The North Carolina deadline engine
Every North Carolina clock computed by a pure, unit-tested function — the trigger day excluded, the last day included (Rule 6(a)), weekends rolled, the courthouse-closure holiday flagged as the per-county fact it is, and the citation attached. There is NO Monday rule here — the answer is a straight 30 days, and that difference from Texas is exactly why every parameter below is pinned to the verbatim corpus by a release gate.
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RCP6 COMPUTE
NC-RCP 6pinned to: “In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules”
RCP6 ROLL
NC-RCP 6pinned to: “until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday”
RCP6 MAIL
NC-RCP 6pinned to: “Additional time after service by mail”
RCP12 ANSWER 30
NC-RCP 12pinned to: “within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint”
RCP33 ROGS 30
NC-RCP 33pinned to: “within 30 days after the service of the interrogatories”
RCP33 DEF 45
NC-RCP 33pinned to: “45 days after service of the summons and complaint upon the defendant”
RCP36 RFA 30
NC-RCP 36pinned to: “within 30 days after service of the request”
RCP56 NOTICE 10
NC-RCP 56pinned to: “served at least 10 days before the time fixed for the hearing”
RCP56 OPP AFF 2
NC-RCP 56pinned to: “opposing affidavits at least two days before the hearing”
RCP59 NEWTRIAL 10
NC-RCP 59pinned to: “not later than 10 days after entry of the judgment”
RCP41 SAVINGS 1Y
NC-RCP 41pinned to: “commenced within one year after such dismissal”
7A228 MAGISTRATE 10
NC-STAT 7A-228pinned to: “within 10 days after a judgment is rendered”
APP3 NOA 30
NC-APP RULESpinned to: “thirty days”
SOL 3Y
NC-STAT 1-52pinned to: “Within three years”
SOL 2Y
NC-STAT 1-53pinned to: “Within two years”
SOL 1Y
NC-STAT 1-54pinned to: “Within one year”
SOL 6Y
NC-STAT 1-50pinned to: “Within six years”
SOL 10Y
NC-STAT 1-47pinned to: “Within ten years”
The limitations table
Accrual is claim-specific legal judgment (discovery rules, § 1-15(c) professional-malpractice accrual) — the engine computes the bar from YOUR accrual date and routes the accrual question itself.