Publications

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...

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,...

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.

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...

Local governments across North Carolina are struggling with how to respond to an explosion in short-term rentals, offered primarily through Airbnb and similar on-line platforms.  This book will help our state’s municipalities and counties decide how best to address this growing issue by analyzing the legal and practical aspects of local government regulation and taxation of short-term...

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This edition is no longer for sale. The 2018 Supplement to North Carolina Crimes is currently in production and is expected to be available March 1, 2019. The 2018 Supplement will update information in this supplement based on legislation enacted and case law decided through December 31, 2018. To be notified when the 2018 Supplement is available for purchase, please click here and then choose...

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...