§ 128-1 No person shall hold more than one office; exception
§ 128-1.1 Dual-office holding allowed
§ 128-1.2 Ex officio service by county and city representatives and officials
§ 128-2 Holding office contrary to the Constitution; penalty
§ 128-3 Bargains for office void
§ 128-4 Receiving compensation of subordinates for appointment or retention; removal
§ 128-5 Oath required before acting; penalty
§ 128-6 Persons admitted to office deemed to hold lawfully
§ 128-7 Officer to hold until successor qualified
§ 128-7.1 Failure to qualify creates vacancy
§ 128-7.2 Qualifications for appointment to fill vacancy in elective office
§ 128-10 Citizen to recover funds of county or town retained by delinquent official
§ 128-11 Trust funds to be kept separate
§ 128-12 Violations to be reported; misdemeanors
§ 128-13 Officers compensated from fees in certain counties to render statement; penalty; proceeds to school fund
§ 128-14 Identification cards for field agents or deputies of State departments
§ 128-15 Employment preference for veterans and their spouses or surviving spouses
§ 128-15.2 Appointment of acting heads of certain agencies
§ 128-15.3 Discrimination against handicapped prohibited in hiring; recruitment, etc., of handicapped persons
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 128 > Article 1 - General Provisions

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: shall be construed to include "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3