North Carolina Legal Research: Legislation & Administrative Code

The General Statutes are a "codified," or subject, arrangement of the laws of North Carolina.

Prepared by William Sumner Jenkins, is located in Joyner Reference. The North Carolina portion of this guide has been photocopied and placed in the North Carolina Collection's microfilm room.

These records have laws in vols. 23-25 covering the period 1715-1790. Inasmuch as the 1715 compilation drew upon earlier laws that were still in effect at that time, and manuscripts of earlier laws were located in various repositories, the set is as complete as was then possible for the period 1669-1790. Vol. 25 contains Stephen Weeks' index of laws for the period 1669-1790 as well as the captions of the various laws for the period 1669-1790.

These are the laws and resolutions passed in a given session of the legislature, as well as executive orders issued by the governor, compiled chronologically. Includes indexes by subject and bill number.

Session Laws prior to 1831 may be found in the Records of the States of the United States of America [North Carolina].

Published by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, this guide to the legislature provides the voting record of legislators on key issues.

Published by the School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, each day of a legislative session, this loose-leaf service lists bills that have been introduced (giving a brief indication of the subject or intent of the legislation) and tracks the status of bills(e.g., referral to committees, ratification). Also available in microform.

Provides the bill number, short title, latest action, and date of action, in House or Senate bill number order.

A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Early State Records, prepared by William Sumner Jenkins, is located in Joyner Reference. The North Carolina portion of this guide has been photocopied and placed in a binder in the North Carolina Collection's microfilm room

For each session of the legislature, this publication gives bill or resolution status arranged by General Statutes chapter or special category; arranges ratified bills or resolutions by General Statutes chapter or special category; lists the number of each bill or resolution and shows the General Statutes chapter or special category affected; arranges by counties affected all local bills; lists the number of each bill and shows the county affected by it; and arranges in chronological order of introduction all bills and resolutions, giving the session law chapter number or ratified resolution number.

Journal contains a daily record of legislative action in each session but do not constitute a record of discussion or debate

Journal contains a daily record of legislative action in each session but do not constitute a record of discussion or debate.

For each session of the legislature, this publication summarizes by major subject (budget, aging, education, etc.) the content of legislation of interest to public officials.

Selected House and Senate Journals for years prior to 1850 may be found in the Records of the States of the United States of America [North Carolina]

This monthly publication contains executive orders, proposed rules (regulations) of state agencies (to allow for public comment before final adoption) and regulations that have been adopted. Consult the North Carolina Register to see whether changes or additions to regulations have been made in recent months.