Alamance County warns of slow start for electronic court records Monday
Attorneys and residents in Alamance County were warned filings and record lookups could lag as eCourts went live Monday. Emergency papers were routed to 109 S. Maple Street in Graham or File & Serve.
Attorneys, families tracking cases, landlords, employers and residents seeking records were told to expect a slow start as electronic court records went live Monday in Alamance County, a change that could slow lookups, filings and document requests at the courthouse. Early users were steered to the Alamance County Magistrate’s Office at 109 S. Maple Street in Graham for emergency filings, or to File & Serve online.
The transition put Alamance County in Track 4 of North Carolina’s eCourts rollout, the statewide move to digital and cloud-based court technology. The North Carolina Judicial Branch laid out a Track 4 go-live timeline and transition process starting April 17, 2024, along with separate training registration and resources for court users as local offices adjusted to the new workflow.
Kristie Culler, the Alamance County clerk of superior court, wrote in a Jan. 12, 2024 Facebook post: “APRIL 29 is GO-LIVE! On this date, the Alamance County Judicial System will go live on eCourts.” That message made clear the county was preparing the public well before the switch, but Monday’s warning of a slow start signaled that early hiccups were still expected.
The county clerk of court’s website already advertised online court records, File & Serve, Guide & File, payment options and interpreter requests, but the first days of the conversion still carried the risk of delays as staff and users adapted to the new system. For people trying to pull a criminal file, check a civil filing, or get paperwork filed on time, even a short delay could mean an extra trip or a longer wait for a record to appear.
Statewide, the move was part of a larger modernization push. North Carolina Judicial Branch officials said eCourts was designed to bring the court system onto digital and cloud-based technology, and Indigent Defense Services said 49 counties in Tracks 1 through 6 had already moved from paper filings to Enterprise Justice, the platform formerly known as Odyssey. Later state announcements said eCourts was set to reach all 100 counties by October 2025, placing Alamance County inside a much larger judicial transition that was still unfolding across North Carolina.
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