| Ex. NC-049 | Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and 2)Order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (COVID-19) | Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina | North CarolinaCourt | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-002 | Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-B-059 | Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-050 | Order of the Chief Justice, 19 March 2020Order of the Chief Justice (extension of filing deadlines and time computations) | Chief Justice Cheri Beasley | North CarolinaCourt | Mar. 19, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-003 | Executive Order No. 118Limiting Operations of Restaurants and Bars and Broadening Unemployment Insurance Benefits in Response to COVID-19 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-067 | Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (restaurants and bars), March 17, 2020Abatement order requiring restaurants and bars to limit food and beverage sales to carry-out, drive-through and delivery | Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen | North CarolinaSector regulator | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureHealth care ordersAlcohol and bars | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-27-006 | UNC System Updates Guidance to Constituent Institutions (Mar. 17, 2020)Systemwide move to remote instruction for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester; reduced campus operations; students directed not to… | UNC System Interim President William L. Roper | North Carolina (UNC System; sixteen constituent institutions)State | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. NC-039 | Executive Order No. 119Facilitating Critical Motor Vehicle Operations and Delegating Authority to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to… | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Travel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-B-060 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-039 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-004 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CLT-018 | Revised Joint Proclamation... Restricting Movement of All Individuals... to Stay at Their Place of Residence (Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order)Revised Joint Proclamation restricting movement of all individuals to stay at their place of residence except for essential services… | Chair George Dunlap, Mayor Vi Lyles and the six town mayors, in conjunction with the Emergency Management Coordinator and in consultation with the Public Health Director | Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Towns of Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill, Davidson, Huntersville and CorneliusCounty | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CLT-051 | Proclamation of Emergency Restrictions (Stay-at-Home Proclamation) dated March 26, 2020Proclamation of Emergency Restrictions by the Chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners (stay at home) | Gregory D. Ford, Chairman, Wake County Board of Commissioners | Wake County, including by consent the City of Raleigh and the eleven Wake towns, and the Wake portions of the City of Durham and the Towns of Angier and ClaytonCounty | Mar. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-075 | Register of Deeds website notice, 'Effective Until Further Notice': access to the office limited; services by appointment only; attorneys urged to e-record (as archived April 2, 2020)Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds COVID-19 access limitation (appointment only; e-recording) | Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds Fredrick Smith | Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Register of Deeds)County | Apr. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-051 | Order of the Chief Justice, 2 April 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-7)Order of the Chief Justice (Emergency Directives 1 through 7) | Chief Justice Cheri Beasley | North CarolinaCourt | Apr. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-007 | Executive Order No. 130Meeting North Carolina's Health and Human Services Needs | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Apr. 8, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043 | Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery ActAn Act to Provide Aid to North Carolinians in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis | General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020 | North Carolina (General Assembly; Division of Motor Vehicles; notaries)State | May 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-034 | S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7COVID-19 Recovery Act (remote instruction for 2019-20; Remote Instruction Plans for 2020-21; DMV credential deadline extensions) | General Assembly of North Carolina | North CarolinaState | May 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Schools and child careCourts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-054 | Session Law 2020-3, Part IV (Emergency Video Notarization)COVID-19 Recovery Act, Part IV: Emergency Video Notarization and Emergency Video Witnessing | General Assembly of North Carolina (S.L. 2020-3; S.B. 704) | North CarolinaState | May 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-010 | Executive Order No. 138Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 5, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-041 | Executive Order No. 139Meeting North Carolina's Health and Human Services Needs (public health, Medicaid, child care and licensing provisions) | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 12, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-011 | Executive Order No. 141Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 2 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-012 | Executive Order No. 142Temporary Prohibitions on Evictions and Extending the Prohibition on Utility Shut-Offs | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-052 | Order of the Chief Justice, 21 May 2020 (Emergency Directives 9-16)Order of the Chief Justice (Emergency Directives 9 through 16; no jury trials) | Chief Justice Cheri Beasley | North CarolinaCourt | May 21, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Courts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-053 | Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and 22)Order Issuing Emergency Directives 21 and 22 (face coverings in court facilities; jury trial resumption plans) | Chief Justice Cheri Beasley | North CarolinaCourt | July 16, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |