North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 27 - STATE BAR
Chapter 01 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR
Subchapter D - RULES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR
Section .0200 - PROCEDURES FOR THE AUTHORIZED PRACTICE COMMITTEE
Section 01D .0206 - AUTHORIZED PRACTICE COMMITTEE - POWERS AND DUTIES

(1) to direct the counsel to investigate any alleged unauthorized practice of law by any person, firm, or corporation in this State;

(2) to hold preliminary hearings, find probable cause, and recommend to the Executive Committee that a complaint for injunction be filed in the name of the State Bar against the respondent;

(3) to dismiss allegations of the unauthorized practice of law upon a finding of no probable cause;

(4) to issue letters of caution, which may include a demand to cease and desist, to respondents in cases where the Committee concludes either that:

(5) to direct counsel to stop an investigation and take no action;

(6) to refer a matter to another agency, including the district attorney for criminal prosecution and to other committees of the North Carolina State Bar; and

(7) to issue advisory opinions in accordance with procedures adopted by the council as to whether the actual or contemplated conduct of nonlawyers would constitute the unauthorized practice of law in North Carolina.