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NC Gen Stat § 7A-318 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 28 - Uniform Costs and Fees in the Trial Divisions.|§ 7A-318 - Determination and disbursement of costs on and after date district court established.

 7A-318. Determination and disbursement of costs on and after date district court established.(a) On and after the date that the district court is established in a judicial district, costs in every action, proceeding or other matter pending in the General Court of Justice in that district, shall be assessed as provided in this Article, unless costs have been finally assessed according to prior law. In computing costs as provided in this section, the parties shall be given credit for any fees, costs, and commissions paid in the pending action, proceeding or other matter, before the district court was established in the district, except that no refunds are authorized.(b) In the administration of estates, costs shall be considered finally assessed according to prior law when they have been assessed at the time of the filing of any inventory, account, or other report. Costs at any filing on or after the date the district court is established in a judicial district shall be assessed as provided in this Article.(c) When the General Court of Justice fee and the facilities fee are assessed as provided in this Article and credit is given for fees, costs, and commissions paid before the district court was established in the district, the actual amount thereafter received by the clerk shall be remitted to the State for the support of the General Court of Justice.(d) When costs have been finally assessed according to prior law, but come into the hands of the clerk after the district court is established in the district, funds so received shall be disbursed according to prior law.(e) Cost funds in the hands of the clerk at the time the district court is established shall be disbursed according to prior law. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967, c. 691, s. 35.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-320 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 28 - Uniform Costs and Fees in the Trial Divisions.|§ 7A-320 - Costs are exclusive.

 7A-320. Costs are exclusive.The costs set forth in this Article are complete and exclusive, and in lieu of any other costs and fees. (1983, c. 713, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-321 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 28 - Uniform Costs and Fees in the Trial Divisions.|§ 7A-321 - Collection of offender fines and fees assessed by the court; collection assistance fee.

 7A-321. Collection of offender fines and fees assessed by the court; collection assistance fee.(a) The Judicial Department may, in lieu of payment by cash or check, accept payment by credit card, charge card, or debit card for the fines, fees, and costs owed to the courts by offenders.(b) In attempting to collect the fines, fees, costs, and restitution owed by offenders not sentenced to supervised probation or active time, the Administrative Office of the Courts may do the following:(1) Assess a collection assistance fee if an amount due remains unpaid for 30 days after the time period allotted by the court. The amount of the collection assistance fee shall not exceed the average cost of collecting the debt or twenty percent (20%) of the amount past due, whichever is less.(2) Enter into contracts with a collection agency, agencies, or municipal or county government agencies to collect unpaid amounts owed. The Administrative Office of the Courts may provide by such contract for the collection assistance fee to be retained by the agency or agencies that collect the amounts owed.(3) Intercept tax refund checks under Chapter 105A of the General Statutes, the Setoff Debt Collection Act.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2011-323, s. 1, effective July 1, 2011, and applicable to cases adjudicated on or after that date.(d) The court shall retain a collection assistance fee in the amount of ten percent (10%) of any cost or fee collected by the Department pursuant to this Article or Chapter 20 of the General Statutes and remitted to an agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions, other than a cost or fee listed in this subsection. The court shall remit the collection assistance fee to the State Treasurer for the support of the General Court of Justice.The collection assistance fee shall not be retained from the following:(1) Costs and fees designated by law for remission to or use by an agency or program of the Judicial Department or for support of the General Court of Justice.(2) Costs and fees designated by law for remission to the General Fund.(3) Costs and fees designated by law for remission to the Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Fund.  (2006-187, s. 1(a); 2007-323, s. 30.9(a); 2009-451, s. 15.20(m); 2009-575, s. 14; 2011-145, s. 31.26(f1); 2011-192, ss. 7(n), 7(p); 2011-323, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-340 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-340 - Administrative Office of the Courts; establishment; officers.

 7A-340. Administrative Office of the Courts; establishment; officers.There is hereby established a State office to be known as the Administrative Office of the Courts. It shall be supervised by a Director, assisted by an assistant director. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-341 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-341 - Appointment and compensation of Director.

