§ 84-5.1 – Rendering of legal services by certain nonprofit corporations.
84-5.1. Rendering of legal services by certain nonprofit corporations. (a) Subject to the rules and regulations of the North Carolina State Bar, as approved by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, a nonprofit corporation, tax exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), organized or authorized under Chapter 55A of the General Statutes of North Carolina and operating […]
§ 84-6 – Exacting fee for conducting foreclosures prohibited to all except licensed attorneys.
84-6. Exacting fee for conducting foreclosures prohibited to all except licensed attorneys. It shall be unlawful to exact, charge, or receive any attorney’s fee for the foreclosure of any mortgage under power of sale, unless the foreclosure is conducted by licensed attorney-at-law of North Carolina, and unless the full amount charged as attorney’s fee is […]
§ 84-1 – Oaths taken in open court.
84-1. Oaths taken in open court. Attorneys before they shall be admitted to practice law shall, in open court before a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice, personally appear and take the oath prescribed for attorneys by G.S. 11-11, and also the oaths of allegiance to the State, and to support the […]
§ 84-2 – Persons disqualified.
84-2. Persons disqualified. No justice, judge, magistrate, full-time district attorney, full-time assistant district attorney, full-time public defender, full-time assistant public defender, clerk, deputy or assistant clerk of the General Court of Justice, register of deeds, deputy or assistant register of deeds, sheriff or deputy sheriff shall engage in the private practice of law. As used […]
§ 84-2.1 – "Practice law" defined.
84-2.1. "Practice law" defined. (a) The phrase "practice law" as used in this Chapter is defined to be performing any legal service for any other person, firm or corporation, with or without compensation, specifically including the preparation or aiding in the preparation of deeds, mortgages, wills, trust instruments, inventories, accounts or reports of guardians, trustees, […]
§ 84-2.2 – Exemption and additional requirements for Web site providers.
84-2.2. Exemption and additional requirements for Web site providers. (a) The practice of law, including the giving of legal advice, as defined by G.S. 84-2.1 does not include the operation of a Web site by a provider that offers consumers access to interactive software that generates a legal document based on the consumer’s answers to […]
§ 84-4 – Persons other than members of State Bar prohibited from practicing law.
84-4. Persons other than members of State Bar prohibited from practicing law. Except as otherwise permitted by law, it shall be unlawful for any person or association of persons, except active members of the Bar of the State of North Carolina admitted and licensed to practice as attorneys-at-law, to appear as attorney or counselor at […]
§ 84-4.1 – Limited practice of out-of-state attorneys.
84-4.1. Limited practice of out-of-state attorneys. Any attorney domiciled in another state, and regularly admitted to practice in the courts of record of and in good standing in that state, having been retained as attorney for a party to any civil or criminal legal proceeding pending in the General Court of Justice of North Carolina, […]
§ 84-4.2 – Summary revocation of permission granted out-of-state attorneys to practice.
84-4.2. Summary revocation of permission granted out-of-state attorneys to practice. Permission granted under G.S. 84-4.1 may be summarily revoked by the General Court of Justice or any agency, including the North Carolina Utilities Commission, on its own motion and in its discretion. (1967, c. 1199, s. 2; 1971, c. 550, s. 2; 1995, c. 431, […]
§ 84-5 – Prohibition as to practice of law by corporation.
84-5. Prohibition as to practice of law by corporation. (a) It shall be unlawful for any corporation to practice law or appear as an attorney for any person in any court in this State, or before any judicial body or the North Carolina Industrial Commission, Utilities Commission, or the Department of Commerce, Division of Employment […]