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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_7A > GS_7A-200§ 7A‑200. District andset of districts defined; chief district court judges and their authority.
(a) In this section:
(1) "District"means any district court district established by G.S. 7A‑133 whichconsists exclusively of one or more entire counties;
(2) "Set ofdistricts" means any set of two or more district court districtsestablished under G.S. 7A‑133, none of which consists exclusively of oneor more entire counties, but both or all of which include territory from thesame county or counties and together comprise all of the territory of thatcounty or those counties; "set of districts" also means a set ofthree district court districts in one county, one consisting of the entirecounty and the other two consisting of parts of that county; and
(3) "Chief districtcourt judge" means in the case of a set of districts, the chief districtcourt judge for those districts, designated by the chief justice from among thedistrict court judges for the districts in the set of districts.
(b) Whenever by law aduty is imposed upon the chief district court judge, it means for a set ofdistricts the chief district court judge designated under subsection (a)(3) ofthis section. (1995,c. 507, s. 21.1(a); 2007‑484, s. 25(c).)
