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2020 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 128 - Offices and Public Officers
Article 2 - Removal of Unfit Officers.
§ 128-17 - Petition for removal; county attorney to prosecute.
Universal Citation: NC Gen Stat § 128-17 (2020)
128-17. Petition for removal; county attorney to prosecute.
The complaint or petition shall be entitled in the name of the State of North Carolina, and may be filed upon the relation of any five qualified electors of the county in which the person charged is an officer, upon the approval of the county attorney of such county, or the district attorney of the district, or by any such officer upon his own motion. It shall be the duty of the county attorney or district attorney to appear and prosecute this proceeding.
(P.L. 1913, c. 761, s. 21; 1919, c. 288; C.S., s. 3209; 1973, c. 47, s. 2.)
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