On June 23, 2011, Governor Beverly Perdue signed a bill into law requiring all cities, all counties, and private employers of a certain size in North Carolina to use the federal government’s E-Verify program to verify the work authorization of newly-hired employees. The law is titled, “An Act To Require Counties, Cities, And Employers To Use The Federal E-Verify Program To Verify The Work Authorization Of Newly Hired Employees.” North Carolina is one of 17 states, including neighboring Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia, that have some form of E Verify requirements for employers.