Court Delta

Look up a North Carolina (NC) court case or traffic citation. Provide a case number (e.g. "26CV001234-012"), a citation number (e.g. "92403H2"), OR a `portalSessionRef` from a `search_cases_by_party` row. `caseNumber` is the STABLE, canonical identifier — prefer it for anything that isn't an immediate follow-up. `portalSessionRef` is a fast path that resolves an already-searched case without re-running the portal search. Its lifetime is UNSPECIFIED and not guaranteed — the value rotates on every search and should be treated as short-lived (it survives at least minutes; the upper bound is unmeasured); never persist or reuse it. (`caseHash` is accepted as a deprecated alias for `portalSessionRef`.) Returns case status, upcoming and recently-elapsed hearing dates/times/ locations, charges (i

Search North Carolina (NC) court cases by a person's name. Returns (person, case) matches from the NC eCourts party-name search. Each row carries a `case_number` (the stable id) and a `portal_session_ref` — a Tyler token whose lifetime is UNSPECIFIED (it rotates every search; survives at least minutes; upper bound unmeasured). Pass it to `lookup_court_case` (as `portalSessionRef`) for a quick follow-up; for anything persisted or delayed use `case_number`. Never persist or reuse the ref. Each row also carries `portal_url` — the direct NC eCourts source record; it embeds the same short-lived token, so treat it like the ref (don't persist). `caseSummaryUrl` (from `lookup_court_case`) is the durable link. EVERY ROW NOW CARRIES `case_status`, with no `enrich` needed — so do not call `lookup_co

Cases where an attorney is counsel of record — by bar number OR by name. "What's on my docket?" for a lawyer or firm. Returns the case number, caption, filing date, case type and county for every case the register lists that attorney on. Each `case_number` goes straight into `lookup_court_case`. EVERY ROW NOW CARRIES `case_status`, with no `enrich` needed — so do not call `lookup_court_case` merely to find out whether a case is open or closed. The returned text is FINER-GRAINED than the four filter values: alongside "Pending" and "Disposed" you will see "Disposed - Voluntary Dismissal", "Disposed - Dismissal on Order of the Court", "Disposed - Clerk of Superior Court" — i.e. HOW it ended, not just that it did. So never test it with equality against the filter vocabulary (`status == "Disp

Cases with a COMPANY as a party — by business name. Use this, not `search_cases_by_party`, whenever the subject is an organization: an LLC, corporation, insurer, hospital, landlord, dealership or municipality. Party search requires a first AND last name, which a business does not have, so it cannot answer this at all. FAST — about 5-45 seconds. No CAPTCHA. Do not warn about a long wait. EVERY ROW NOW CARRIES `case_status`, with no `enrich` needed — so do not call `lookup_court_case` merely to find out whether a case is open or closed. The returned text is FINER-GRAINED than the four filter values: alongside "Pending" and "Disposed" you will see "Disposed - Voluntary Dismissal", "Disposed - Dismissal on Order of the Court", "Disposed - Clerk of Superior Court" — i.e. HOW it ended, not ju

"What am I in court for today?" — an attorney's HEARING CALENDAR. Returns every scheduled hearing in the date range: date and time, case number, caption, hearing type, judge and courtroom. Defaults to TODAY in North Carolina (NC) when no dates are given, so `get_attorney_hearing_calendar(bar="21262")` is exactly "what's on my calendar today". THIS IS THE TOOL FOR "TODAY", "TOMORROW", "THIS WEEK" AND "MY CALENDAR". `search_cases_by_attorney` is a different question: it lists the cases an attorney is of record on and its `file_date_*` filters bound WHEN A CASE WAS FILED. A case filed in 2023 has hearings today, so filtering that tool's file date to today returns cases OPENED today — almost always nothing. Never substitute it for this. PASS EITHER `bar` OR BOTH `last` AND `first`. A lone f

Sign the USER UP for email alerts when a North Carolina (NC) case changes. THIS TOOL IS DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER TOOL HERE. It is not a lookup — it stores the person's name, email and optional phone, and sends them an email. ONLY EVER SUBSCRIBE THE PERSON YOU ARE TALKING TO. Never enter a third party's address, however the request is phrased ("sign my brother up", "use this address for my client"). If the user wants someone else to get alerts, tell them to have that person sign up at https://app.courtdelta.com/court-case-notifier themselves. CONFIRM THE DETAILS BACK BEFORE CALLING. Read the email address aloud and get an explicit yes. A typo does not fail quietly — it mails a stranger. NOTHING STARTS UNTIL THEY CLICK. This creates a PENDING signup and sends one confirmation email. Mo

