Legal Statutes: North Carolina

UPDATED October 19, 2012

The statutes on these pages are provided only for your reference. Please be sure to check them at a law library in your state to make sure there have been no changes. We strive to keep them as up-to-date as possible, making changes on this website soon after legislative sessions close for each state.

The statutes below are current through S.L. 2012-141 of the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly.  Please check to make sure there have been no changes since this time.  For additional statutes or for updates to this statute, please go to the website of the North Carolina General Assembly.

For more information, see the website for the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

North Carolina General Statutes (select sections)

• Chapter 1. Civil Procedure
• Chapter 1A. Rules of Civil Procedure
• Chapter 5A. Contempt
• Chapter 7B. Juvenile Code
• Chapter 14. Criminal Law
• Chapter 42. Landlord and Tenant
• Chapter 50. Divorce and Alimony
• Chapter 50A Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
• Chapter 50B. Domestic Violence
• Chapter 50C. Civil No-Contact Orders
• Chapter 52C. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
• Chapter 110. Child Welfare