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This county is outside of that <a href="/Local_government_editorial_approach" title="Local government editorial approach">coverage scope</a> and does not receive scheduled updates. </i> </p> </div><hr /> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/File:Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg" class="image"><img alt="Flag of North Carolina.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/70px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/105px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/140px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></div> <p><b>Clay County</b> is located within the <a href="/North_Carolina_District_Courts" title="North Carolina District Courts">North Carolina District Court</a> District <a href="/North_Carolina_District_Court_43" title="North Carolina District Court 43">43</a> and the <a href="/North_Carolina_Superior_Courts" title="North Carolina Superior Courts">North Carolina Superior Court</a> <a href="/Fifth_Division_of_the_Superior_Court,_North_Carolina" title="Fifth Division of the Superior Court, North Carolina">Fifth Division</a>, District <a href="/North_Carolina_Superior_Court_43A" title="North Carolina Superior Court 43A">43A</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_North_Carolina" title="United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina">United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina</a> has jurisdiction in Clay County. Appeals from the Western District go to the <a href="/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_4th_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Judges"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Judges</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Superior_Court"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Superior Court</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#District_Court"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">District Court</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Elections"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Election_rules"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Election rules</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#Primary_election"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Primary election</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Judges">Judges</span></h1> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:NorthCarolinaClayCounty.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/3d/NorthCarolinaClayCounty.png/250px-NorthCarolinaClayCounty.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="95" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/3d/NorthCarolinaClayCounty.png/375px-NorthCarolinaClayCounty.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/3d/NorthCarolinaClayCounty.png/500px-NorthCarolinaClayCounty.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="303" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:NorthCarolinaClayCounty.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Clay County, North Carolina</div></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Superior_Court">Superior Court</span></h2> <p><i>Ballotpedia does not actively cover any Superior Court judges in Clay County.</i> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="District_Court">District Court</span></h2> <p><i>Ballotpedia does not actively cover any District Court judges in Clay County.</i> </p> <h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h1> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/North_Carolina_judicial_elections" title="North Carolina judicial elections">North Carolina judicial elections</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>North Carolina is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in North Carolina, click <a href="/Judicial_selection_in_North_Carolina" title="Judicial selection in North Carolina">here</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2024" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2024">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2024</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2023" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2023">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2023</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2022" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2022">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2021" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2021">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2020" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2020">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2019" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2019">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2018" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2018">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2018</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2017" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2017">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2016" title="North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2016">North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_judicial_elections,_2014" title="North Carolina judicial elections, 2014">North Carolina judicial elections, 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_judicial_elections,_2012" title="North Carolina judicial elections, 2012">North Carolina judicial elections, 2012</a></li> <li><a href="/North_Carolina_judicial_elections,_2010" title="North Carolina judicial elections, 2010">North Carolina judicial elections, 2010</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Election_rules">Election rules</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Primary_election">Primary election</span></h3> <p>The judges of the <a href="/North_Carolina_Superior_Courts" title="North Carolina Superior Courts">North Carolina Superior Courts</a> are chosen through <a href="/Partisan_election_of_judges" title="Partisan election of judges">partisan elections</a>. Judges are elected to eight-year terms and must face re-election if they wish to serve again.<sup id="cite_ref-chapelhill_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chapelhill-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>The judges of the <a href="/North_Carolina_District_Courts" title="North Carolina District Courts">North Carolina District Courts</a> are chosen through <a href="/Partisan_election_of_judges" title="Partisan election of judges">partisan elections</a>. District judges serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to remain on the court.<sup id="cite_ref-articleiv_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-articleiv-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chapelhill_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chapelhill-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div id="stopHeaderTabs" style="display:none;"></div> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/North_Carolina_counties" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina counties">North Carolina counties</a></li> <li><a href="/Courts_in_North_Carolina" title="Courts in North Carolina">Courts in North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_North_Carolina" title="Judicial selection in North Carolina">Judicial selection in North Carolina</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2> <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nccourts.org/County/Clay/Default.asp"><i>The North Carolina Court System</i>, "Clay County - District 30A"</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; </script> </p> <div class="references-small"><div class="mobile-columns"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-chapelhill-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-chapelhill_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-chapelhill_1-1">1.