Federal regulations governing business transactions and corporate law can be found within several titles of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
The Code of Federal Regulations is available electronically via GovInfo.gov and ecfr.gov. For older versions of the CFR, visit HeinOnline. The CFR on Westlaw Edge contains annotations, meaning it contains citations to relevant cases, statutes, and secondary sources.
Before a final rule is published in the CFR, administrative agencies publish notices, proposed rules, and final regulations in the Federal Register. The Federal Register is available electronically via FederalRegister.gov and GovInfo.gov. For older versions, visit HeinOnline.
Title 18, Chapter 4 of the North Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC) contains the rules and regulations governing the filing and maintaining documents on behalf of corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships whenever filing with the Secretary of State is specified by statute. These regulations can be found on the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings' (NC OAH) website.
Westlaw Edge and Lexis+ also contain current versions of the NCAC. The print version of the NCAC, now published by West, is available in the law library (KFN7435 1998 .A26).
Administrative agencies publish notices, proposed rules, and final actions in the North Carolina Register, which is available via the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings website.
Visit our North Carolina Administrative Law Research Guide for additional information.
North Carolina Department of Commerce is the state's lead agency for economic, community and workforce development. The Department works with local, regional, national and international organizations to fulfill its mission to improve economic well-being and quality of life for all North Carolinians.
Business Link North Carolina (BLNC), part of a public-private partnership with the N.C. Department of Commerce, provides business owners with information and resources available from the State of North Carolina to assist their companies, from start-ups to major employers. BLNC business counselors help callers with information about registering a business with the state, business and occupational licenses, tax requirements, government contracting, business plans, tax information to marketing and access to capital.
Corporations Division of the Secretary of State's Office is responsible for the examination, custody and maintenance of the legal documents filed by more than 400,000 corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies. The duty of the Secretary of State is to ensure uniform compliance with the statutes governing the creation of these entities, record the information required to be kept as a public record, and provide that information to the public.
North Carolina Office for Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) works to promote economic opportunities for historically underutilized businesses in state government contracting and procurement that will foster their growth and profitability.
