North Carolina District Court 7

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The North Carolina District Court 7 is one of 42 district courts in North Carolina. It serves Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, and Northampton counties. North Carolina House Bill 259 law restructured the superior court and district courts of the state in 2024. The law changed the name of the court from North Carolina District Court 6 to North Carolina District Court 7.[1]


Elections

See also: North Carolina judicial elections

North Carolina is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in North Carolina, click here.

Selection method

For more information about judicial selection processes in each state, click here.

Election rules

Primary election

The judges of the North Carolina Superior Courts are chosen through partisan elections. Judges are elected to eight-year terms and must face re-election if they wish to serve again.[2]

The judges of the North Carolina District Courts are chosen through partisan elections. District judges serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to remain on the court.[3][2]

See also

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North Carolina counties
Alamance • Alexander • Alleghany • Anson • Ashe • Avery • Beaufort • Bertie • Bladen • Brunswick • Buncombe • Burke • Cabarrus • Caldwell • Camden • Carteret • Caswell • Catawba • Chatham • Cherokee • Chowan • Clay • Cleveland • Columbus • Craven • Cumberland • Currituck • Dare • Davidson • Davie • Duplin • Durham • Edgecombe • Forsyth • Franklin • Gaston • Gates • Graham • Granville • Greene • Guilford • Halifax • Harnett • Haywood • Henderson • Hertford • Hoke • Hyde • Iredell • Jackson • Johnston • Jones • Lee • Lenoir • Lincoln • McDowell • Macon • Madison • Martin • Mecklenburg • Mitchell • Montgomery • Moore • Nash • New Hanover • Northampton • Onslow • Orange • Pamlico • Pasquotank • Pender • Perquimans • Person • Pitt • Polk • Randolph • Richmond • Robeson • Rockingham • Rowan • Rutherford • Sampson • Scotland • Stanly • Stokes • Surry • Swain • Transylvania • Tyrrell • Union • Vance • Wake • Warren • Washington • Watauga • Wayne • Wilkes • Wilson • Yadkin • Yancey

North Carolina courts

Federal courts:

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina

State courts:

Supreme Court of North Carolina • North Carolina Court of Appeals • North Carolina Superior Courts • North Carolina District Courts

State resources:

Courts in North Carolina • North Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Carolina

Footnotes

  1. ↑ North Carolina General Assembly, "North Carolina House Bill 259," accessed February 22, 2024
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | School of Government, "History of North Carolina Judicial Elections," August 2020
  3. ↑ North Carolina General Assembly, "North Carolina Constitution - Article IV," accessed September 20, 2021 (Section 19)



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