North Carolina Legal Overview: Raleigh The Raleigh metropolitan area in North Carolina is defined by the Census Bureau as covering Franklin, Johnston and Wake counties. It is officially known as the Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA, which is a part of the larger Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA, or combined statistical area. This CSA is better known as the Research Triangle and includes the aforementioned Raleigh-Cary MSA, the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill MSA, and the Dunn micropolitan area (Harnett County). Listed below are the main cities and towns in the Raleigh metro area.
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1. Wake County is served by the 10th Judicial District. It includes the Wake County Superior Court in Raleigh as the main trial court with general jurisdiction over all cases filed in the county. The Wake County District Court, also located in Raleigh, has limited jurisdiction over misdemeanors and civil cases not exceeding $10,000. A small claims court is a division of the district court and handles cases below $5,000. The county also has family, traffic and drug treatment courts in Raleigh.
Trending Legal Topics: Appeals against verdicts in the small claims court are filed with the Wake County District Court. Superior and district court appeals are filed with the Court of Appeals based in Raleigh. The highest court in the state is the North Carolina Supreme Court. Federal cases in the Raleigh metro area must be filed with Raleigh Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Federal appeals from North Carolina are heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. |