North Carolina AOC-CV-751 Preparation Worksheet

AOC-CV-751 PREPARATION WORKSHEET — DO NOT FILE

Required Official Form

This worksheet is not AOC-CV-751 and must not be filed.

Before preparing a civil filing, open the North Carolina Judicial Branch's current General Civil Action Cover Sheet page and download the official AOC-CV-751 linked there. Confirm that the form number, revision, and court instructions remain current on the filing date.

Current Rule 5(c) requires a prescribed cover sheet for documents filed on paper in civil actions, special proceedings, and estates. If a paper filing omits the cover sheet, the clerk files the document, gives notice, and allows no more than five days to supply it. The older note printed on AOC-CV-751 predates that cure procedure. The form separately states that a subsequent civil filing must use the applicable General Civil (AOC-CV-751), Motion (AOC-CV-752), or Court Action (AOC-CV-753) cover sheet. Select the official cover sheet that matches the filing; do not assume AOC-CV-751 is correct for every filing.

1. Filing and Court

2. Parties Shown on Side One

Copy names and addresses exactly from the filing and the official form.

3. Attorney or Unrepresented Party

Complete this portion for an initial appearance or a change of address when the official form calls for it.

4. Filing Flags

Record only what the pleading and official form support.

• ☐ Jury demanded in pleading
• ☐ Complex litigation
• ☐ Stipulate to arbitration
• ☐ None of these official-form boxes applies

This worksheet does not determine arbitration eligibility, complex-case status, or whether a jury demand is legally sufficient.

5. Type of Pleading

Review the current official form's complete Type of Pleading list. Check every applicable item on the official form and preserve its exact label and code. Do not substitute a locally invented category.

For a crossclaim or third-party complaint, also complete the official form's side-two party fields.

6. Claims for Relief

Review the current official form's complete Claims for Relief list. Check every applicable item on the official form and preserve its exact label and code. The form's categories are not a substitute for reviewing the claims actually pleaded.

7. Additional Parties and Claims on Side Two

Attach or use any continuation method permitted by the current official form or clerk; this worksheet does not prescribe one.

8. Official Fee Flags

The official form contains limited flags for filings to which fees under G.S. 7A-308 or pro hac vice fees apply. It does not provide a general filing-fee calculator.

• ☐ Assert Right of Access
• ☐ Substitution of Trustee (Judicial Foreclosure)
• ☐ Supplemental Procedures
• ☐ Motion for out-of-state attorney to appear in North Carolina courts
• ☐ No listed official fee flag selected

Confirm the current fee and payment procedure separately with the governing official source or clerk.

9. Final Transfer to the Official Form

• ☐ Downloaded the current official AOC form from the North Carolina Judicial Branch.
• ☐ Used this worksheet only as preparation notes and did not attach or file it.
• ☐ Matched the file number, county, division, caption, party names, and addresses to the filing.
• ☐ Used only the official form's current labels and codes.
• ☐ Completed all applicable side-two fields.
• ☐ Reviewed the official form's date and signature fields.
• ☐ Confirmed the required first-page placement and filing method for this court and filing.
• ☐ Confirmed whether another cover sheet, summons, fee submission, or court-specific item is required.

Prepared by: [________________________________]

Review date: [____/____/________]

Official form revision reviewed: [________________________________]

North Carolina counsel or clerk confirmation, if obtained: [NAME / DATE / DETAILS]

© [Year] [Law-Office/Author]. All rights reserved. This preparation worksheet is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.