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PAC Fund Updates Current Fee App Payment Dates

Payment Dates

Current Payment Schedule

During the week of07/07/2025IDS will issue payments on07/08/2025and07/10/2025for fee applications received in our Raleigh office by05/24/2025.

Please note, IDS can only issue payments on fee applications once we receive them from the local Clerk of Court.

Supplier Payment Forms
Substitute W9 Form
ePay/DirectDeposit Form

The issues that created payment delays in October 2023 (the simultaneous rollout of the new state accounting system and transition to Odyssey task queue) have been resolved. IDS anticipates being able to pay fee apps within 45 days of receipt, contingent upon the availability of PAC funds. More information on the status of the PAC fund can be found here. 

We are having to return an extraordinary number of fee applications for (1) missing attorney or Judges signatures; (2) missing case information; (3) wrong rates, particularly fee applications using the new rates for dispositions prior to Jan 1, 2022. Please check your fee application for these errors before submission.

IRS Form #1099s will be postmarked and mailed on January 31, 2025. If you do not receive one in the month of February, please send an email to [email protected] or [email protected]

At present, IDS staff cannot research the status of individual payments unless more than 60 days have passed since the fee application was submitted to the judge. 

IDS processes fee applications in the order in which they are received, usually within two or three weeks of receipt by our Financial Services Office, depending on volume. We recognize there is often a several week delay between the disposition of a case and receipt of the fee application by IDS Financial Services. Unfortunately, staff cannot expedite payment on individual fee applications.

Who can I contact if 60 days have passed and I haven’t been paid?

Please contact the IDS Financial Services staffer assigned to your county. Please have the case name, case number, disposition date, the date submitted to the judge, and your tax identification number on hand when you call. If you have several cases to research, email is best.

General questions–IDS Fiscal Officer [email protected] (919-890-2188) or Assistant General Counsel [email protected] (919-890-2128).

Alamance – Clay
Aaron Gallagher • Aaron.M.Gallagher@nccourts.org • 919-890-2188

Cleveland – Guilford
Tracey Hinson • [email protected] • 919-890-1646

Halifax – Moore
Shante Partin • [email protected] • 919-890-1648

Nash – Rowan
Stacy Smith • [email protected] • 919-890-1649

Rutherford – Yancey
Kalpana Bhatt • [email protected] • 919-890-2357

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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

Setoff Debt Program Taxpayer Inquiry Line:
(919) 890-1655

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