Law of North Carolina

The law of North Carolina consists of several levels, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory, case law, and local law.

The Constitution of North Carolina is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the General Assembly, published in the North Carolina Session Laws, and codified in the North Carolina General Statutes. State agency regulations (sometimes called administrative law) are published in the North Carolina Register and codified in the North Carolina Administrative Code. North Carolina's legal system is based on common law, which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, which are published in the North Carolina Reports and North Carolina Court of Appeals Reports, respectively. Counties, cities, towns, and villages may also promulgate local ordinances.

The foremost source of state law is the Constitution of North Carolina. The North Carolina Constitution in turn is subordinate to the Constitution of the United States, which is the supreme law of the land.

Pursuant to the state constitution, the North Carolina General Assembly has enacted legislation. Its session laws are published in the official Session Laws of North Carolina. They are in turn codified as the General Statutes of North Carolina. The General Statutes are published by LexisNexis and are annotated.West's North Carolina General Statutes Annotated are an unofficial version published by West and are also annotated. The North Carolina Colonial Session Laws contain the session laws of 1715–1776.

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