sample jury instructions organized by criminal law topic. Trial judges use them for particular cases based on the relevant law and facts and share them with juries as guidance for reaching a decision in their cases. The instructions are created and compiled by The Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, made...
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NC Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases: Complete Set
NC Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases: Complete Set

North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases (complete set, 3 volumes) are sample jury instructions organized by civil law topic. Trial judges use them for particular cases based on the relevant law and facts and share them with juries as guidance for reaching a decision...
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2020 Property Tax Calendar
2020 Property Tax Calendar

This calendar lists deadlines for the 2020-21 tax year established by the Machinery Act.
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Stages of Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases in North Carolina: From Report to Final Disposition (2019)

This item is currently in production and is available for pre-order. 

This primer illustrates the flow of child abuse, neglect, and dependency cases in North Carolina. A case starts with a mandated report of suspected abuse, neglect, or dependency and ends with the termination of the district court’s jurisdiction over an abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding.

There are many...
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June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases
June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases

 Fifty-two (52) updated and twenty-two (22) new instructions are included in this 2019 update to the 2018 edition of North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases. 
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June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases
June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases

 Twenty-five (25) updated and four (4) new instructions are included in this 2019 update to the 2018 edition of North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases. 
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Budgeting in North Carolina Local Governments
Budgeting in North Carolina Local Governments

Budgets are more than simply accounting tools. They are legal documents that set the priorities, programs, and policies of a local government for the following fiscal year. This textbook covers critical considerations for those who work with budgets in North Carolina. Topics range from citizen engagement in the budget process to performance management to economic development....
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On Probation: Serving a Probationary Sentence in North Carolina
On Probation: Serving a Probationary Sentence in North Carolina

This book, sold in packs of 10, is about probation. In North Carolina, probation is a form of punishment in which a defendant can avoiding serving a suspended term of imprisonment by complying with a set of conditions imposed by the sentencing judge. If the probation is supervised, the defendant will have a probation officer—an employee of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety who...
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Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act Implementation Guide
Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act Implementation Guide

Prior to the passage of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (JJRA), the criminal and juvenile laws of North Carolina had always treated youth who engage in criminal activity at age 16 and 17 as adults. Before the juvenile court was created, cases of youth who committed criminal offenses between the ages of 7 and 14 were handled in adult court under the common law of crimes applicable to...
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Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act: N.C. Juvenile Deliquency Process
Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act: N.C. Juvenile Deliquency Process

The N.C. Juvenile Delinquency Process Flowchart is a visual resource that illustrates the many pathways that a juvenile delinquency case can follow in North Carolina. The Flowchart incorporates the new legal provisions under the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (JJRA) that expand juvenile court jurisdiction to include most offenses committed by youth at ages 16 and 17 as well as new...
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2019 North Carolina Legislation Related to Planning and Development Regulation
2019 North Carolina Legislation Related to Planning and Development Regulation

A relatively small number of bills affecting planning and development regulation were enacted in 2019, but they were significant. Part II of S.L. 2019-111 (S.B. 355) completely reorganizes the statutes related to planning and development regulation. That law is briefly summarized in this bulletin, but due to its length and complexity, it is the subject of separate School of Government...