North Carolina Judicial Branch and Library of North Carolina Announce Partnership To Connect Communities With Courts
This week, the North Carolina Judicial Branch and the Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, announces a partnership to help the public access court services online from local libraries and education campuses.
“Making sure North Carolina residents know where to go online to find and file judicial forms, search court records, and more is crucial,” said Library of NC Director Michelle Underhill. “We are honored to partner and share the resources available through the ‘Justice for All | Access for You’ program with libraries.”
The partnership distributes the Judicial Branch's “Justice for All | Access for You” campaign materials to local libraries and education resource centers through the Library of NC. The materials provide an all-in-one access point to court services to search case records, find court dates, make payments, and file documents online in all 100 counties.
In a memo to library directors, NCAOC Director Ryan Boyce said Judicial Branch resources statewide now provide a single access point centered on the opportunity to conduct court business online. Director Boyce served on the State Library Commission from 2014-2018.
“Public libraries connect people with the information and resources they need, and we appreciate the partnership of the Library of North Carolina to inform the public how to access justice online,” said NCAOC Director Ryan Boyce.
In Fall 2025, North Carolina fully implemented electronic services for trial courts that replaced paper records the public could not file or search online. The online search tool for North Carolina court records supports more than 6 million monthly queries.
