N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-60 — NC Code / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-60
§ 7A-60. District attorneys and prosecutorial districts
Status: reserved

(a) The State shall be divided into prosecutorial districts, as shown in subsection (a1) of this section. There shall be a district attorney for each prosecutorial district, as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section who shall be a resident of the prosecutorial district for which elected. A vacancy in the office of district attorney shall be filled as provided in Article IV, Sec. 19 of the Constitution .

(a1) The counties of the State are organized into prosecutorial districts, and each district has the counties and the number of full-time assistant district attorneys set forth in the following table:

Prosecutorial District

Counties

No. of Full-Time Asst. District Attorneys

1

Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans

12

2

Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington

8

3

Pitt

15

4

Carteret, Craven, Pamlico

14

5

Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Sampson

20

6

New Hanover, Pender

20

7

Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton

11

8

Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson

22

9

Greene, Lenoir, Wayne

16

10

Wake

44

11

Franklin, Granville, Person Vance, Warren

18

12

Harnett, Lee

12

13

Johnston

13

14

Cumberland

25

15

Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus

16

16

Durham

18

17

Alamance

12

18

Orange, Chatham

10

20

Robeson

13

21

Anson, Richmond, Scotland

11

22

Caswell, Rockingham

9

23

Stokes, Surry

9

24

Guilford

40

25

Cabarrus

10

26

Mecklenburg

58

27

Rowan

9

29

Hoke, Moore

10

28

Montgomery, Stanly

6

30

Union

11

31

Forsyth

27

32

Alexander, Iredell

15

33

Davidson, Davie

13

34

Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, Yadkin

9

35

Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey

8

36

Burke, Caldwell, Catawba

21

37

Randolph

10

38

Gaston

19

39

Cleveland, Lincoln

13

40

Buncombe

14

41

McDowell, Rutherford

8

42

Henderson, Polk, Transylvania

10

43

Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain.

15

(a1) The counties of the State are organized into prosecutorial districts, and each district has the counties and the number of full-time assistant district attorneys set forth in the following table:

No. of Full-Time

Prosecutorial

Asst. District

District

Counties

Attorneys

1

Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans

12

2

Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington

8

3

Pitt

15

4

Carteret, Craven, Pamlico

14

5

Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Sampson

20

6

New Hanover, Pender

20

7

Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton

11

8

Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson

22

9

Greene, Lenoir, Wayne

16

10

Wake

44

11

Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren

18

12

Harnett, Lee

12

13

Johnston

13

14

Cumberland

25

15

Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus

16

16

Durham

18

17

Alamance

12

18

Orange, Chatham

10

20

Robeson

13

21

Anson, Richmond, Scotland

11

22

Caswell, Rockingham

9

23

Stokes, Surry

9

24

Guilford

40

25

Cabarrus

10

26

Mecklenburg

58

27

Rowan

9

28

Montgomery, Stanly

6

29

Hoke, Moore

10

30

Union

11

31

Forsyth

27

32

Alexander, Iredell

15

33

Davidson, Davie

13

34

Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, Yadkin

9

35

Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey

8

36

Burke, Caldwell

10 1

37

Randolph

10

38

Gaston

19

39

Cleveland, Lincoln

13

40

Buncombe

14

41

McDowell, Rutherford

8

42

Henderson, Polk, Transylvania

10

43

Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain.

15

44

Catawba

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(a2) Repealed by S.L. 2017-57, § 18B.9(f), eff. June 28, 2017 .

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each district attorney for a prosecutorial district as defined in subsection (a1) of this section, other than District 19B, who is in office on December 31, 1988, shall continue in office for that prosecutorial district, for a term expiring December 31, 1990. In the general election of 1990, and every four years thereafter, a district attorney shall be elected for a four-year term for each prosecutorial district other than Districts 16A and 19B, and shall take office on the January 1 following such election. The district attorney for Prosecutorial District 19B, who is elected in the general election of 1988 for a four-year term beginning January 1, 1989, shall serve that term for Prosecutorial District 19B. In the general election of 1992, and every four years thereafter, a district attorney shall be elected for a four-year term for Prosecutorial Districts 16A and 19B and shall take office on the January 1 following such election.

(c) The office and term of the district attorney for Prosecutorial District 12 formerly consisting of Cumberland and Hoke Counties are allocated to Prosecutorial District 12 as defined by subsection (a1) of this section. The office and the term of the district attorney for former Prosecutorial District 16 consisting of Robeson and Scotland Counties are allocated to Prosecutorial District 16B as defined by subsection (a1) of this section. The initial district attorney for Prosecutorial District 16A as defined in subsection (a1) of this section shall be elected in the general election of November 1988, from nominations made in accordance with G.S. 163-114 as if a vacancy had occurred in nomination, and shall serve an initial term expiring December 31, 1992. In all other respects, subsection (b) of this section shall apply to the district attorneys for Prosecutorial Districts 12, 16A, and 16B to the same extent as all other district attorneys.