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NC Gen Stat § 6-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 6 - Liability for Court Costs|Article 8 - Fees of Witnesses.|§ 6-51 - Not entitled to fees in advance.

 6-51. Not entitled to fees in advance.Witnesses are not entitled to receive their fees in advance; but no witness in a civil action or special proceeding, unless summoned on behalf of the State or a municipal corporation, shall be compelled to attend more than one day, if the party by or for whom he was summoned shall, after one day's attendance, on request and presentation of a certificate, fail or refuse to pay what then may be due for traveling to the place of examination and for the number of days of attendance. (1868-9, c. 279, subch. 11, s. 3; Code, s. 1368; Rev., s. 1298; C.S., s. 1273.)
NC Gen Stat § 6-53 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 6 - Liability for Court Costs|Article 8 - Fees of Witnesses.|§ 6-53 - Witness to prove attendance; action for fees.

 6-53. Witness to prove attendance; action for fees.Every person summoned, who shall attend as a witness in any suit, shall, before the clerk of the court, or before the referee or officer taking the testimony, ascertain by his own oath or affirmation the sum due for traveling to and from court, attendance and ferriage, which shall be certified by the clerk; and on failure of the party, at whose instance such witness was summoned (witnesses for the State and municipal corporations excepted), to pay the same previous to the departure of the witness from court, such witness may at any time sue for and recover the same from the party summoning him; and the certificate of the clerk shall be sufficient evidence of the debt. (1777, c. 115, s. 46, P.R.; 1796, c. 458, P.R.; R.C., c. 31, s. 73; 1868-9, c. 279, subch. 11, ss. 2, 4; Code, s. 1369; Rev., s. 1299; C.S., s. 1274; 1971, c. 269, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 6-60 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 6 - Liability for Court Costs|Article 8 - Fees of Witnesses.|§ 6-60 - No more than two witnesses may be subpoenaed to prove single material fact; liability for fees of such witnesses; one fee for day's attendance.

 6-60. No more than two witnesses may be subpoenaed to prove single material fact; liability for fees of such witnesses; one fee for day's attendance.No district attorney shall direct that more than two witnesses be subpoenaed for the State to prove a single material fact, nor shall the State or defendant in any such prosecution be liable for the fees of more than two witnesses to prove a single material fact, unless the court, upon satisfactory reasons appearing, otherwise directs. And no witness subpoenaed in a criminal action shall be paid by the State for attendance in more than one case for any one day. (1871-2, c. 186; 1879, c. 264; Code, s. 744; Rev., s. 1303; C.S., s. 1284; 1971, c. 269, s. 13; 1973, c. 47, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 6-62 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 6 - Liability for Court Costs|Article 8 - Fees of Witnesses.|§ 6-62 - District attorney to announce discharge of State's witnesses.

 6-62. District attorney to announce discharge of State's witnesses.It is the duty of all district attorneys prosecuting in the several courts, as each criminal prosecution is disposed of by trial, removal, continuance or otherwise, to call, in open court, and announce the discharge of witnesses for the State, either finally or otherwise as the disposition of the case may require. (1879, c. 264; 1881, c. 312; Code, s. 746; Rev., s. 1305; C.S., s. 1286; 1935, c. 26; 1971, c. 269, s. 14; 1973, c. 47, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 1 - Judicial Power and Organization.|§ 7A-1 - Short title.

 7A-1. Short title.This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Judicial Department Act of 1965." (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 1 - Judicial Power and Organization.|§ 7A-2 - Purpose of Chapter.

 7A-2. Purpose of Chapter.This Chapter is intended to implement Article IV of the Constitution of North Carolina and promote the just and prompt disposition of litigation by:(1) Providing a new chapter in the General Statutes into which, at a time not later than January 1, 1971, when the General Court of Justice is fully operational in all counties of the State, all statutes concerning the organization, jurisdiction and administration of each division of the General Court of Justice may be placed;(2) Amending certain laws with respect to the superior court division to conform them to the laws set forth in this Chapter, to the end that each trial division may be a harmonious part of the General Court of Justice;(3) Creating the district court division of the General Court of Justice, and the Administrative Office of the Courts;(4) Establishing in accordance with a fixed schedule the various district courts of the district court division;(5) Providing for the organization, jurisdiction and procedures necessary for the operation of the district court division;(6) Providing for the financial support of the judicial department, and for uniform costs and fees in the trial divisions of the General Court of Justice;(7) Providing for an orderly transition from the present system of courts to a uniform system completely operational in all counties of the State not later than January 1, 1971;(8) Repealing certain laws inconsistent with the foregoing purposes; and(9) Effectuating other purposes incidental and supplemental to the foregoing enumerated purposes. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 1 - Judicial Power and Organization.|§ 7A-3 - Judicial power; transition provisions.

