North carolina constitution

Section 1 - We hold it to be self-evident that all persons are...

Section 2 - All political power is vested in and derived from the...

Section 3 - The people of this State have the inherent, sole, and...

Section 4 - This State shall ever remain a member of the American...

Section 5 - Every citizen of this State owes paramount allegiance to the...

Section 6 - The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers of the State...

Section 7 - All power of suspending laws or the execution of laws...

Section 8 - The people of this State shall not be taxed or...

Section 9 - For redress of grievances and for amending and strengthening the...

Section 10 - All elections shall be free.

Section 11 - As political rights and privileges are not dependent upon or...

Section 12 - The people have a right to assemble together to consult...

Section 13 - All persons have a natural and inalienable right to worship...

Section 14 - Freedom of speech and of the press are two of...

Section 15 - The people have a right to the privilege of education,...

Section 16 - Retrospective laws, punishing acts committed before the existence of such...

Section 17 - Slavery is forever prohibited. Involuntary servitude, except as a punishment...

Section 18 - All courts shall be open; every person for an injury...

Section 19 - No person shall be taken, imprisoned, or disseized of his...

Section 20 - General warrants, whereby any officer or other person may be...

Section 21 - Every person restrained of his liberty is entitled to a...

Section 22 - Except in misdemeanor cases initiated in the District Court Division,...

Section 23 - In all criminal prosecutions, every person charged with crime has...

Section 24 - No person shall be convicted of any crime but by...

Section 25 - In all controversies at law respecting property, the ancient mode...

Section 26 - No person shall be excluded from jury service on account...

Section 27 - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,...

Section 28 - There shall be no imprisonment for debt in this State,...

Section 29 - Treason against the State shall consist only of levying war...

Section 30 - A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of...

Section 31 - No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in...

Section 32 - No person or set of persons is entitled to exclusive...

Section 33 - No hereditary emoluments, privileges, or honors shall be granted or...

Section 34 - Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a...

Section 35 - A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary to...

Section 36 - The enumeration of rights in this Article shall not be...

Section 37 - (5) Implementation. The General Assembly may prescribe general laws to...

Section 38 - The right of the people to hunt, fish, and harvest...

Section 1 - The legislative power of the State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The Senate shall be composed of 50 Senators, biennially chosen...

Section 3 - (4) When established, the senate districts and the apportionment of...

Section 4 - The House of Representatives shall be composed of 120 Representatives,...

Section 5 - (4) When established, the representative districts and the apportionment of...

Section 6 - Each Senator, at the time of his election, shall be...

Section 7 - Each Representative, at the time of his election, shall be...

Section 8 - The election for members of the General Assembly shall be...

Section 9 - The term of office of Senators and Representatives shall commence...

Section 10 - Every vacancy occurring in the membership of the General Assembly...

Section 11 - (2) Extra sessions on legislative call. The President of the...

Section 12 - Each member of the General Assembly, before taking his seat,...

Section 13 - The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate and...

Section 14 - (3) Other officers. The Senate shall elect its other officers.

Section 15 - The House of Representatives shall elect its Speaker and other...

Section 16 - The members and officers of the General Assembly shall receive...

Section 17 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which...

Section 18 - Any member of either house may dissent from and protest...

Section 19 - Upon motion made in either house and seconded by one...

Section 20 - Each house shall be judge of the qualifications and elections...

Section 21 - The style of the acts shall be: "The General Assembly...

Section 22 - (8) Return of bills after adjournment. For purposes of return...

Section 23 - No law shall be enacted to raise money on the...

Section 24 - (4) General laws. The General Assembly may enact general laws...

Section 1 - The executive power of the State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - (2) Qualifications. No person shall be eligible for election to...

Section 3 - (5) Impeachment. Removal of the Governor from office for any...

Section 4 - The Governor, before entering upon the duties of his office,...

Section 5 - (a) For more than 30 days jointly as provided under...

Section 6 - The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, but...

Section 7 - (7) Special Qualifications for Attorney General. Only persons duly authorized...

Section 8 - The Council of State shall consist of the officers whose...

Section 9 - The officers whose offices are established by this Article shall...

Section 10 - There shall be a seal of the State, which shall...

Section 11 - Not later than July 1, 1975, all administrative departments, agencies,...

Section 1 - The judicial power of the State shall, except as provided...

Section 2 - The General Court of Justice shall constitute a unified judicial...

Section 3 - The General Assembly may vest in administrative agencies established pursuant...

Section 4 - The House of Representatives solely shall have the power of...

Section 5 - The Appellate Division of the General Court of Justice shall...

Section 6 - (2) Sessions of the Supreme Court. The sessions of the...