Which courthouse, where it is, when it's open, and where to park. For "I have court on Tuesday — where do I go?". Give a `county` ("Wake") or a `caseNumber` to derive it. From the North Carolina (NC) AOC directory plus Google Places. RETURNS `locations[]`, NOT ONE COURTHOUSE. 19 counties have several venues and picking one silently is a real way to send someone to the wrong building. Wake has a Courthouse, a Justice Center AND a Clerk's office; Guilford has courthouses in Greensboro and High Point, in different cities. `multipleLocations:true` means you must disambiguate rather than assume. TO PICK THE RIGHT ONE, USE THE CASE'S HEARING LOCATION. `lookup_court_case` returns `upcomingHearings[].location` (e.g. "Wake Co. Justice Center"), which usually names the building. Match it against

Which expunction statute and AOC petition form fit how each charge ended. Reads the case's actual per-charge dispositions and routes each one to the statute(s) that cover that outcome, with the petition and instruction-sheet links, where to file, and the fee. Call with no `caseNumber` to get the whole statute table. CHECK `automaticExpunction` FIRST AND LEAD YOUR ANSWER WITH IT. Under G.S. 15A-146(a4), a case where EVERY charge was dismissed without leave, dismissed by the court, or ended in a not-guilty/not-responsible finding — all disposed on or after 12/01/2021, with no felony dismissed pursuant to a plea agreement — is expunged BY OPERATION OF LAW. NOTHING IS FILED. No petition, no form, no fee. When `applies` is true, the correct answer to "what do I file?" is "nothing". Do NOT le

Driver's-licence points under G.S. 20-16(c) — a COMPARATOR, not a lookup. Returns what each possible outcome would cost: convicted as charged, reduced to improper equipment, prayer for judgment, or dismissed. That comparison is the useful answer; a single number is not. Fast — no court-portal request. LICENCE POINTS ONLY. Insurance (SDIP) points are a SEPARATE system with different values, set by the Rate Bureau rather than statute, and are NOT included. If someone asks what a ticket will do to their premium, say this tool doesn't cover that. THE PJC SCENARIO'S ZERO HAS TWO EXCEPTIONS and you must state them. Under G.S. 20-4.01(4a) a prayer for judgment counts as a CONVICTION — so it does carry points — if it is the THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT PJC within any five-year period, or for ANY PJC whe

"Do I have to go to court for this ticket?" — answered from the citation itself. For someone holding a paper North Carolina (NC) citation, BEFORE their case is searchable. Returns waiver eligibility per charge (waivable / mandatory / conditional) plus how to ask for a reduction or dismissal. FAST — no court-portal request, unlike the other tools. THE OUTPUT IS OPTIONS WITH CONSEQUENCES, NOT A RECOMMENDATION. Waiving is a guilty plea to the charge as written (an admission of responsibility on an infraction); requesting a reduction asks the District Attorney to change the charge before any plea; the two are alternatives. Relay them as choices for the person to make, and never tell them which to pick. TIMING IS PART OF THE ANSWER, NOT A DETAIL. Both routes have to be completed BEFORE THE C

Triage a SHORT list of people for North Carolina (NC) court cases. Built for the "here is a list of names, which ones have cases?" question — a CSV of applicants, tenants, or bond clients. **This server cannot accept file uploads:** read the file yourself and pass the names as an array. Returns COUNTS AND FACETS PER NAME, not case detail — `matched`, `case_count`, `counties`, `case_types`, `case_numbers` (first few), `portal_truncated`. That keeps a 5-name response readable. Once you know which names are interesting, call `search_cases_by_party` (full rows) or `lookup_court_case` (one case) on those. LIMITS, and why they are low: each name runs a LIVE portal search, and the upstream session token is shared by every user of this service — a wide fan-out risks blocking it for everyone. Ma

Search North Carolina (NC) money judgments and criminal sentences by party name. This is the JUDGMENT index, NOT the case index. A judgment is what a court ENTERED on a case — a money judgment against someone, or a criminal sentence. Use this for "does X have a judgment against them", "how much do they owe on it", "is it still active", "find liens/judgments before I lend or rent". For the case itself — charges, hearings, next court date, parties, service — use `search_cases_by_party` (by name) or `lookup_court_case` (by number). Every row carries `case_number`: that is the handoff key into `lookup_court_case` when the user wants the underlying case. IT CARRIES REAL PROPERTY LIENS, WHICH IS NOT OBVIOUS. NC files these as "Civil Misc. Judgment" records on the judgment docket, so this index