 7A-341. Appointment and compensation of Director.The Director shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. The Director's annual compensation shall be the same salary amount set for the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals as provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly, and reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses at the same rate as State employees generally and longevity pay at the rates and for the service designated in G.S. 7A-18 for a judge of the Court of Appeals. Service as Director shall be equivalent to service as a judge of the Court of Appeals for the purposes of entitlement to retirement pay or to retirement for disability.  (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967, c. 691, s. 36; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 165; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1100, s. 15(a); 2015-241, s. 30.3(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-342 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-342 - Appointment and compensation of assistant director and other employees.

 7A-342. Appointment and compensation of assistant director and other employees.The assistant director shall also be appointed by the Chief Justice, to serve at his pleasure. The assistant director shall receive the annual salary provided in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, payable monthly, and reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses at the same rate as State employees generally and longevity pay at the rates and for the service designated in G.S. 7A-144(b) for a judge of the district court.The Director may appoint such other assistant and employees as are necessary to enable him to perform the duties of his office. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967, c. 691, s. 37; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 165; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1100, s. 15(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-343.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-343.1 - Distribution of copies of the appellate division reports.

 7A-343.1. Distribution of copies of the appellate division reports.(a) The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall, upon request and at the State's expense, distribute such number of copies of the appellate division reports to federal, State departments and agencies, and to educational institutions of instruction, as follows:Attorney General 5Utilities Commission 1Industrial Commission 1Office of Administrative Hearings 2Archives and History, Division of 1Legislative Building Library 2Justices of the Supreme Court 1 ea.Judges of the Court of Appeals 1 ea.Judges of the Superior Court 1 ea.Clerks of the Superior Court 1 ea.District Attorneys 1 ea.Supreme Court of North Carolina Library AS MANY AS REQUESTEDAppellate Division Reporter 1University of North Carolina School of Law 5North Carolina Central University School of Law 5Duke University School of Law 5Wake Forest University School of Law 5Elon University School of Law 5Campbell University School of Law 5United States Department of Justice 1Library of Congress 1Federal Judges resident in North Carolina 1 ea.Librarian, Supreme Court of the United States 1United States Attorneys resident in North Carolina 1 ea.Supreme Court Library exchange list 1Cherokee Supreme Court, Eastern Band ofCherokee Indians 3The copies of reports furnished to each justice of the Supreme Court and judge of the Court of Appeals as set out in the table above may be retained personally by the justice or judge.(b) A recipient listed in subsection (a) of this section may choose not to receive its copies of the appellate division reports, or choose to receive fewer than the number of copies allotted to it, by notifying the Administrative Officer of the Courts in writing. Should the recipient again wish to receive its full allotment of the appellate division reports, the recipient shall notify the Administrative Officer of the Courts in writing, and the Administrative Officer of the Courts may, in his or her discretion, resume distribution to the recipient.  (1973, c. 476, s. 84; 1977, c. 379, s. 2; c. 771, s. 4; 1979, c. 899, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1278; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1022, s. 2; 1987, c. 877, s. 1; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(1); 1993, c. 257, s. 19; 1995, c. 166, s. 1; c. 509, s. 4; 1997-261, s. 109; 1997-443, s. 11A.7; 1998-202, s. 4(a); 2000-137, s. 4(b); 2001-280, s. 1; 2011-145, ss. 19.1(g), 19.1(dd); 2011-401, s. 3.1; 2013-382, s. 9.1(c); 2015-40, s. 1; 2015-241, ss. 14.30(s), (u); 2017-186, s. 2(e); 2018-40, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-343.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-343.2 - Court Information Technology Fund.

