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July 4, 2025

Happy 4th of July North Carolina!

The 4th of July in North Carolina is a time for celebration. Families gather for cookouts, fireworks, and long weekends on the water. It is a tradition built around freedom, but every year it brings a familiar pattern to courtrooms across the state.

Fireworks tickets, alcohol-related charges involving underage possession, drunk driving, and boating accidents rise sharply in the days surrounding the 4th of July. Some of these cases involve honest mistakes. Others involve serious consequences.

Understanding what is legal and what is not in North Carolina can help prevent celebrations from turning into criminal investigations, arrests, or life-changing accidents.

May 30, 2016

How to get a Limited Driving Privilege

by Carolina Attorneys

What is a Pre-Trial Limited Driving Privilege? Am I Eligible to Drive? How to get a Limited Driving Privilege

Under North Carolina Law, and under limited circumstances, the Court may authorize a Pre-Trial Limited Driving Privilege during a period of suspension – Bill Powers

See Sample : Pre-Trial Limited Driving Privilege

February 22, 2015

Probable Cause to Arrest DWI

by Carolina Attorneys

“Probable cause for an arrest has been defined to be a reasonable ground of suspicion supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in believing the accused to be guilty…. To establish probable cause the evidence need not amount to proof of guilt, or even to prima facie evidence of guilt, but it must be such as would actuate a reasonable man acting in good faith.” 5 Am.Jur.2d, Arrest § 44 (1962); State v. Harris, 279 N.C. 307, 182 S.E.2d 364 (1971).

Probable Cause Hearings in North Carolina

Modified Transcript of “Probable Cause to Arrest DWI” for Hearing Impaired: