{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-300.5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-300.5","heading":"Regulations for providing defense counsel.","body":"The Governor may issue regulations for the defense of employees or former employees of the State pursuant to this Article through one or more of the following methods as may be appropriate to the employee or class of employees in question:\n(1)\tBy the Attorney General;\n(2)\tBy employing other counsel for this purpose as provided in G.S. 147-17;\n(3)\tBy authorizing the purchase of insurance which requires that the insurer provide or underwrite the cost of the defense; or\n(4)\tBy authorizing defense by counsel assigned to or employed by the department, agency, board, commission, institution, bureau, or authority which employed the person requesting the defense. (1967, c. 1092, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 143. State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions","Article 31A. Defense of State Employees, Medical Contractors and Local Sanitarians."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-300.5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:33Z","sha256":"525f66d86af47b834a3d05c8e70cafb61a81e52ca7c6b9a350cc6fcac2c70da2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-300.4","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-300.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}