NORTH CAROLINA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Adopted 13 June 1975, with amendments received through 25 January 2007.
These rules were promulgated by the Court under the rule-making authority conferred by Article IV, § 13(2) of the Constitution of North Carolina. They are effective with respect to all appeals taken from orders and judgments of the Superior Courts, the District Courts, the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the North Carolina Utilities Commission and the Commissioner of Insurance of North Carolina in which notice of appeal was given on and after July 1, 1975. As to such appeals, these rules supersede the Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of North Carolina, 254 N.C. 783 (1961), as amended; the Supplementary Rules of the Supreme Court, 271 N.C. 744 (1967), as amended; and the Rules of Practice in the Court of Appeals of North Carolina, 1 N.C. App. 632 (1968), as amended. With respect to all appeals in which notice of appeal was given prior to July 1, 1975, the rules of court and statutes then controlling appellate procedure are continued in force as the Rules of Practice of the Courts of the Appellate Division until final disposition of the appeals. An Appendix of Tables and Forms prepared by the Drafting Committee, as revised, is published with the rules for its possible helpfulness to the profession in the early stages of experience with these rules. Although authorized to be published for this purpose, it is not an authoritative source on parity with the rules. More Information