North Carolina General Statutes 150B-23.3. Electronic filing
In addition to any other method specified in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-23, documents filed and served in a contested case may be filed and served electronically by means of an Electronic Filing Service Provider. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Electronic filing” means the electronic transmission of the petition, notice of hearing, pleadings, or any other documents filed in a contested case with the Office of Administrative Hearings, as further defined by rules adopted by the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 150B-23.3
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
(2) “Electronic Filing Service Provider (EFSP)” means the service provided by the Office of Administrative Hearings for e-filing and e-service of documents via the Internet.
(3) “Electronic service” means the electronic transmission of the petition, notice of hearing, pleadings, or any other documents in a contested case, as further defined by rules adopted by the Office of Administrative Hearings. (2014-120, s. 5(a).)