Supreme Court of North Carolina Fax Number — Clerk of Court and E-Filing
The paperwork in a case at the North Carolina Supreme Court is filed through the state's e-filing system; fax is for courtesy copies and service where a recipient accepts it. Supreme Court of North Carolina, seated in Raleigh, North Carolina, is the state's court of last resort in the Southeast. This page walks through the documents, what belongs on the docket, and what you might actually fax.
Supreme Court of North Carolina Fax Number
Check the North Carolina Supreme Court's clerk's-office contact page for the working fax, then verify it accepts your document that way
Hours: The clerk's office is staffed weekdays; because deadlines run on the docket, do not treat a fax as a substitute for timely e-filing.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Correspondence and inquiries to the Clerk of the Court
- A records or docket copy request to the clerk
- A document to co-counsel or a client in a pending appeal
- A courtesy copy of a brief for opposing counsel
- Attorney-appearance or admission correspondence
The paperwork behind a case at the North Carolina Supreme Court
The paperwork before the North Carolina Supreme Court spans the petition, the record on appeal, and appellate briefs, submitted electronically rather than faxed. The court decides which cases to hear, and the parties brief the issues once review is granted. Reserve fax for a consenting party or the clerk's office, and keep the filing electronic.
The party-to-party side of a case at the North Carolina Supreme Court
The everyday faxing tied to the North Carolina Supreme Court tends to run between law offices and parties rather than to the clerk. A process server, co-counsel, or a client may ask for a document by fax rather than by email. Send it from your computer, keep the confirmation, and note it in the file as proof it went through.
Online fax for a matter at the North Carolina Supreme Court
Sending a document in a matter at the North Carolina Supreme Court is faster online than finding a fax machine or driving to an office. The document travels over a secure, encrypted channel rather than an open machine in a shared space. Plans start at $12.99/month, with a 7-day free trial and no credit card to begin.
Faxing to Supreme Court of North Carolina — FAQ
The current line comes from the North Carolina Supreme Court's official court website, since clerk's-office numbers change. The court's official page names the clerk's office and whether it takes fax at all. Verifying the office and the line up front is the honest shortcut.
No. A faxed document is not how something gets filed at the North Carolina Supreme Court. A faxed filing is the exception, not the rule, and deadlines run on the electronic docket. Reserve fax for the parties and offices that confirm they take it, and keep filings electronic.
The clerk's office maintains the docket and case files and answers the day-to-day questions at the North Carolina Supreme Court. A certified or plain copy is usually requested in writing with the case number. Get the current fax from the North Carolina Supreme Court's official court website or by calling the clerk's main line.
Put the case caption and case number on the cover sheet and on every page. Address the cover sheet to the correct office at the North Carolina Supreme Court or the party, with a number staff can call. Send multi-page documents as one combined PDF so the pages stay in order.
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