N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-200

Current through Session Law 2024-56
Section 7A-200 - District and set of districts defined; chief district court judges and their authority
(a) In this section:
(1) "District" means any district court district established by G.S. 7A-133 which consists exclusively of one or more entire counties;
(2) "Set of districts" means any set of two or more district court districts established under G.S. 7A-133, none of which consists exclusively of one or more entire counties, but both or all of which include territory from the same county or counties and together comprise all of the territory of that county or those counties; "set of districts" also means a set of three district court districts in one county, one consisting of the entire county and the other two consisting of parts of that county; and
(3) "Chief district court judge" means in the case of a set of districts, the chief district court judge for those districts, designated by the chief justice from among the district court judges for the districts in the set of districts.
(b) Whenever by law a duty is imposed upon the chief district court judge, it means for a set of districts the chief district court judge designated under subsection (a)(3) of this section.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-200

Amended by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 484,s. 25.(c), eff. 8/30/2007.
1995, c. 507, s. 21.1(a).