§ 7A-51. Age and service requirements for retirement of judges of the superior court and of the Administrative Officer of the Courts. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 7A‑51.  Age andservice requirements for retirement of judges of the  superior court and of theAdministrative Officer of the Courts.

(a)        Any judge of the superior court, or Administrative Officerof the Courts, who has attained the age of sixty‑five years, and who hasserved for a total of fifteen years, whether consecutive or not, as a judge ofthe superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, or as judge ofthe superior court and as Administrative Officer of the Courts combined, mayretire and receive for life compensation equal to two thirds of the totalannual compensation, including longevity and additional payment for service assenior resident superior court judge, but excluding any payments in the natureof reimbursement for expenses or subsistence allowances, from time to timereceived by the occupant of the office from which he retired.

(b)        Any judge of the superior court, or Administrative Officerof the Courts, who has served for twelve years, whether consecutive or not, asa judge of the superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, oras judge of the superior court and as Administrative Officer of the Courtscombined may, at age sixty‑eight, retire and receive for lifecompensation equal to two thirds of the total annual compensation, includinglongevity and additional payment for service as senior resident superior courtjudge, but excluding any payments in the nature of reimbursement for expensesor subsistence allowances, from time to time received by the occupant of theoffice from which he retired.

(c)        Any person who has served for a total of twenty‑fouryears, whether continuously or not, as a judge of the superior court, or asAdministrative Officer of the Courts, or as judge of the superior court and asAdministrative Officer of the Courts combined, may retire, regardless of age,and receive for life compensation equal to two thirds of the total annualcompensation, including longevity and additional payment for service as seniorresident superior court judge, but excluding any payments in the nature ofreimbursement for expenses or subsistence allowances, from time to timereceived by the  occupant of the office from which he retired. In determiningwhether a person meets the requirements of this subsection, time served asdistrict attorney of the superior court prior to January 1, 1971, may beincluded, so long as the person has served at least eight years as a judge ofthe superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, or as judge ofthe superior court and Administrative Officer of the Courts combined.

(d)        Repealed by Session Laws 1971, c. 508, s. 3.

(e)        For purposes of this section, the "occupant oroccupants of the office from which" the retired judge retired will bedeemed to be a superior court judge holding the same office and with the sameservice as the retired judge had  immediately prior to retirement. (1967, c. 108, s. 2; 1971, c. 508, s. 3; 1973, c. 47,s. 2; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1109, ss. 13.10‑13.13.)