The Appellate Shield (North Carolina)
Three lanes: the thirty-day notice of appeal, the stay that only a bond buys, and the writs practice inside the codified appellate book. Each is shown with its rule; the clocks live in the deadline registry.
The notice of appeal — thirty days
The NOA runs from entry of judgment; certain post-trial motions toll it (motion-specifically).
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Entry of judgment starts the clock — and a PJC on costs, without more, is NOT entry (§ 15A-101's own words).
N.C. R. App. P. 3(c)
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Thirty days to file and serve the notice — computed with the Rule 6(a) roll in the deadline registry.
N.C. R. App. P. 3; G.S. 1A-1, Rule 6(a)
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Tolling by timely post-trial motions (59/60 family) is motion-specific — verify before relying.
N.C. R. App. P. 3(c)
The 30-day window is surfaced the day judgment enters — appeal rights die quietly in a month.
Staying enforcement — the undertaking
An appeal alone does NOT stay a money judgment; the bond does. Ejectment has its own stay machine.
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Money judgments: the § 1-289 undertaking stays execution pending appeal.
G.S. 1-289
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Summary ejectment: the § 42-34 undertaking + rent-as-it-comes-due discipline stays the writ during de novo appeal.
G.S. 42-34
The stay is never assumed — the surface states the bond requirement before any appeal path renders.
The extraordinary lane
Certiorari, supersedeas, and the writs practice live in the loaded appellate book (Rules 21–23) — the order that can't wait for final appeal.
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Certiorari where no appeal of right lies or the time was lost — the petition practice in the book's own text.
N.C. R. App. P. 21 (in the codified book, loaded)
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Supersedeas to stay a lower-court order pending review.
N.C. R. App. P. 23 (in the codified book, loaded)
The platform never predicts whether extraordinary relief will be granted — it shows the lane and routes the judgment.