{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143a-3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143A-3","heading":"Agency defined.","body":"Whenever the term \"agency\" is used it shall mean and include, as the context may require, an existing department, institution, commission, committee, board, division, bureau, officer or official. (1971, c. 864, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 143A. State Government Reorganization.","Article 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143A/GS_143A-3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:37Z","sha256":"4cdd014cf9f6fe420e46da4e10804b8a0f621cd4ba01e2f418cbd0507d4a1928","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143a-2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}