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Counsel Rates

Interactive Attorney Rate Calculator

Use this calculator to estimate your rates. This form is not submitted to anyone. You will still need to file the paperwork for your claim.

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Current Hourly Assigned Counsel Rates
PAC Rate Chart, 2022.01.01Download
Juvenile Delinquency Assigned Counsel Rates

https://www.ncjuveniledefender.com/2022-juvenile-rates

Hourly Rate Charts (Tenths of Hours Worked x Applicable Rate)
  • $65 Rate Chart Jan 2022
  • $85 Rate Chart Jan 2022
  • Attorney for the Day Rates / Hourly Rate Exception Chart Mar 2023
Expense Reimbursement Rates

Lodging/Meals: For all travel completed on or after July 1, 2021, the following list details the various rates of subsistence rates per day. Please keep in mind that the reimbursement for hotel/lodging is the actual room rate up to the allowance shown plus actual taxes. Hotel receipts are required. Meals are reimbursed at one per diem per overnight stay. Meal receipts are not required.

Mileage: The mileage reimbursement rate is $.625 per mile effective September 01, 2022.

Form: Travel Expenses Reimbursement AOC-A-25

In-StateOut-of-State
Per Diem/Meal Totals$41.30$44.10
Lodging (actual, up to)$78.90$93.20
Expense Reimbursement Rates – Indigent Defense Services (ncids.org)
Uniform Fee Information for Burke, Davidson, Iredell and Lincoln Counties
  • FAQ – Uniform Fees May 2021
  • Flat Fee Policies May 2021
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Attorney for the Day / Hourly Rate Exceptions

https://www.ncids.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hourly-rate-exceptions-updated-2022.01.01-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf

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Indigent Defense Services
123 West Main Street, Suite 400
Durham, North Carolina 27701
Phone: (919) 354-7200
Fax: (919) 354-7201

Attorney Fee Application Inquiry Line:
(919) 890-2188

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(919) 890-1655

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