 7A-3. Judicial power; transition provisions.Except for the judicial power vested in the court for the trial of impeachments, and except for such judicial power as may from time to time be vested by the General Assembly in administrative agencies, the judicial power of the State is vested exclusively in the General Court of Justice. Provided, that all existing courts of the State inferior to the superior courts, including justice of the peace courts and mayor's courts, shall continue to exist and to exercise the judicial powers vested in them by law until specifically abolished by law, or until the establishment within the county of their situs of a district court, or until January 1, 1971, whichever event shall first occur. Judgments of inferior courts which cease to exist under the provisions of this section continue in force and effect as though the issuing court continued to exist, and the General Court of Justice is hereby vested with jurisdiction to enforce such judgments. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 1 - Judicial Power and Organization.|§ 7A-4 - Composition and organization.

 7A-4. Composition and organization.The General Court of Justice constitutes a unified judicial system for purposes of jurisdiction, operation and administration, and consists of an appellate division, a superior court division, and a district court division. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-4.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 1A - Retention Elections.|§ 7A-4.1 - Retention elections.

 7A-4.1. Retention elections.(a) A Justice of the Supreme Court who was elected to that office by vote of the voters who desires to continue in office shall be subject to approval by the qualified voters of the whole State in a retention election at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the elected term. Approval shall be by a majority of votes cast on the issue of the justice's retention in accordance with this Article.(b) If a Justice of the Supreme Court was appointed to fill a vacancy to that office, then the next election for that office shall be by ballot as provided by Article 25 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. Following that election, the justice shall be eligible for retention election as provided for in this Article.(c) A justice seeking retention shall indicate the desire to continue in office by filing a notice to that effect with the State Board of Elections no later than 12:00 noon on the first business day of July in the year prior to the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the elected term. The notice shall be on a form provided by the State Board of Elections. Notice may be withdrawn at any time prior to December 15 of that year. If no retention notice is filed, or if it is filed and timely withdrawn, then an election shall be held the next year to elect a successor in accordance with Article 25 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.(d) At the time of filing the notice under this Article, the justice shall pay to the State Board of Elections a filing fee for the office the candidate seeks in the amount of one percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought.(e) Except as provided for in this Article, retention elections shall be conducted and canvassed in accordance with rules of the State Board of Elections in the same general manner as general elections under Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. The State Board of Elections shall certify the results.(f) The question on the ballot shall be substantially in the following form, as appropriate:Justices of the Supreme Court.   "[  ] FOR [  ] AGAINST  The retention of [name of Justice] on the North Carolina Supreme Court for a new term of eight years."(g) If a person who has filed a notice of intent for a retention election dies or is removed from office prior to the time that the ballots are printed, the retention election is cancelled and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by law. If a person who has filed a notice calling a retention election dies or is removed from office after the ballots are printed, the State Board of Elections may cancel the retention election if it determines that the ballots can be reprinted without significant expense. If the ballots cannot be reprinted, then the results of the retention election shall be ineffective.  (2015-66, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-4.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 1A - Retention Elections.|§ 7A-4.2 - Retention approval; failure to retain.

 7A-4.2. Retention approval; failure to retain.(a) If the voters vote to approve the retention in office, the justice shall be retained for a new eight-year term.(b) If the voters fail to approve the retention in office, the office shall be deemed vacant at the end of the term of office, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.  (2015-66, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-4.20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 1B - Age Limits for Service as Justice or Judge.|§ 7A-4.20 - Age limit for service as justice or judge: exception.

