Chief Justice Paul Newby issued an amended order here declaring that catastrophic conditions resulting from severe weather and flooding exist in certain Western North Carolina counties. Pursuant to statutory authority, he has therefore extended the time and periods of limitation for filing in the following counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey.

Changes to local court sessions, business hours, offices, courthouses and alternate filing locations that have been reported to the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts are listed here. Please visit individual county pages here for more information.

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