North Carolina General Statutes
Article 24 - Conduct of Municipal Elections.
§ 163-306 - Assumption of office by mayors and councilmen.

163-306. Assumption of office by mayors and councilmen.
Newly elected mayors and councilmen (members of the governing body) shall take office as prescribed by G.S. 160A-68. (1973, c. 866; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws

Article 24 - Conduct of Municipal Elections.

§ 163-291 - Partisan primaries and elections.

§ 163-292 - Determination of election results in cities using the plurality method.

§ 163-293 - Determination of election results in cities using the election and runoff election method.

§ 163-294 - Determination of election results in cities using nonpartisan primaries.

§ 163-294.1 - Death of candidates or elected officers.

§ 163-294.2 - Notice of candidacy and filing fee in nonpartisan municipal elections.

§ 163-294.3 - Sole candidates to be voted upon in nonpartisan municipal elections.

§ 163-294.4 - Failure of candidates to file; death of a candidate before election.

§ 163-295 - Municipal and special district elections; application of this Chapter 163.

§ 163-296 - Nomination by petition.

§ 163-297 - Structure at voting place; marking off limits of voting place.

§ 163-298 - Municipal primaries and elections.

§ 163-299 - Ballots; municipal primaries and elections.

§ 163-300 - Disposition of duplicate abstracts in municipal elections.

§ 163-301 - Chairman of election board to furnish certificate of elections.

§ 163-302 - Absentee voting.

§ 163-304 - State Board of Elections to have jurisdiction over municipal elections, and to advise; emergency and ongoing administration by county board.

§ 163-305 - Validation of elections.

§ 163-306 - Assumption of office by mayors and councilmen.