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Bona Fide Farms and Development Regulations

Code Officials Handbook: A Legal Guide to Administering Building and Property Codes in North Carolina

North Carolina Notary Public Manual (2026)

Abuse, Neglect, Dependency, and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings in North Carolina, 2025 Edition

Should States Put Food Back on the Table? An Examination of Food in the Sales Tax Base

Iryna's Law and Pretrial Release

Setting Conditions of Release

Magistrates' Procedure in Small Claims Cases

Protections for Military Servicemembers in North Carolina Power of Sale Foreclosures

2025 North Carolina Legislation Related to Planning and Development

Rule 17 Guardians ad Litem for Respondents in Abuse, Neglect, Dependency, and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings: Frequently Asked Questions

Delinquency Law: Original Juvenile Jurisdiction and Juvenile Jurisdiction Over Parents, Guardians, and Custodians

How Are We Doing? Evaluating Manager and Board Performance, Second Edition

Applications for Process before North Carolina Magistrates

Opportunities Online: Effectively Marketing Employability Skills to Young Adults

Creating and Managing a Capital Improvement Plan

Driver's License Revocations, Restorations, and Limited Driving Privileges in North Carolina, 2025 Edition

North Carolina Sentencing Handbook with Felony, Misdemeanor, and DWI Sentencing Grids, 2025 Edition

Squatters Beware: Navigating North Carolina's Expedited Removal Law

Strategic Planning for Elected Officials, Second Edition

2026 Property Tax Calendar

Stages of Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases: From Report to Final Disposition, 2025 Edition

Detention of Noncitizens: Understanding North Carolina Law on Immigration Detainers

Obtaining a Court Order for the Provision of Protective and Emergency Services for a Disabled Adult, November 2025 Edition

Promising Practices for Timely Completion of Building Inspections in North Carolina

Capacity to Proceed in Criminal Cases in North Carolina

Contracts between Cities and Sheriffs (and Counties) for Law Enforcement

2025–26 Finance Calendar of Duties for City and County Officials

Archive: Sentencing Charts for Impaired Driving Offenses Sentenced Pursuant to G.S. 20-179 [Applicable to offenses committed before October 1, 2013]

North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil, Criminal, and Motor Vehicle Negligence Cases, 2025 Edition (eBook)

Confidential Informants in North Carolina: Discovery, Audio/Video Recordings, and Motions to Reveal Identity

A Guide to Civil Litigation for Non-Attorneys in Local Government

Probation Violations in North Carolina, Second Edition, 2025

Local Boards of Health in North Carolina

Consolidated Human Services Boards in North Carolina

Consolidated Human Services Boards cover

North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime, Eighth Edition, 2025

Dangerous-Dog Hearings and Procedures: A Guide for Local Governments

Using AI to Strengthen the North Carolina Benchmarking Project

Breaking Down Social Capital: What Is It and What Does It Mean for Community Development Organizations?

Disclosing Adult Protective Services Information and Records: The Legal Framework in North Carolina

The Law of Vehicle Seizure and Forfeiture in North Carolina

North Carolina Benchmarking Project Report 2025: Outcomes and Strategies

Double Jeopardy in North Carolina

Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, 2025 Edition

County and Municipal Government in North Carolina, 2025 Edition

Tax Foreclosures: An Overview

Artificial Intelligence and Community Mediation—Views from Six Experts

Court Oversight Tools as Applicable to Trusts

North Carolina Trial Judges’ Bench Book, District Court, Family Law, 2024 Edition

North Carolina Benchmarking Project Report 2026: Employee Retention

Fundamentals of Property Tax Collection Law in North Carolina, Second Edition

Arrest Warrant and Indictment Forms, 2026 Edition

Index of Select Emergency Management Resources for North Carolina Local Governments

Reference Guide for Local Government Public Officials

Errata—North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime, Eighth Edition, 2025

2016 Supplement to the 2015 Punishment Chart for North Carolina Crimes and Motor Vehicle Offenses (Free PDF)

Errata–Update to Incorporation of a North Carolina Town, Third Edition (Free PDF)

Emerging Issues in Confrontation Litigation: A Supplement to Crawford v. Washington: Confrontation One Year Later

Errata—North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime, Eighth Edition, 2025

Errata–Update to Incorporation of a North Carolina Town, Third Edition (Free PDF)

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Remote Participation in Local Government Board Meetings

This bulletin analyzes whether elected or appointed local government board members can legally participate in meetings without being physically present. It also describes legal and practical issues that could be addressed in a local policy allowing remote participation.

Trying to Recover Public Costs Incurred in Dealing with Man-Made Disasters: The Free Public Services Doctrine

This bulletin analyzes the free public services doctrine that denies recovery against a tortfeasor by a governmental agency that has incurred costs in remedying the public health or public safety hazards caused by the tortfeasor's negligence.

Mandamus to Require Enforcement of Local Ordinances

This bulletin reviews North Carolina case law on using mandamus to require enforcement of local ordinances.

Criminal Evidence: Character Evidence

This bulletin explains the rules on the admissibility of character evidence in criminal trials. In criminal cases, character evidence typically only becomes an issue when the proponent seeks to introduce it to show that a person acted in conformity with that character on a particular occasion. This is often referred to as evidence of propensity. In this context, character evidence is offered...

North Carolina Capital Case Law Handbook, Third Edition, 2013

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A research reference for North Carolina judges and lawyers who handle capital cases, this 300-page book is designed to help them understand statutes and case law affecting the trial and sentencing of defendants charged with first-degree murder when the state seeks the death penalty. Although its primary focus is the sentencing...

Recruitment and Selection Law for Local Government Employers

The law of hiring is a patchwork of rules. Some are directly stated in federal or state statutes and regulations, some are interpreted or derived from statutes, and others are rules of common law. In the public sector, other rules derive from the federal and state constitutions.

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Appendix A: North Carolina Local Health Department Survey Public Health Service Categories and Activities (FY2011)

The FY2011 percentage of public health activities offered by each local health department in FY2011 is based on a total of 127 activities across 38 categories captured by the North Carolina Local Health Department Survey.

Appendix B: Perspectives of Stakeholders: Comprehensive Findings

This supplement presents the comprehensive results of focus groups and key informant interviews that were conducted to gain an understanding of stakeholders’ perceptions of North Carolina’s different organizational/governance models for local health departments (LHDs). Four focus groups were held, two with randomly selected health directors and two with randomly selected county officials (...

Appendix C: Data Definitions and Sources