Secretary of State of North Carolina

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executive branch office state constitutional office

The Secretary of State of North Carolina is a statewide elected executive official responsible for overseeing business registrations, maintaining public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory functions for the state government.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Secretary of State of North Carolina canonical	4
North Carolina Secretary of State	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1535611 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary of State of North Carolina
Context triple: [North Carolina Constitution, establishesOffice, Secretary of State of North Carolina]

A. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the state's second-highest executive officer, who presides over the Senate and serves as acting governor when the governor is absent or unable to serve.
B. Governor of North Carolina
The Governor of North Carolina is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
C. Attorney General of North Carolina
The Attorney General of North Carolina is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing the state in legal matters, providing legal advice to state agencies, and enforcing consumer protection and other state laws.
D. State Auditor of North Carolina
The State Auditor of North Carolina is a statewide elected official responsible for independently examining and reporting on the financial operations and performance of state agencies and programs.
E. State Treasurer of North Carolina
The State Treasurer of North Carolina is the elected official responsible for managing the state’s finances, investments, and pension funds.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary of State of North Carolina
Target entity description: The Secretary of State of North Carolina is a statewide elected executive official responsible for overseeing business registrations, maintaining public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory functions for the state government.

A. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the state's second-highest executive officer, who presides over the Senate and serves as acting governor when the governor is absent or unable to serve.
B. Governor of North Carolina
The Governor of North Carolina is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
C. Attorney General of North Carolina
The Attorney General of North Carolina is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing the state in legal matters, providing legal advice to state agencies, and enforcing consumer protection and other state laws.
D. State Auditor of North Carolina
The State Auditor of North Carolina is a statewide elected official responsible for independently examining and reporting on the financial operations and performance of state agencies and programs.
E. State Treasurer of North Carolina
The State Treasurer of North Carolina is the elected official responsible for managing the state’s finances, investments, and pension funds.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive branch office ⓘ state constitutional office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	State of North Carolina ⓘ linked to: North Carolina
assumedOffice	January 1997 ⓘ
branch	Executive branch of North Carolina ⓘ linked to: Executive branch of the Government of North Carolina
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentOfficeholder	Elaine F. Marshall ⓘ
electedBy	voters of North Carolina ⓘ
electionCycle	every 4 years ⓘ
electionType	statewide election ⓘ
firstFemaleOfficeholder	Elaine F. Marshall ⓘ
hasSeat	Raleigh, North Carolina ⓘ linked to: Raleigh
isElected	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of North Carolina ⓘ linked to: North Carolina
officeCreatedBy	Constitution of North Carolina ⓘ linked to: North Carolina state constitution
officeLocation	North Carolina Secretary of State office, Raleigh ⓘ
oversees	Uniform Commercial Code filings in North Carolina ⓘ athlete agent registration in North Carolina ⓘ business registrations in North Carolina ⓘ charitable solicitation licensing in North Carolina ⓘ corporation filings in North Carolina ⓘ land records indexing standards in North Carolina ⓘ limited liability company filings in North Carolina ⓘ lobbyist principal registration in North Carolina ⓘ lobbyist registration in North Carolina ⓘ nonprofit corporation filings in North Carolina ⓘ notary public commissioning in North Carolina ⓘ partnership registrations in North Carolina ⓘ securities registration and regulation in North Carolina ⓘ service mark registrations in North Carolina ⓘ trademark registrations in North Carolina ⓘ
partOf	Government of North Carolina ⓘ
positionHeld	Secretary of State of North Carolina ⓘ
reportsTo	Governor of North Carolina ⓘ
residenceRequirement	must be a resident of North Carolina ⓘ
responsibleFor	authenticating official documents ⓘ issuing apostilles and certifications ⓘ maintaining administrative rules filings ⓘ maintaining business entity records ⓘ maintaining official state records ⓘ maintaining the state seal of North Carolina ⓘ
salaryCurrency	United States dollar ⓘ linked to: US dollar
style	The Honorable ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termLimit	no term limits ⓘ
voterRequirement	must be a qualified voter of North Carolina ⓘ
website	https://www.sosnc.gov/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Carolina Constitution → establishesOffice → Secretary of State of North Carolina ⓘ

subject linked to: North Carolina state constitution

Elaine F. Marshall → positionHeld → Secretary of State of North Carolina ⓘ

subject linked to: Secretary of State of North Carolina

Council of State of North Carolina → hasMemberOffice → Secretary of State of North Carolina ⓘ

North Carolina Secretary of State office, Raleigh → headedBy → North Carolina Secretary of State ⓘ

linked to: Secretary of State of North Carolina

Elaine F. Marshall → positionHeld → North Carolina Secretary of State ⓘ