7A-170. Nature of office and oath; age limit for service.
(a) A magistrate is an officer of the district court. Before entering upon the duties of his office, a magistrate shall take the oath of office prescribed for a magistrate of the General Court of Justice. A magistrate possesses all the powers of his office at all times during his term.
(b) No magistrate may continue in office beyond the last day of the month in which the magistrate reaches the mandatory retirement age for justices and judges of the General Court of Justice specified in G.S. 7A-4.20. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1969, c. 1190, s. 13; 1977, c. 945, s. 2; 2013-277, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 7A - Judicial Department
§ 7A-170 - Nature of office and oath; age limit for service.
§ 7A-171 - Numbers; appointment and terms; vacancies.
§ 7A-171.1 - Duty hours, salary, and travel expenses within county.
§ 7A-171.2 - Qualifications for nomination or renomination.
§ 7A-171.3 - Magistrate rules of conduct.
§ 7A-173 - Suspension; removal; reinstatement.
§ 7A-175 - Records to be kept.
§ 7A-176 - Office of justice of the peace abolished.