{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-147-3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-3","heading":"Executive officers.","body":"(a)\tExecutive officers are either:\n(1)\tCivil;\n(2)\tMilitary.\n(b)\tCivil executive officers are:\n(1)\tGeneral, or for the whole State;\n(2)\tSpecial, or for special duties in different parts of the State;\n(3)\tLocal, or for a particular part of the State.\n(c)\tThe general civil executive officers of this State are as follows:\n(1)\tA Governor;\n(2)\tA Lieutenant Governor;\n(3)\tPrivate secretary for the Governor;\n(4)\tA Secretary of State;\n(5)\tAn Auditor;\n(6)\tA Treasurer;\n(7)\tAn Attorney General;\n(8)\tA Superintendent of Public Instruction;\n(9)\tThe members of the Governor's Council;\n(10)\tA Commissioner of Agriculture;\n(11)\tA Commissioner of Labor;\n(12)\tA Commissioner of Insurance. (1868-9, c. 270, ss. 24, 25, 26; Code, s. 3319; 1899, c. 54, ss. 3, 4; c. 373; 1901, c. 479, s. 4; Rev., s. 5325; C.S., s. 7626; 1931, c. 312, s. 5; 1943, c. 170.)","path":["Chapter 147. State Officers.","Article 1. Classification and General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_147/GS_147-3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:23:17Z","sha256":"3cf98519ddda294f7baadf34767a29fe2cfaa23100d4c8e60b1e28ef81751af9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-147-2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-147-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}