Office Sought Amount of Filing Fee | |
Governor | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought |
Lieutenant Governor | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought |
All State executive offices | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought |
All Justices, Judges, and District Attorneys of the General Court of Justice | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought |
United States Senator | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought |
Members of the United States House of Representatives | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought |
State Senator | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought |
Member of the State House of Representatives | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought |
All county offices not compensated by fees | One percent (1%) of the annual salary of office sought |
All county offices compensated partly by salary and partly by fees | One percent (1%) of the first annual salary to be received (exclusive of fees) |
The salary of any office that is the basis for calculating the filing fee is the starting salary for the office, rather than the salary received by the incumbent, if different. If no starting salary can be determined for the office, then the salary used for calculation is the salary of the incumbent, as of January 1 of the election year.
If any person files a notice of candidacy and pays a filing fee to a board of elections other than that with which he is required to file under the provisions of G.S.163-106.4, he shall be entitled to have the fee refunded in the manner prescribed in this subsection if he requests the refund before the date on which the right to file for that office expires under the provisions of G.S.163-106.4.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-107