 7A-343.2. Court Information Technology Fund.(a) Fund. - The Court Information Technology Fund is established within the Judicial Department as a special revenue fund. Interest and other investment income earned by the Fund accrues to it. The Fund consists of the following revenues:(1) All monies collected by the Director pursuant to G.S. 7A-109(d) and G.S. 7A-49.5.(2) State judicial facilities fees credited to the Fund under G.S. 7A-304 through G.S. 7A-307.(b) Use. - Money in the Fund derived from State judicial facilities fees must be used to upgrade, maintain, and operate the judicial and county courthouse telecommunications and data connectivity. All other monies in the Fund must be used to supplement funds otherwise available to the Judicial Department for court information technology and office automation needs.(c) Report. - The Director must report annually by August 1 of each year to the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety. The report must include the following:(1) Amounts credited in the preceding fiscal year to the Fund.(2) Amounts expended in the preceding fiscal year from the Fund and the purposes of the expenditures.(3) Proposed expenditures of the monies in the Fund.  (1999-237, s. 17.15(b); 2000-67, s. 15.1; 2006-187, s. 2(d); 2008-107, s. 29.8(e); 2009-570, s. 2; 2014-100, s. 18B.1(b); 2015-241, s. 18A.23(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-343.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-343.3 - Appellate Courts Printing and Computer Operations Fund.

 7A-343.3. Appellate Courts Printing and Computer Operations Fund.The Appellate Courts Printing and Computer Operations Fund is established within the Judicial Department as a nonreverting, interest-bearing special revenue account. Accordingly, interest and other investment income earned by the Fund shall be credited to it. All moneys collected through charges to litigants for the reproduction of appellate records and briefs under G.S. 7A-11 and G.S. 7A-20(b) shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and held in this Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used to support the print shop operations of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, including personnel, maintenance, and capital costs. The Judicial Department may create and maintain receipt-supported positions for these purposes but shall report to the Chairs of the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety prior to creating such new positions.  (2002-126, s. 14.12; 2015-40, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-343.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-343.4 - Internal audit standards; report and work papers.

 7A-343.4. Internal audit standards; report and work papers.(a) Internal audits shall comply with current Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing issued by the Institute for Internal Auditors and, when appropriate, Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Internal Audit Division shall maintain all audit reports, examinations, investigations, surveys, drafts, work papers, and all other documents prepared by the internal auditors in accordance with the North Carolina Court System's Rules of Recordkeeping and Records Retention and Disposition Schedule (the Rules). Except as provided in this section, or upon an order issued in Wake County Superior Court upon 10 days' notice and hearing finding that access is necessary to a proper administration of justice, audit work papers, drafts, and all audit documents other than the final audit report are available only to the Internal Audit Division, the Director, the Chief Financial Officer, Legal Services, and other persons in the internal auditor's discretion for the limited purpose of ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the final audit report. Pertinent work papers and other supportive material related to issued audit reports may be, at the discretion of the internal auditor and unless otherwise prohibited by law, made available for inspection by duly authorized representatives of the State and federal government who desire access to and inspection of such records in connection with some matter officially before them, including criminal investigations.(c) Where the professional guidelines, government standards, and the Rules fail to specify or are in conflict, the Rules shall govern.  (2009-516, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-343.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-343.5 - Definitions.

 7A-343.5. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) "Accounting system" means the total structure of records and procedures which discover, record, classify, and report information on the financial position and operating results of the Judicial Department, or a segment of the Judicial Department, or any of its funds, balanced account groups, and organizational components.(2) "Internal auditing" means an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value to and improve an organization's operations. Internal auditing helps an organization accomplish its objectives by using a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, controls, and governance processes. The types of audits the internal auditors may provide include, but are not limited to:a. Efficiency or economy audits to evaluate areas at risk and require improvements to promote operating effectiveness and efficiency, mitigate the risk of liability, and realize economies.b. Financial audits to determine whether financial operations are properly functioning.c. Compliance audits or reviews to assess compliance with laws and regulations.d. Internal control audits to assess the controls related to financial transactions and reporting.e. Case file and procedural audits to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance.f. Performance and management audits entail an objective and systematic examination of evidence to provide an independent assessment of the performance and management of a program against objective criteria as well as assessments that provide a prospective focus or that synthesize information on best practices.g. Investigative or fraud audits to make an independent assessment of allegations of fraud, misuse, or process manipulation or alleged violations of federal, State, or local laws.  (2009-516, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-343.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-343.6 - Electronic filing in Chapter 50B and Chapter 50C cases.

