An original and one copy of a completed AOC Cover Sheet shall accompany the filing with the Clerk of Superior Court of any complaint, motion, answer, response, etc., pursuant to Rule 5 of the General Rules of Practice, except for the following cases: involuntary commitments, domestic violence, IV-D, U.R.E.S.A, U.I.F.S.A., and Clerk's automatic child support enforcement cases. The Clerk of Superior Court shall provide a case number at the time of an initial filing and place the number upon the summons. All subsequent pleadings and papers filed with the Clerk and all subsequent communications to opposing counsel or parties or court personnel shall contain the proper case number.
N.C. R. Prac. Sup. & Dist. Ct. Civ. P. 4.1