 7A-4.20. Age limit for service as justice or judge: exception. No justice or judge of the General Court of Justice may continue in office beyond the last day of the month in which he attains his seventy-second birthday, but justices and judges so retired may be recalled for periods of temporary service as provided in Subchapters II and III of this chapter. (1971, c. 508, s. 1; c. 1194; 1973, c. 248; 1977, c. 736, s. 5; 1981, c. 455, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 873, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-4.21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 1B - Age Limits for Service as Justice or Judge.|§ 7A-4.21 - Validation of official actions of district court judges of twenty-fifth judicial district performed after mandatory retirement age.

 7A-4.21. Validation of official actions of district court judges of twenty-fifth judicial district performed after mandatory retirement age.No official action performed by any judge of the twenty-fifth judicial district of the district court division of the General Court of Justice shall be declared to be invalid by reason of the fact that the judge was beyond the mandatory retirement age set out in G.S. 7A-4.20 at the time of his performing any such act; provided this section shall only apply to those official actions performed prior to May 1, 1977. (1977, c. 389.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 2 - Appellate Division Organization.|§ 7A-5 - Organization.

 7A-5. Organization.The appellate division of the General Court of Justice consists of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967, c. 108, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 2 - Appellate Division Organization.|§ 7A-6 - Appellate division reporters; reports.

 7A-6. Appellate division reporters; reports.(a) The Supreme Court shall appoint one or more reporters for the appellate division, to serve at its pleasure. It shall be the duty of the reporters to prepare for publication the opinions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. The salary of the reporters shall be fixed by the Administrative Officer of the Courts, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court.(b) The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall contract for the printing of the reports of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, and for the advance sheets of each court. He shall select a printer for the reports and prescribe such contract terms as will insure issuance of the reports as soon as practicable after a sufficient number of opinions are filed. He shall make such contract after consultation with the Department of Administration and comparison of prices for similar work in other states to such an extent as may be practicable. He shall also sell the reports and advance sheets of the appellate division, to the general public, at a price not less than cost nor more than cost plus ten percent (10%), to be fixed by him in his discretion. Proceeds of such sales shall be remitted to the State treasury.(b1) In addition to and as an alternative to the provisions for the publication and sale of the appellate division reports of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of this section, the Supreme Court may designate a commercial law publisher's reports and advance sheets of the opinions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals as the Official Reports of the Appellate Division, or the Administrative Officer of the Courts, with the approval of the Supreme Court, may contract with a commercial law publisher or publishers to act as printer and vendor of the reports and advance sheets of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals upon such terms as the Supreme Court deems advisable after consultation with the Department of Administration.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2018-40, s. 1, effective June 22, 2018.  (1967, c. 108, s. 1; c. 691, s. 57; 1969, c. 1190, s. 1; 1971, c. 377, s. 2; 1975, c. 879, s. 46; 1977, c. 721, s. 1; 1987, c. 404; 2018-40, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 2 - Appellate Division Organization.|§ 7A-7 - Law clerks; secretaries and stenographers.

 7A-7. Law clerks; secretaries and stenographers.(a) Each justice and judge of the appellate division is entitled to the services of not more than two research assistants, who must be graduates of an accredited law school. The salaries of research assistants shall be set by the Administrative Officer of the Courts, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court.(b) The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall determine the number and salaries of all secretaries and stenographers in the appellate division. (1967, c. 108, s. 1; 1985, c. 698, s. 8(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-10.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 3 - The Supreme Court.|§ 7A-10.1 - Authority to prescribe standards of judicial conduct.

 7A-10.1. Authority to prescribe standards of judicial conduct.The Supreme Court is authorized, by rule, to prescribe standards of judicial conduct for the guidance of all justices and judges of the General Court of Justice. (1973, c. 89.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 3 - The Supreme Court.|§ 7A-11 - Clerk of the Supreme Court; salary; bond; fees; oath.

