The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.30(c), 166A-19.31(b)(1) (curfew), (b)(2), (b)(5)
- Issued
- 2020-12-08 Dec. 8, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-11 17:00 (read as 2020-12-11)
- End
- 2021-01-08 17:00 by its terms; extended by EO 188 (to Jan. 29) and EO 189 (to Feb. 28); lifted 2021-02-26 17:00 by EO 195 (read as 2021-01-08)
- In force
- Dec. 11, 2020 to Jan. 8, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
- Addressees
- all North Carolinians
- all businesses open to the public
- bars
- restaurants
- entertainment venues
- retail
- Functions reached
- CB customer base (night-time stay-home)
- DR dining hours
- BA bar service (indoor closed; 9 p.m. cut-off)
- PE and FC venues 30%
- GATH 10/50
- TR night travel
- OF offices (work from home recommended)
- Collection
- North Carolina NC
Operative words
all North Carolinians are required to stay at home and travel only for work or to obtain essential goods or services during the hours of 10:00 PM and 5:00 AM each day... 3.17. Closure No Later than 10:00 PM. [Businesses covered by Section] 3 must close their premises to the public no later than 10:00 PM and may not reopen [before 5:00 AM] on the following morning, except for the facilities within Subsection 3.3 (child care facilities), Subsection 3.4 (children's overnight camps), Subsection 3.6 (government operations), Subsection 3.7 (health care settings), Subsection 3.15 (transportation), and Subsection 3.16 (workplaces in agriculture, construction, and manufacturing)... [establishments shall not sell or serve alcoholic beverages for onsite] consumption between 9:00 pm and 7:00 am
Enforcement
Sec. 12: Class 2 misdemeanor under 166A-19.30(d) and 14-288.20A
Notes
Recital: 'all North Carolinians are recommended to stay at home and work from home'; grocery retail exempt from the closure; gyms and entertainment at 30% categories continued from EO 169/176/180.