Rule 12 - Filing the Record on Appeal; Docketing the Appeal; Copies(a)Time for Filing Record on Appeal. The appellant must file the record on appeal no later than fifteen days after it has been settled by any of the procedures provided in Rule 11 or Rule 18. This deadline applies only to the printed record, transcripts, copies of exhibits and other items included in the record on appeal pursuant to Rule 9(d), and any supplement prepared pursuant to Rule 11(c) or Rule 18(d)(3). This deadline does not apply to original exhibits and other original items included in the record on appeal, which are subject to the delivery and removal procedures in Rule 9(d)(2).(b)Docketing the Appeal. The appellant shall pay to the clerk the docket fee fixed pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-20(b), and the clerk shall thereupon enter the appeal upon the docket of the appellate court. If an appellant is authorized to appeal in forma pauperis as provided in N.C.G.S. §§ 1-288 or 7A-450 et seq., the clerk shall docket the appeal upon timely filing of the record on appeal. An appeal is docketed under the title given to the action in the trial division, with the appellant identified as such. The clerk shall forthwith give notice to all parties of the date on which the appeal was docketed in the appellate court.(c)Copies. The clerk will reproduce and distribute copies of the printed record as directed by the court, billing the parties pursuant to these rules.287 N.C. 671; 312 N.C. 803; 368 N.C. 1067; 324 N.C. 613; 345 N.C. 765; 354 N.C. 609; 357 N.C. 665; 361 N.C. 732; 363 N.C. 901; 369 N.C. 763; 371 N.C. 974; 375 N.C. 1034; 379 N.C. 694.
Amended November 17, 2020, effective 1/1/2021; amended 1/14/2021; amended October 13, 2021, effective 1/1/2022; amended June 18, 2024, effective 6/18/2024.