Mecklenburg Superior Court clerk struggles to make search warrants public on eCourts

By Julia Coin and Ryan Oehrli, The Charlotte Observer, July 22, 2024

A $100 million project that’s moving North Carolina’s court documents online is “saving time and providing transparency,” the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts says. But in Mecklenburg County it’s taking far longer for some public records to actually reach the public.

“A primary goal of the eCourts project is increasing the transparency and accessibility of public court information and public court records, consistent with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and … the North Carolina Constitution,” Brown wrote.