NC Gen Stat § 7A-60 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 9 - District Attorneys and Prosecutorial Districts.|§ 7A-60 - District attorneys and prosecutorial districts.

 7A-60. District attorneys and prosecutorial districts.(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) (Effective January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2026) 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,  12  Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,  Perquimans  2  Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,  8  Tyrrell, Washington  3  Pitt  12  4  Carteret, Craven, Pamlico  13  5  Duplin, Jones, Onslow,  20  Sampson  6  New Hanover, Pender  20  7  Bertie, Halifax, Hertford,  11  Northampton  8  Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson  19  9  Greene, Lenoir, Wayne  15  10  Wake  42  11  Franklin, Granville, Person  15  Vance, Warren  12  Harnett, Lee  12  13  Johnston  11  14  Cumberland  25  15  Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus  15  16  Durham  18  17  Alamance  12  18  Orange, Chatham  10  20  Robeson  13  21  Anson, Richmond, Scotland  9  22  Caswell, Rockingham  9  23  Stokes, Surry  8  24  Guilford  35  25  Cabarrus  10  26  Mecklenburg  58  27  Rowan  9  29  Hoke, Moore  9  28  Montgomery, Stanly  6  30  Union  11  31  Forsyth  27  32  Alexander, Iredell  13  33  Davidson, Davie  12  34  Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,  9  Yadkin  35  Avery, Madison, Mitchell,  8  Watauga, Yancey  36  Burke, Caldwell, Catawba  20  37  Randolph  10  38  Gaston  16  39  Cleveland,  13  Lincoln  40  Buncombe  14  41  McDowell, Rutherford  8  42  Henderson, Polk, Transylvania  9  43  Cherokee, Clay, Graham,  13  Haywood, Jackson, Macon,  Swain.  (a1) (Effective January 1, 2027) 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,  12  Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,  Perquimans  2  Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,  8  Tyrrell, Washington  3  Pitt  12  4  Carteret, Craven, Pamlico  13  5  Duplin, Jones, Onslow,  20  Sampson  6  New Hanover, Pender  20  7  Bertie, Halifax, Hertford,  11  Northampton  8  Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson  19  9  Greene, Lenoir, Wayne  15  10  Wake  42  11  Franklin, Granville, Person  15  Vance, Warren  12  Harnett, Lee  12  13  Johnston  11  14  Cumberland  25  15  Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus  15  16  Durham  18  17  Alamance  12  18  Orange, Chatham  10  20  Robeson  13  21  Anson, Richmond, Scotland  9  22  Caswell, Rockingham  9  23  Stokes, Surry  8  24  Guilford  35  25  Cabarrus  10  26  Mecklenburg  58  27  Rowan  9  29  Hoke, Moore  9  28  Montgomery, Stanly  6  30  Union  11  31  Forsyth  27  32  Alexander, Iredell  13  33  Davidson, Davie  12  34  Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,  9  Yadkin  35  Avery, Madison, Mitchell,  8  Watauga, Yancey  36  Burke, Caldwell  10  37  Randolph  10  38  Gaston  16  39  Cleveland,  13  Lincoln  40  Buncombe  14  41  McDowell, Rutherford  8  42  Henderson, Polk, Transylvania  9  43  Cherokee, Clay, Graham,  13  Haywood, Jackson, Macon,  Swain.  44  Catawba  10  (a2) Repealed by Session Laws 2017-57, s. 18B.9(f), effective 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.  (1967, c. 1049, s. 1; 1975, c. 956, s. 4; 1977, c. 1130, s. 3; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1238, s. 2; 1981, c. 964, ss. 2, 3; 1987, c. 509, ss. 4, 5; c. 738, s. 127(a); 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1056, s. 1; c. 1086, s. 111; 1989, c. 770, ss. 1, 56; c. 795, s. 24(a), (e); 1991, c. 742, s. 13; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 900, s. 120(a), (b); 1993, c. 321, ss. 200.4(l), 200.7(a), (b); 1995, c. 507, s. 21.7; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 589, s. 3(a); 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 22(a); 1997-443, s. 18.11(a); 1998-212, s. 16.20(a); 1999-237, s. 17.8(a); 2004-124, s. 14.6(h); 2005-276, s. 14.2(l); 2006-66, ss. 14.3(a), 14.19(a); 2007-323, ss. 14.14(a), (b), 14.25(j); 2008-107, s. 14.6; 2009-451, s. 15.17E(a); 2012-194, s. 1(b); 2013-360, s. 18B.22(k); 2014-100, s. 18B.7(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 18B.9(e), (f), (h), (i); 2017-197, s. 5.6(a)-(c); 2018-5, s. 18B.6; 2018-114, s. 24(a), (b); 2018-121, ss. 3(a), 7; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1; 2019-229, s. 1(a)-(c); 2021-91, s. 13(b).)