§ 7A-140. Number; election; term; qualification; oath. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 14.

District Judges.

§ 7A‑140.  Number; election; term;qualification; oath.

There shall be at least one district judge for each district. Eachdistrict judge shall be elected by the qualified voters of the district courtdistrict in which he or she is to serve at the time of the election for membersof the General Assembly. The number of judges for each district shall bedetermined by the General Assembly. Each judge shall be a resident of thedistrict for which elected, and shall serve a term of four years, beginning onthe first day in January next after  election.

Each district judge shall devote his or her full time to the duties ofthe office. He or she shall not practice law during the term, nor shall he orshe during such term be the partner or associate of any person engaged in thepractice of law.

Before entering upon his or her duties, each district judge, inaddition to other oaths prescribed by law, shall take the oath of officeprescribed for a judge of the General Court of Justice. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1969, c. 1190, s. 11; 2005‑425, s. 3.1.)