{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-16.10","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-16.10","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply in this Article:\n(1)\tCourt officer. - Magistrate, clerk of superior court, acting clerk, assistant or deputy clerk, judge, or justice of the General Court of Justice; district attorney, assistant district attorney, or any other attorney designated by the district attorney to act for the State or on behalf of the district attorney; public defender or assistant defender; court reporter; juvenile court counselor as defined in G.S. 7B-1501(18a); any attorney or other individual employed by, contracted by, or acting on behalf of a county department of social services, as defined in G.S. 108A-24; any attorney or other individual appointed pursuant to G.S. 7B-601 or G.S. 7B-1108 or employed by the Guardian ad Litem Services Division of the Administrative Office of the Courts.\n(2)\tExecutive officer. - A person named in G.S. 147-3(c).\n(3)\tLegislative officer. - A person named in G.S. 147-2(1), (2), or (3).\n(4)\tLocal elected officer. - An elected officer of a political subdivision of this State. (1999-398, s. 1; 2001-490, s. 2.35; 2003-140, s. 10; 2023-129, s. 8.2(c); 2025-81, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER II. OFFENSES AGAINST THE STATE.","Article 5A. Endangering Executive, Legislative, Court, and Local Elected Officers."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-16.10.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"8c8c83d5473977473fc5538ea17741807bdaa11a9a3a9747a4d023b9c08af023","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-16.9","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}