Section 7 - The structure, organization, and composition of the Court of Appeals...

Section 8 - The General Assembly shall provide by general law for the...

Section 9 - (3) Clerks. A Clerk of the Superior Court for each...

Section 10 - The General Assembly shall, from time to time, divide the...

Section 11 - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, acting in accordance...

Section 12 - (6) Appeals. The General Assembly shall by general law provide...

Section 13 - (2) Rules of procedure. The Supreme Court shall have exclusive...

Section 14 - In all issues of fact joined in any court, the...

Section 15 - The General Assembly shall provide for an administrative office of...

Section 16 - Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of...

Section 17 - (4) Removal of Clerks. Any Clerk of the Superior Court...

Section 18 - (2) Prosecution in District Court Division. Criminal actions in the...

Section 19 - Unless otherwise provided in this Article, all vacancies occurring in...

Section 20 - The General Assembly shall provide for the establishment of a...

Section 21 - The General Assembly shall prescribe and regulate the fees, salaries,...

Section 22 - Only persons duly authorized to practice law in the courts...

Section 1 - No poll or capitation tax shall be levied by the...

Section 2 - (7) Contracts. The General Assembly may enact laws whereby the...

Section 3 - (5) Outstanding debt. Except as provided in subsection (4), nothing...

Section 4 - (6) Outstanding debt. Except as provided in subsection (4), nothing...

Section 5 - Every act of the General Assembly levying a tax shall...

Section 6 - (2) Retirement funds. Neither the General Assembly nor any public...

Section 7 - (2) Local treasury. No money shall be drawn from the...

Section 8 - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Constitution, the General Assembly...

Section 9 - The power of eminent domain shall not be exercised to...

Section 10 - In addition to other powers conferred upon them by law,...

Section 11 - The power of eminent domain shall not be exercised to...

Section 12 - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Constitution, the General Assembly...

Section 13 - (c) to secure any such financing or refinancing by all...

Section 14 - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 of this Article, the...

Section 1 - Every person born in the United States and every person...

Section 2 - (4) Photo identification for voting in person. Voters offering to...

Section 3 - (2) Voters offering to vote in person shall present photographic...

Section 4 - Every person presenting himself for registration shall be able to...

Section 5 - All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and...

Section 6 - Every qualified voter in North Carolina who is 21 years...

Section 7 - "I, _______________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will...

Section 8 - Third, any person who has been adjudged guilty of treason...

Section 9 - (2) Exceptions. The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit...

Section 10 - In the absence of any contrary provision, all officers in...

Section 1 - The General Assembly shall not incorporate as a city or...

Section 2 - In each county a Sheriff shall be elected by the...

Section 3 - Any unit of local government formed by the merger or...

Section 1 - No corporation shall be created, nor shall its charter be...

Section 2 - The term "corporation" as used in this Section shall be...

Section 1 - Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and...

Section 2 - (2) Local responsibility. The General Assembly may assign to units...

Section 3 - The General Assembly shall provide that every child of appropriate...

Section 4 - (2) Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Superintendent of Public Instruction...

Section 5 - The State Board of Education shall supervise and administer the...

Section 6 - The proceeds of all lands that have been or hereafter...

Section 7 - (b) The General Assembly may place in a State fund...

Section 8 - The General Assembly shall maintain a public system of higher...

Section 9 - The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The...

Section 10 - (2) Escheats after June 30, 1971. All property that, after...

Section 1 - The personal property of any resident of this State, to...

Section 2 - (4) Conveyance of homestead. Nothing contained in this Article shall...

Section 3 - The General Assembly shall provide by proper legislation for giving...

Section 4 - The real and personal property of any female in this...

Section 5 - A person may insure his or her own life for...

Section 1 - The following punishments only shall be known to the laws...

Section 2 - The object of punishments being not only to satisfy justice,...

Section 3 - Such charitable, benevolent, penal, and correctional institutions and agencies as...

Section 4 - Beneficent provision for the poor, the unfortunate, and the orphan...

Section 1 - The Governor shall be Commander in Chief of the military...

Section 1 - No Convention of the People of this State shall ever...

Section 2 - The people of this State reserve the power to amend...

Section 3 - A Convention of the People of this State may be...

Section 4 - A proposal of a new or revised Constitution or an...

Section 1 - The permanent seat of government of this State shall be...

Section 2 - The limits and boundaries of the State shall be and...

Section 3 - Whenever the General Assembly is directed or authorized by this...

Section 4 - The laws of North Carolina not in conflict with this...

Section 5 - To accomplish the aforementioned public purposes, the State and its...

Section 6 - Marriage between one man and one woman is the only...