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13,511 instruments indexed by The COVID Project: the orders of the fifty States and the District, forty metros, the federal layer and the agencies; the standing duties; the organizers' notices; the legal authorities. Filter by kind, State, limitation type, quarter and more; open the exhibit; download what you find.

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ExhibitInstrumentIssuerJurisdictionIssuedQuartersLimitationsGradeFile
Ex. NC-019Executive Order No. 170Extension of Phase 3 OrderGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateOct. 21, 20202020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-074CATS 'Covid Efforts' page (as of Nov. 9, 2020): face mask policy, modified schedules, rear-door exit, PPECATS Covid Efforts - Face mask Policy; modified bus and light rail schedule since March 2020CATSCity of Charlotte (CATS)CityNov. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NC-021Executive Order No. 176Extension of Phase 3 Order with Reduced Indoor Mass Gathering LimitGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateNov. 10, 20202020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. NC-022Executive Order No. 180Additional Face Covering Requirements and Extension of Phase 3Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateNov. 23, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-023Executive Order No. 181Implementing a Modified Stay at Home Order and Requiring Night-Time Business ClosuresGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateDec. 8, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NC-036Executive Order No. 183Authorizing Delivery and Carry-Out of Mixed Beverages; Curbside Pickup and Delivery of Health Care Goods and ServicesGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateDec. 21, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NC-024Executive Order No. 188Extension of the Modified Stay at Home OrderGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateJan. 6, 20212021 Q1Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NC-025Executive Order No. 189Further Extension of the Modified Stay at Home OrderGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateJan. 27, 20212021 Q1Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-044Declaration of End of City COVID-19 OrdersDeclaration of End of City COVID-19 Orders, City of Raleigh, February 26, 2021Mayor Mary-Ann BaldwinCity of RaleighCityFeb. 26, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NC-026Executive Order No. 195Lifting the Modified Stay at Home Order and Easing Certain COVID-19 RestrictionsGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateFeb. 24, 20212021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NC-027Executive Order No. 204Further Easing of COVID-19 RestrictionsGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 23, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. NC-028Executive Order No. 209Easing Statewide RestrictionsGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateApr. 28, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-019North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein, No. 126PA24 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), on review of 293 N.C. App. 402 (2024)Opinion: the Emergency Management Act 'grants the Governor the ability to impose significant restrictions or prohibitions on otherwise…Supreme Court of North CarolinaNorth CarolinaCourtAug. 22, 2025Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-012N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.31 (Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency)Types of emergency prohibitions and restrictions authorized: movements of people; operation of offices and business establishments…General Assembly of North CarolinaNorth CarolinaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding dutyPrimary source read

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