Text excerpted from the North Carolina Manual, published by the North Carolina Department of the of State. Back editions available at https://www.sosnc.gov/divisions/publications/north_carolina_manual/. 

See also: History of NC Constitutions
The text of the NC Constitution may be found on the NC General Assembly Web site.

North Carolina government has three branches:

Citation

"North Carolina State Government." NCpedia. North Carolina Manual Accessed on January 22nd, 2025. https://ncpedia.org/government/state.