§ 128-17. Petition for removal; county attorney to prosecute. - North Carolina Statutes

§128‑17.  Petition for removal; county attorney to prosecute.

The complaint or petitionshall be entitled in the name of the State of North Carolina, and may be filedupon the relation of any five qualified electors of the county in which theperson charged is an officer, upon the approval of the county attorney of suchcounty, or the district attorney of the district, or by any such officer uponhis own motion. It shall be the duty of the county attorney or districtattorney to appear and prosecute this proceeding. (P.L. 1913, c. 761, s. 21;1919, c. 288; C.S., s. 3209; 1973, c. 47, s. 2.)