The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.30(c) (local control insufficient findings), 166A-19.31(b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(5); 166A-19.30(a)(2)
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30 17:00 (read as 2020-03-30)
- End
- 2020-05-08 17:00 (30 days; extended by EO 135; replaced by EO 138) (read as 2020-05-08)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to May 8, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all individuals in the State
- all businesses and operations
- COVID-19 Essential Businesses and Operations
- counties and cities
- Functions reached
- CB customer base under stay-home
- SF premises closed to the public
- OF offices (telework directed)
- TR travel limited to Essential Activities
- GATH events
- WF workforce
- SC suppliers (Minimum Basic Operations only for non-essential)
- Collection
- North Carolina NC
Operative words
All individuals currently in the State of North Carolina are ordered to stay at home, their place of residence, or current place of abode... except as allowed in this Executive Order... Only travel for Essential Activities as defined herein is permitted... non-essential business and operations must cease. All businesses and operations in the State, except COVID-19 Essential Businesses and Operations as defined below, are required to cease all activities within the State except Minimum Basic Operations... All COVID-19 Essential Businesses and Operations are directed, to the maximum extent possible, to direct employees to work from home or telework... the businesses, not-for-profit organizations and educational institutions that were ordered closed by Executive Order Nos. 118 and 120 shall remain closed... A mass gathering is defined as any event or convening that brings together more than ten (10) persons in a single room or single space at the same time
Enforcement
Sec. 6: enforced by State and local law enforcement under 166A-19.30(a)(2); 'A violation of this Executive Order may be subject to prosecution pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.30(d), and is punishable as a Class 2 misdemeanor in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-288.20A.'
Notes
Sec. 2(C) lists 30 categories of COVID-19 Essential Businesses and Operations (CISA sectors; health care; human services; infrastructure; government; grocery; food production and agriculture; charities; religious entities; media; gas stations and transportation; financial and insurance institutions; hardware; critical trades; mail and logistics; educational institutions for distance learning; laundry; restaurants for off-premises consumption; supplies to work from home; supplies for essential businesses; transportation including automobile dealers; home-based care; residential facilities; professional services including legal, accounting, insurance, engineering, real estate brokerage, appraisal and title; manufacturing and supply chain for critical products; defense contractors; hotels and motels for lodging; funeral services; additional essential retail). Sec. 2(F): Department of Revenue may designate additional essential businesses. Sec. 4: counties and cities may impose greater restrictions; local orders cannot restrict State Essential Governmental Operations. Signed scan is the exhibit; the Governor's text version (eo121-stay-home-order-text) was read for quotation.
Retrieval noteText version at https://governor.nc.gov/documents/files/eo121-stay-home-order-text/open read in full for Sections 1-7.