State language
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Ruiz v. Hull (1998)
Most recently applied in 989 So. 2d 1001 - Cole v. Riley (March 2008)
1987, c. 480, c. 877, s. 1.1.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Purpose. English is the common language of the people of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina. This section is intended to preserve, protect and strengthen the English language, and not to supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of North Carolina.
(b) English as the Official Language of North Carolina. English is the official language of the State of North Carolina.
(c) Expired.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.