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.sog.unc.edu/sites/www.sog.unc.edu/files/additional_files/Judicial%20election%20history%20Aug%202020.pdf"><i>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | School of Government</i>, "History of North Carolina Judicial Elections," August 2020</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-articleiv-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-articleiv_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://ncleg.gov/Laws/Constitution/Article4"><i>North Carolina General Assembly</i>, "North Carolina Constitution - Article IV," accessed September 20, 2021</a> <i>(Section 19)</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div> <table class="navbox" cellspacing="0" style=";"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:2px;"><table cellspacing="0" class="collapsible autocollapse" style="width:100%;background:transparent;color:inherit;;"><tbody><tr><th style=";" colspan="2" class="navbox-title"><div style="float:left; width:6em;text-align:left;"><div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand" style="background-color:transparent; padding:0; white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal; font-size:xx-small; ;;border:none;;"><a href="/Template:North_Carolina_counties" title="Template:North Carolina counties"><span title="View this template" style=";;border:none;;">v</span></a> <span style="font-size:80%;">•</span> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:North_Carolina_counties&action=edit"><span style="color:#002bb8;;;border:none;;" title="You can edit this template. 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href="/Avery_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Avery County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Avery</a> • <a href="/Beaufort_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Beaufort County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Beaufort</a> • <a href="/Bertie_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Bertie County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Bertie</a> • <a href="/Bladen_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Bladen County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Bladen</a> • <a href="/Brunswick_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Brunswick County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Brunswick</a> • <a href="/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Buncombe</a> • <a href="/Burke_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Burke County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Burke</a> • <a href="/Cabarrus_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Cabarrus County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Cabarrus</a> • <a href="/Caldwell_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Caldwell County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Caldwell</a> • <a href="/Camden_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Camden County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Camden</a> • <a href="/Carteret_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Carteret County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Carteret</a> • <a href="/Caswell_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Caswell County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Caswell</a> • <a href="/Catawba_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Catawba County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Catawba</a> • <a href="/Chatham_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Chatham County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Chatham</a> • <a href="/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Cherokee</a> • <a href="/Chowan_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Chowan County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Chowan</a> • <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Clay</a> • <a href="/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Cleveland</a> • <a href="/Columbus_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Columbus County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Columbus</a> • <a href="/Craven_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Craven County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Craven</a> • <a href="/Cumberland_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Cumberland County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Cumberland</a> • <a href="/Currituck_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Currituck County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Currituck</a> • <a href="/Dare_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Dare County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Dare</a> • <a href="/Davidson_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Davidson County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Davidson</a> • <a href="/Davie_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Davie County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Davie</a> • <a href="/Duplin_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Duplin County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Duplin</a> • <a href="/Durham_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Durham County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Durham</a> • <a href="/Edgecombe_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Edgecombe County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Edgecombe</a> • <a href="/Forsyth_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Forsyth County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Forsyth</a> • <a href="/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Franklin County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Franklin</a> • <a href="/Gaston_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Gaston County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Gaston</a> • <a href="/Gates_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Gates County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Gates</a> • <a href="/Graham_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Graham County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Graham</a> • <a href="/Granville_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Granville County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Granville</a> • <a href="/Greene_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Greene County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Greene</a> • <a href="/Guilford_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Guilford County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Guilford</a> • <a href="/Halifax_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Halifax County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Halifax</a> • <a href="/Harnett_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Harnett County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Harnett</a> • <a href="/Haywood_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Haywood County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Haywood</a> • <a href="/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Henderson County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Henderson</a> • <a href="/Hertford_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Hertford County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Hertford</a> • <a href="/Hoke_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Hoke County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Hoke</a> • <a href="/Hyde_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Hyde County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Hyde</a> • <a href="/Iredell_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Iredell County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Iredell</a> • <a href="/Jackson_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Jackson County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Jackson</a> • <a href="/Johnston_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Johnston County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Johnston</a> • <a href="/Jones_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Jones County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Jones</a> • <a href="/Lee_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Lee County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Lee</a> • <a href="/Lenoir_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Lenoir County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Lenoir</a> • <a href="/Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Lincoln County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Lincoln</a> • <a href="/McDowell_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="McDowell