{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-66.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-66.1","heading":"Office of solicitor may be denominated as office of district attorney; \"solicitor\" and \"district attorney\" made interchangeable; interchangeable use authorized in proceedings, documents, and quotations.","body":"(a)\tThe constitutional office of solicitor may be denominated as the office of \"district attorney\" for all purposes, and the terms \"solicitor\" and \"district attorney\" shall be identical in meaning and interchangeable in use. All terms derived from or related to the term \"solicitor\" may embody this denomination.\n(b)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 956, s. 5.\n(c)\tThe interchangeable use authorized in this section includes use in all forms of oral, written, visual, and other communication including:\n(1)\tOaths of office;\n(2)\tOther oaths or orations required or permitted in court or official proceedings;\n(3)\tBallots;\n(4)\tStatutes;\n(5)\tRegulations;\n(6)\tOrdinances;\n(7)\tJudgments and other court orders and records;\n(8)\tOpinions in cases;\n(9)\tContracts;\n(10)\tBylaws;\n(11)\tCharters;\n(12)\tOfficial commissions, orders of appointment, proclamations, executive orders, and other official papers or pronouncements of the Governor or any executive, legislative, or judicial official of the State or any of its subdivisions;\n(13)\tOfficial and unofficial letterheads;\n(14)\tCampaign advertisements;\n(15)\tOfficial and unofficial public notices; and\n(16)\tIn all other contexts not enumerated.\nThe interchangeability authorized in this section extends to the privilege of substituting terminology in matter quoted in oral, written, and other modes of communication without making indication of such change, except where such change may result in a substantive misunderstanding. Reprints or certifications of the text of the Constitution of North Carolina made by the Secretary of State, however, must retain the original terminology and indicate in brackets beside the original terminology the appropriate alternative words. (1973, c. 47, s. 1; 1975, c. 956, s. 5.)","path":["Chapter 7A. Judicial Department.","SUBCHAPTER III. SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION OF THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE.","Article 9. District Attorneys and Prosecutorial Districts."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7A/GS_7A-66.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:27Z","sha256":"2a421613c57935f5dadd9b6d2680d6a5e1a5c2d897c5346b5b6922b1c123aa67","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-66","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-67"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}