E-Filing in North Carolina has Come a Long Way, but the Business Court’s First-in-Class System Still Awaits its Upgrade

The advent of e-filing in North Carolina’s state courts has delivered a long-sought respite to sending couriers and local counsel to clerk’s offices from Manteo to Murphy. While the journey was a bumpy one from the four-county trial in February 2023 to 100-county reach in October 2025, the eCourts platform has afforded attorneys a baseline, statewide system which begins to bring the state court system into step with the conveniences of federal court filing. Yet, e-filing in North Carolina is not quite uniform among the Superior Courts because the NC Business Court – the leader of the court pac