{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-114-9.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 114-9.3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply in this Article:\n(1)\tContingency fee contract. - A contract entered into by a State agency to retain private counsel that contains a contingency fee arrangement, including, but not limited to, pure contingency fee agreements and hybrid agreements, including a contingency fee aspect.\n(2)\tGovernment attorney. - An attorney employed by the State as a staff attorney in a State agency.\n(3)\tPrivate attorney. - An attorney in private practice or employed by a private law firm.\n(4)\tState. - The State of North Carolina, including State officers, departments, boards, commissions, divisions, bureaus, councils, and units of organization, however designated, of the executive branch of State government and any of its agents.\n(5)\tState agency. - Every agency, institution, department, bureau, board, or commission of the State of North Carolina authorized by law to retain private counsel. (2014-110, s. 1.1.)","path":["Chapter 114. Department of Justice.","Article 2A. Transparency in Third-Party Contracting by Attorney General."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_114/GS_114-9.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:17Z","sha256":"4d0d26dba31088081e3f2071dd894cb79ecdc04c59b2ddcf4babf94b880fe34e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-114-9.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-114-9.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}