NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-68 (2026)

Administrative assistants

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(a) Each district attorney shall be entitled to one administrative assistant to be appointed by the district attorney and to serve at his pleasure. The assistant need not be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina.

(b) It shall be the duty of the administrative assistant to assist the district attorney in preparing cases for trial and in expediting the criminal court docket, and to assist in such other duties as may be assigned by the district attorney.

(c) When traveling on official business, each administrative assistant is entitled to reimbursement for his subsistence and travel expenses to the same extent as State employees generally. (1973, c. 807.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1998–2005 · leading case: Caudill v. Dellinger, 501 S.E.2d 99 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998).

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Caudill v. Dellinger, 501 S.E.2d 99 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 16× “Plaintiff was administrative assistant to the District Attorney pursuant to the provisions of N.C.Gen. Stat. § 7A-68 (1995), and thus was an employee within the Judicial Department.”

Hines v. Yates, 614 S.E.2d 385 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 7× “This Court held in Caudill a district attorney's termination of his "administrative assistant's employment," as permitted through N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7A-68, because she cooperated with the State Bureau of Investigation is in direct conflict with public policy.”

— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-68(a) — 1 case

Caudill v. Dellinger, 501 S.E.2d 99 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). “Plaintiff was administrative assistant to the District Attorney pursuant to the provisions of N.C.Gen. Stat. § 7A-68 (1995), and thus was an employee within the Judicial Department.”

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