North Carolina completes statewide eCourts rollout Monday

SUMMARY

• All 100 North Carolina counties will use the eCourts electronic filing and document system starting Oct. 13.
• Thirteen Piedmont counties make up the final group transitioning to eCourts, a news release says.
• The system enables online filing, document access, eWarrants, and information sharing for courts and law enforcement.
• The North Carolina Business Court will transition to eCourts in early 2026.

North Carolina’s court system reaches a milestone Monday, Oct. 13, when the last group of the state’s 100 counties makes the transition to the eCourts electronic filing and documents system.

Thirteen counties in the Piedmont — Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, McDowell, Rowan, and Rutherford — make up the 10th group to move to eCourts, a news release from the North Carolina Judicial Branch says.

Ryan S. Boyce, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, touted the transition.

“Saving North Carolinians countless trips to the courthouse and expanding access to court records through convenient online services was the foremost priority, and proud legacy, of the eCourts conversion,” he said in the release. “Online court records are a vital resource for millions of people in our state seeking access to justice.”

The system offers the public the ability to file and access court records online at any time. It also supports law officers statewide through its eWarrants and Enforcement Mobile applications, and offers other state agencies information sharing, search, filing, and other support operations. More than 5 million eCourts document searches are conducted monthly, the news release says.

Still to make the transition is the North Carolina Business Court, which will do so in early 2026.

EXTERNAL LINKS

• North Carolina Judicial Branch | eCourts
• Administrative Office of the Courts
• North Carolina Business Court