2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 7A - Judicial Department.
§ 7A-177. Training course in duties of magistrate.

§ 7A‑177.  Training course in duties of magistrate.

(a)        Within six months of taking the oath of office as a magistrate for the first time, a magistrate is required to attend and satisfactorily complete a course of basic training of at least 40 hours in the civil and criminal duties of a magistrate. The Administrative Office of the Courts is authorized to contract with the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or with any other qualified educational organization to conduct this training, and to reimburse magistrates for travel and subsistence expenses incurred in taking such training.

(b)        In addition to the basic training course required under subsection (a) of this section, continuing education courses shall be provided at such times and locations as necessary to assure that they are conveniently available to all magistrates without extensive travel to other parts of the State.  (1975, c. 956, s. 11; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1116, s. 87; 2006‑264, s. 29(a); 2007‑393, s. 15; 2007‑484, s. 25.5; 2008‑187, s. 2.)