 7A-11. Clerk of the Supreme Court; salary; bond; fees; oath.The clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the Supreme Court to serve at its pleasure. The annual salary of the clerk shall be fixed by the Administrative Officer of the Courts, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court. The clerk may appoint assistants in the number and at the salaries fixed by the Administrative Officer of the Courts. The clerk shall perform such duties as the Supreme Court may assign, and shall be bonded to the State, for faithful performance of duty, in the same manner as the clerk of the superior court, and in such amount as the Administrative Officer of the Courts shall determine. The clerk shall adopt a seal of office, to be approved by the Supreme Court. A fee bill for services rendered by the clerk shall be fixed by rules of the Supreme Court, and all such fees shall be remitted to the State treasury. Charges to litigants for the reproduction of appellate records and briefs shall be fixed by rule of the Supreme Court and remitted to the Appellate Courts Printing and Computer Operations Fund established in G.S. 7A-343.3. The operations of the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be subject to the oversight of the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the clerk shall take the oath of office prescribed by law.  (1967, c. 108, s. 1; 1969, c. 1190, s. 2; 1973, c. 750; 1983, c. 913, s. 3; 2002-126, s. 2.2(j); 2019-243, s. 19(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 3 - The Supreme Court.|§ 7A-12 - Supreme Court marshal.

 7A-12. Supreme Court marshal.The Supreme Court may appoint a marshal to serve at its pleasure, and to perform such duties as it may assign. The marshal shall have the criminal and civil powers of a sheriff, and any additional powers necessary to execute the orders of the appellate division in any county of the State. His salary shall be fixed by the Administrative Officer, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court. The marshal may appoint such assistants, and at such salaries, as may be authorized by the Administrative Officer of the Courts. The Supreme Court, in its discretion, may appoint the Supreme Court librarian, or some other suitable employee of the court, to serve in the additional capacity of marshal. (1967, c. 108, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 3 - The Supreme Court.|§ 7A-13 - Supreme Court library; functions; librarian; library committee; seal of office.

 7A-13. Supreme Court library; functions; librarian; library committee; seal of office.(a) The Supreme Court shall appoint a librarian of the Supreme Court library, to serve at the pleasure of the court. The annual salary of the librarian shall be fixed by the Administrative Officer of the Courts, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court. The librarian may appoint assistants in numbers and at salaries to be fixed by the Administrative Officer of the Courts.(b) The primary function of the Supreme Court library is to serve the appellate division of the General Court of Justice, but it may render service to the trial divisions of the General Court of Justice, to State agencies, and to the general public, under such regulations as the librarian, subject to the approval of the library committee, may promulgate.(c) The library shall be maintained in the city of Raleigh, except that if the Court of Appeals sits regularly in locations other than the city of Raleigh, branch libraries may be established at such locations for the use of the Court of Appeals.(d) The librarian shall promulgate rules and regulations for the use of the library, subject to the approval of a library committee, to be composed of two justices of the Supreme Court appointed by the Chief Justice, and one judge of the Court of Appeals appointed by the Chief Judge.(e) The librarian may adopt a seal of office.(f) The librarian may operate a copying service by means of which he may furnish certified or uncertified copies of all or portions of any document, paper, book, or other writing in the library that legally may be copied. When a certificate is made under his hand and attested by his official seal, it shall be received as prima facie evidence of the correctness of the matter therein contained, and as such shall receive full faith and credit. The fees for copies shall be approved by the library committee, and the fees so collected shall be administered in the same manner as the charges to litigants for the reproduction of appellate records and briefs. (1967, c. 108, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 7A-14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 7A - Judicial Department|Article 3 - The Supreme Court.|§ 7A-14 - Reprints of Supreme Court Reports.

 7A-14. Reprints of Supreme Court Reports.The Supreme Court is authorized to have such of the Reports of the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina as are not on hand for sale, republished and numbered consecutively, retaining the present numbers and names of the reporters and by means of star pages in the margin retaining the original numbering of the pages. The Supreme Court is authorized to have such Reports reprinted without any alteration from the original edition thereof, except as may be directed by the Supreme Court. The contract for such reprinting and republishing shall be made by the Administrative Office of the Courts in the manner prescribed in G.S. 7A-6. Such republication shall thus continue until the State shall have for sale all of such Reports; and hereafter when the editions of any number or volume of the Supreme Court Reports shall be exhausted, it shall be the duty of the Supreme Court to have the same reprinted under the provisions of this section and G.S. 7A-6. In reprinting the Reports that have already been annotated, the annotations and the additional indexes therein shall be retained. (Code, s. 3634; 1885, c. 309; 1889, c. 473, ss. 1-4, 6; Rev., s. 5361; 1907, c. 503; 1917, cc. 201, 292; C.S., s. 7671; 1923, c. 176; 1929, c. 39, s. 2; 1975, c. 328.)