 7A-343.6. Electronic filing in Chapter 50B and Chapter 50C cases.The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts is authorized to develop a program for electronic filing in Chapter 50B and Chapter 50C cases in district court in all counties in North Carolina. In order to implement the program in one or more counties in a district, the chief district court judge in each district shall draft local rules and submit the rules to the Administrative Office of the Courts for approval. The local rules shall permit the clerk of superior court for the county to accept electronically filed complaints requesting a domestic violence protective order pursuant to Chapter 50B of the General Statutes, or a civil no-contact order pursuant to Chapter 50C of the General Statutes, that are transmitted from a domestic violence program as defined in G.S. 8-53.12. The authorization for local rules shall be superseded by the promulgation of uniform State rules by the Supreme Court.  (2015-62, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-345 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-345 - Duties of assistant director.

 7A-345. Duties of assistant director.The assistant director is the administrative assistant to the Chief Justice, and his duties include the following:(1) Assist the Chief Justice in performing his duties relating to the assignment of superior court judges;(2) Assist the Supreme Court in preparing calendars of superior court trial sessions; and(3) Performing such additional functions as may be assigned by the Chief Justice or the Director of the Administrative Office. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1969, c. 1013, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-346 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-346 - Information to be furnished to Administrative Officer.

 7A-346. Information to be furnished to Administrative Officer.All judges, district attorneys, public defenders, magistrates, clerks of superior court and other officers or employees of the courts and of offices directly related to and serving the courts shall on request furnish to the Administrative Officer information and statistical data relative to the work of the courts and of such offices and relative to the receipt and expenditure of public moneys for the operation thereof. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967, c. 1049, s. 5; 1969, c. 1013, ss. 4, 5; 1973, c. 47, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-346.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-346.2 - Various reports to General Assembly.

 7A-346.2. Various reports to General Assembly.(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts and the Office of Indigent Defense Services shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees, to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety, and to the Chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety on contracts entered into with local governments for the provision of the services of assistant district attorneys, assistant public defenders, judicial secretaries, and employees in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court. The report shall include the number of applications made to the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Office of Indigent Defense Services for these contracts, the number of contracts entered for provision of these positions, and the dollar amounts of each contract.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-243, s. 5(b), effective November 6, 2019.(c) The Administrative Office of the Courts, in consultation with the Conference of Clerks of Superior Court, shall make any necessary modifications to its information systems to maintain records of all cases in which the defendant in a criminal case withdraws an appeal for trial de novo in superior court and the superior court judge has signed an order remanding the case to the district court and shall report on those remanded cases to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, the chairs of the House Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by February 1 of each year. The report shall (i) include the total number of remanded cases and also the total number of those cases for which the court has remitted costs and (ii) aggregate those totals by the district in which they were granted and by the name of each judge ordering remand. The Administrative Office of the Courts may obtain any information that may be needed from individual clerks of superior court in order to make the modifications necessary to maintain the records required under this section.  (1999-237, s. 17.7(c); 2000-67, ss. 15.3A(b), 15.4(h); 2001-61, s. 2; 2001-424, s. 22.11(g); 2003-377, s. 4; 2015-247, s. 2; 2019-243, s. 5(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-347 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-347 - District attorney legal assistants.

 7A-347. District attorney legal assistants.District attorney legal assistant positions are established under the district attorneys' offices. Each prosecutorial district is allocated at least one district attorney legal assistant to be employed by the district attorney. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall allocate additional assistants to prosecutorial districts on the basis of need and within available appropriations. Each district attorney may also use any volunteer or other personnel to assist the assistant. The assistant is responsible for coordinating efforts of the law-enforcement and judicial systems to assure that each victim and witness is provided fair treatment under Article 45 of Chapter 15A, Fair Treatment for Victims and Witnesses and shall also provide administrative and legal support to the district attorney's office.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 998, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 18.7(c); 2015-241, s. 18A.8(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-348 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.|§ 7A-348 - Training and supervision of district attorney legal assistants.

 7A-348. Training and supervision of district attorney legal assistants.Pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 7A-413, the Conference of District Attorneys shall:(1) Assist in establishing uniform statewide training for district attorney legal assistants; and(2) Assist in the implementation and supervision of this program.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 998, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 18.7(d); 2001-424, s. 22.6(a); 2015-241, s. 18A.8(b).)