{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-170","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-170","heading":"Nature of office and oath; age limit for service.","body":"(a)\tA magistrate is an officer of the district court. Before entering upon the duties of his office, a magistrate shall take the oath of office prescribed for a magistrate of the General Court of Justice. A magistrate possesses all the powers of his office at all times during his term.\n(b)\tNo magistrate may continue in office beyond the last day of the month in which the magistrate reaches the mandatory retirement age for district judges specified in G.S. 7A-140.1. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1969, c. 1190, s. 13; 1977, c. 945, s. 2; 2013-277, s. 1; 2023-134, s. 16.14(k).)","path":["Chapter 7A. Judicial Department.","SUBCHAPTER IV. DISTRICT COURT DIVISION OF THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE.","Article 16. Magistrates."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7A/GS_7A-170.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:27Z","sha256":"415d7004eb7f6d322a7fdc41f0dcb4a121f54717eaa65f2fa3151909f3d0bf3d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-169","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-171"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}