First codicil to will, but no will

I am appointed executor of my mother-in-law's estate (only $60,000) in the 'First Codicil to Will'. I have the original First Codicil but not the original will. I do have a copy of the original will. The clerk of court won't act upon the copy and said to get a lawyer's interpretation of what to do. The lawyer's office which prepared the First Codicil and which gave me a copy of the will said to ask the Clerk of COurt as it is their procedures lawyers must follow. So, can the court act upon the will copy and the First Codicil original? Property is in Union County, NC.

You can ask the court to rule--but often you do need the original unless the codicil restates the will completely.