County, North Carolina (Judicial)">McDowell</a> • <a href="/Macon_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Macon County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Macon</a> • <a href="/Madison_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Madison County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Madison</a> • <a href="/Martin_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Martin County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Martin</a> • <a href="/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Mecklenburg</a> • <a href="/Mitchell_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Mitchell County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Mitchell</a> • <a href="/Montgomery_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Montgomery County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Montgomery</a> • <a href="/Moore_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Moore County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Moore</a> • <a href="/Nash_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Nash County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Nash</a> • <a href="/New_Hanover_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="New Hanover County, North Carolina (Judicial)">New Hanover</a> • <a href="/Northampton_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Northampton County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Northampton</a> • <a href="/Onslow_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Onslow County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Onslow</a> • <a href="/Orange_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Orange County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Orange</a> • <a href="/Pamlico_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Pamlico County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Pamlico</a> • <a href="/Pasquotank_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Pasquotank County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Pasquotank</a> • <a href="/Pender_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Pender County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Pender</a> • <a href="/Perquimans_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Perquimans County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Perquimans</a> • <a href="/Person_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Person County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Person</a> • <a href="/Pitt_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Pitt County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Pitt</a> • <a href="/Polk_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Polk County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Polk</a> • <a href="/Randolph_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Randolph County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Randolph</a> • <a href="/Richmond_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Richmond County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Richmond</a> • <a href="/Robeson_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Robeson County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Robeson</a> • <a href="/Rockingham_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Rockingham County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Rockingham</a> • <a href="/Rowan_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Rowan County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Rowan</a> • <a href="/Rutherford_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Rutherford County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Rutherford</a> • <a href="/Sampson_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Sampson County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Sampson</a> • <a href="/Scotland_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Scotland County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Scotland</a> • <a href="/Stanly_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Stanly County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Stanly</a> • <a href="/Stokes_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Stokes County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Stokes</a> • <a href="/Surry_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Surry County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Surry</a> • <a href="/Swain_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Swain County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Swain</a> • <a href="/Transylvania_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Transylvania County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Transylvania</a> • <a href="/Tyrrell_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Tyrrell County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Tyrrell</a> • <a href="/Union_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Union County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Union</a> • <a href="/Vance_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Vance County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Vance</a> • <a href="/Wake_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Wake County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Wake</a> • <a href="/Warren_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Warren County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Warren</a> • <a href="/Washington_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Washington County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Washington</a> • <a href="/Watauga_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Watauga County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Watauga</a> • <a href="/Wayne_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Wayne County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Wayne</a> • <a href="/Wilkes_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Wilkes County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Wilkes</a> • <a href="/Wilson_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Wilson County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Wilson</a> • <a href="/Yadkin_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Yadkin County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Yadkin</a> • <a href="/Yancey_County,_North_Carolina_(Judicial)" title="Yancey County, North Carolina (Judicial)">Yancey</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> <style type="text/css"> .courts-container { background-color:#fcfcfc; width:100%; border:1px solid black;padding:5px;text-align:center;clear:both; } .courts-header { font-size:150%;background-color:#334aab;color:white;} .courts-container hr {background-color:#f0a236;padding-bottom:2px;} </style> </p> <div class="courts-container"> <div class="courts-header">North Carolina courts</div> <hr /> <div style="font-size:80%;clear:both;"></div> <p><b>Federal courts:</b> </p><p><a href="/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_4th_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit">Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals</a> • U.S. District Court: <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_North_Carolina" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina">Eastern District of North Carolina</a>, <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Middle_District_of_North_Carolina" title="United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina">Middle District of North Carolina</a>, <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_North_Carolina" title="United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina">Western District of North Carolina</a> • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_Eastern_District_of_North_Carolina" title="United States bankruptcy court, Eastern District of North Carolina">Eastern District of North Carolina</a>, <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_Middle_District_of_North_Carolina" title="United States bankruptcy court, Middle District of North Carolina">Middle District of North Carolina</a>, <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_Western_District_of_North_Carolina" title="United States bankruptcy court, Western District of 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