North Carolina: 3 working days before you dig.
NC811 · N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 87 art. 8A, §§87-117, 87-122
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A waiting period is not always permission. Some states also require that every operator has answered before you break ground, and some require you to mark your own dig path first. Where we have read that requirement, it is in the notes on this page. Where this page is silent, we have not checked it yet — silence here is not the same as absence. We are working through the rest and dating each one as it lands.
Notice before you break ground
3 working days
Three full working days, clock starting the day after you call. No statutory maximum.
Tolerance zone
24" each side
Ticket good for
28 calendar days from the day you actually start work
Common questions about digging in North Carolina
- How much notice do you have to give before digging in North Carolina?
- 3 working days before you break ground, through NC811. Three full working days, clock starting the day after you call. No statutory maximum.
- How long is an 811 ticket good for in North Carolina?
- 28 calendar days from the day you actually start work.
- What is the tolerance zone in North Carolina?
- 24" each side.
Check it yourself
Every figure here was read off N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 87 art. 8A, §§87-117, 87-122, not off a summary — summaries of these get the unit wrong, and the unit is usually a weekend. Read the source.
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