Article IV, Section 15, of the North Carolina Constitution makes legal provision for the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) to provide centralized administration and budgeting services for the state’s courts. This provision came in 1965 after the General Assembly adopted the recommendation made by the Bell Commission to unify the state’s court system.

NCAOC’s centralized operations for courts include:

• Budgeting
• Equipment and supply purchasing and delivery
• Printing and distribution of forms and other court business material
• Computing with a mainframe and server farm, WAN, and multiple LANs
• Computer applications development
• Voice over Internet Protocol telephone system
• Legal support
• Help Desk for technology and for policy and procedures

The NCAOC’s approach to centralized operations is to apply its professional expertise consistently in the best interests of the court system as a whole. This is accomplished by seeking understanding and supporting the needs and demands of the more than 500 independently elected court officials as well as staff and by taking into account their diversity, caseloads, and available resources to provide the best problem-solving services and tools needed to ensure timely and proper disposition of caseloads.

NCAOC offices are located at the North Carolina Judicial Center in Raleigh.

Read more in the Judicial Branch fact sheet.

Telephone(919) 890-1000
Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (except holidays)

Mailing addressPO Box 2448
Raleigh, NC 27602-2448

Physical address901 Corporate Center Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607-5045

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