Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 143-300.4, upon request of an employee or former employee, the State may provide for the defense of any civil or criminal action or proceeding brought against him in his official or individual capacity, or both, on account of an act done or omission made in the scope and course of his employment as a State employee.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-300.3
Defense of State employees
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 147 N.C. App. 336 - Wood v. North Carolina State University (2001)
Most recently applied in 59 F. Supp. 3d 738 - Goodwin v. Cockrell (October 2014)
1967, c. 1092, s. 1.
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Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.