North Carolina law permits certain offenses to have "judgment continued" essentially for perpetuity, otherwise known as a "Prayer for Judgment," "Prayer for Judgment Continued," "PJC" or even incorrectly a "PFJ."  In other words when a prayer for judgment is granted by a North Carolina Judge, the conviction is not "entered" against the criminal defendant on the underlying charge.  So, it is not technically a conviction although in some instances it may be used as an aggravating factor when evaluating future convictions.

This webpage is an attempt to provide the citizens of North Carolina an overview of what a Prayer for Judgment is and how it works; although, getting qualified legal advise is particularly important because having a prayer for judgment entered against you on certain offenses can have a very negative impact on you.  Thus this site is not intended to be comprehensive or cover every scenario as to when a PJC might properly be used.

Everett Law Firm, P.A. owns and manages this site.  If you submit an inquiry and it is a county that we service, we will respond to you.  If it is a county that we do not service, we sill submit the inquiry directly to a local lawyer or lawyers who can address your particular issue.  Keep in mind that those with out-of-state driver's licenses will need to contact local counsel to determine how getting judgment continued in North Carolina will impact them.