Environmental Court

What is Environmental Court?

It is a joint effort between your court system, Cumberland County, and the City of Fayetteville to make our communities a cleaner, safer and healthier place to live and raise our children.

Community Access Channel

Tune in to the Community Access Channel (Time-Warner Cable channel 7) to watch Dimensions of Justice featuring Judge Keever and Judge Tucker that airs Wednesdays 8:30pm. You can also watch clips now.

Our Goal

The goal of the Cumberland County Environmental Court is to improve the quality of life for current and future residents by prioritizing environmental issues, reducing the number of repeat offenders and increasing the public's awareness of problems associated with the environment.

City and County agencies facing continuing noncompliance with local and state codes that impose housing, neighborhood, health, fire, solid waste, building and zoning standards can use the services of Environmental Court to address these issues in a central forum The Twelfth Judicial District has restructured its court resources to create a specialized Environmental Court. The Environmental Court will group all noncompliance cases for hearing on specific dates in a court over which the same judicial official presides to promote consistency.

This concept is spreading throughout the country and our state. Efficient and effective case processing, judicial familiarity with cases, and focusing public attention on making our community a cleaner and safer place are some of the benefits Environmental Court can bring to a growing metropolitan area such as Fayetteville and Cumberland County.

For more information, please visit our Commonly Asked Questions page.