NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-6 (2026)

Principal departments

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In addition to the principal departments enumerated in the Executive Organization Act of 1971, all executive and administrative powers, duties, and functions not including those of the General Assembly and its agencies, the General Court of Justice and the administrative agencies created pursuant to Article IV of the Constitution of North Carolina, and higher education previously vested by law in the several State agencies, are vested in the following principal departments:

(1) Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

(2) Department of Health and Human Services.

(3) Department of Revenue.

(4) Department of Public Safety.

(5) Repealed by Session Laws 2012-83, s. 48, effective June 26, 2012.

(6) Department of Environmental Quality.

(7) Department of Transportation.

(8) Department of Administration.

(9) Department of Commerce.

(10) Community Colleges System Office.

(11) Repealed by Session Laws 2012-83, s. 48, effective June 26, 2012.

(12) Department of Information Technology.

(13) Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

(14) Department of Adult Correction.

(15) State Bureau of Investigation.

(16) State Highway Patrol. (1973, c. 476, s. 6; c. 620, s. 9; c. 1262, ss. 10, 86; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; c. 879, s. 46; 1977, c. 70, s. 23; c. 198, s. 22; c. 771, s. 4; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1130, s. 3; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(122); c. 751, s. 7(19); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 38; 1997-443, ss. 11A.118(a), 11A.119(a); 1999-84, s. 23; 2000-137, s. 4(mm); 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (h), (l); 2012-83, s. 48; 2015-241, ss. 7A.1(d), 14.30(s), (u), 24.1(aa); 2015-268, s. 7.3(a); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(e); 2023-134, s. 19F.4(c); 2024-57, s. 3E.1(c).)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1974–2026 · leading case: State ex rel. McCrory v. Berger, 781 S.E.2d 248 (N.C. 2016).

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State ex rel. McCrory v. Berger, 781 S.E.2d 248 (N.C. 2016). · cites it 6× “See N.C.G.S. § 143B-6(6) (2013) (identifying DENR as a principal department); id.”

Cooper v. Berger, 822 S.E.2d 286 (N.C. 2018). · cites it 3× “Supplementing these departments are eleven additional principal administrative departments named in N.C.G.S. § 143B-6 -the Community Colleges System Office and the Departments of Natural and Cultural Resources, Health and Human Services, Revenue, Public Safety, Environmental…”

Hallmark Clinic v. North Carolina Dep't of Human Resources, 380 F. Supp. 1153 (E.D.N.C. 1974). · cites it 4× “Defendants oppose such an award, contending there is no evidence of bad faith on the part of state officials and that an award of attorneys' fees is barred by the eleventh amendment. It is clear that we cannot award attorneys' fees against the Department of Human Resources,…”

North Carolina Dep't of Transp. v. Hodge, 478 S.E.2d 30 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “section 143B-6. The term “division” is not defined in the State Personnel Act.”

Stein v. Hall (N.C. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 4× “See N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 143B-6(9), -431(a)(2)(b), -433(1)(b).”

Quinn v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. (W.D.N.C. 2020). · cites it 3× “See N.C.G.S. §§ 143B-6 and 143C-6-8(a). Therefore, any claim against DHHS is a claim against the State of North Carolina.”

Gibson v. North Carolina Off. of Emergency Med. Servs. (E.D.N.C. 2024). · cites it 2× “See N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 143B-6, -136.1. Plaintiff again makes no argument against OEMS’s general entitlement to Eleventh Amendment immunity, and so the court concludes that such immunity is warranted.”

Powell v. North Carolina Dep't of Transp., 478 S.E.2d 28 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “section 143B-6. The term “division” is not defined in the State Personnel Act.”

— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-6(6) — 1 case

State ex rel. McCrory v. Berger, 781 S.E.2d 248 (N.C. 2016). “See N.C.G.S. § 143B-6(6) (2013) (identifying DENR as a principal department); id.”

— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-6(9) — 1 case

Stein v. Hall (N.C. Ct. App. 2026). “See N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 143B-6(9), -431(a)(2)(b), -433(1)(b).”

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