{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-221","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-221","heading":"Persons may not sign name of another to petition.","body":"(a)\tNo person may sign the name of another person to any of the following:\n(1)\tAny petition calling for an election or referendum.\n(2)\tAny petition under G.S. 163-96 for the formulation of a new political party.\n(3)\tAny petition under G.S. 163-107.1 requesting a person to be a candidate.\n(4)\tAny petition under G.S. 163-122 to have the name of an unaffiliated candidate placed on the general election ballot, or under G.S. 163-296 to have the name of an unaffiliated or nonpartisan candidate placed on the regular municipal election ballot.\n(5)\tAny petition under G.S. 163-213.5 to place a name on the ballot under the Presidential Preference Primary Act.\n(6)\tAny petition under G.S. 163-123 to qualify as a write-in candidate.\n(b)\tAny name signed on a petition, in violation of this section, shall be void.\n(c)\tAny person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1977, c. 218, s. 1; 1979, c. 534, s. 1; 1987, c. 565, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 1104; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2003-278, s. 7; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)","path":["Chapter 163. Elections and Election Laws.","SUBCHAPTER VI. CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS.","Article 19. Petitions for Elections and Referenda."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-221.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:22Z","sha256":"5a3466507abad5015a5642c15587fb83df08ebea9461c0656079b993e8c1cf7b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-220","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}