| Ex. NC-023 | Executive Order No. 181Implementing a Modified Stay at Home Order and Requiring Night-Time Business Closures | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Dec. 8, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-036 | Executive Order No. 183Authorizing Delivery and Carry-Out of Mixed Beverages; Curbside Pickup and Delivery of Health Care Goods and Services | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Dec. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care ordersAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-024 | Executive Order No. 188Extension of the Modified Stay at Home Order | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Jan. 6, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-025 | Executive Order No. 189Further Extension of the Modified Stay at Home Order | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Jan. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CLT-044 | Declaration of End of City COVID-19 OrdersDeclaration of End of City COVID-19 Orders, City of Raleigh, February 26, 2021 | Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin | City of RaleighCity | Feb. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-026 | Executive Order No. 195Lifting the Modified Stay at Home Order and Easing Certain COVID-19 Restrictions | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Feb. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-033 | S.L. 2021-4An Act to Provide Access to In-Person Learning for Students in North Carolina | General Assembly of North Carolina | North CarolinaState | Mar. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Schools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-029 | Executive Order No. 215Lifting Certain COVID-19 Restrictions and Continuing Face Covering Requirements in Certain Settings | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 14, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-030 | Executive Order No. 220Extension of Executive Order No. 215 (face covering requirements in certain settings) | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | June 11, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-031 | Executive Order No. 224Implementing Measures to Address COVID-19 and Related Variants | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | July 29, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-072 | StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021StrongSchoolsNC: Public Health Toolkit (K-12) Interim Guidance | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | North CarolinaSector regulator | Aug. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-032 | S.L. 2021-130, sec. 10An Act to Make Various Changes to Education Laws (Part X, Local Face Covering Policies) | General Assembly of North Carolina | North CarolinaState | Aug. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-060 | Executive Order No. 234Providing Flexibility in Certain Health Assessments and Immunization Requirements Due to Impacts of the Pandemic | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Sept. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Schools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-NC-019 | North 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 Carolina | North CarolinaCourt | Aug. 22, 2025 | | Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-NC-012 | N.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 Carolina | North CarolinaState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding duty | Primary source read | |