§ 7A-182. Clerical functions at additional seats of court. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 7A‑182.  Clericalfunctions at additional seats of court.

(a)        In any county in which the General Assembly has authorizedthe district court to hold sessions at a place or places in addition to thecounty seat, the clerk of superior court shall furnish assistant and deputyclerks to the extent necessary to process efficiently the judicial business atsuch additional seat or seats of court. Only such records as are necessary forthe expeditious processing of current judicial business shall be kept at the additionalseat or seats of court. The office of the clerk of superior court at the countyseat shall remain the permanent depository of official records.

(b)        If an additional seat of a district court is designated forany municipality located in more than one county of a district, the clericalfunctions for that seat of court shall be provided by the clerks of superiorcourt of the contiguous counties, in accordance with standing rules issued bythe chief district judge, after consultation with the clerks concerned and acommittee of the district bar appointed for this purpose. An assistant ordeputy clerk assigned to a seat of district court described in this subsectionshall have the same powers and authority as if he were acting in his owncounty. (1965, c. 310, s.1; 1967, c. 691, s. 18; 1969, c. 1190, s. 15.)