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NC Gen Stat § 15-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 15-10 - Speedy trial or discharge on commitment for felony.

 15-10. Speedy trial or discharge on commitment for felony.When any person who has been committed for treason or felony, plainly and specially expressed in the warrant of commitment, upon his prayer in open court to be brought to his trial, shall not be indicted some time in the next term of the superior or criminal court ensuing such commitment, the judge of the court, upon notice in open court on the last day of the term, shall set at liberty such prisoner upon bail, unless it appear upon oath that the witnesses for the State could not be produced at the same term; and if such prisoner, upon his prayer as aforesaid, shall not be indicted and tried at the second term of the court, he shall be discharged from his imprisonment: Provided, the judge presiding may, in his discretion, refuse to discharge such person if the time between the first and second terms of the court be less than four months. (1868-9, c. 116, s. 33; Code, s. 1658; Rev., s. 3155; 1913, c. 2; C.S., s. 4521.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-10.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 15-10.1 - Detainer; purpose; manner of use.

 15-10.1. Detainer; purpose; manner of use.Any person confined in the State prison system of North Carolina, subject to the authority and control of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety, or any person confined in any other prison of North Carolina, may be held to account for any other charge pending against him only upon a written order from the clerk or judge of the court in which the charge originated upon a case regularly docketed, directing that such person be held to answer the charge pending in such court; and in no event shall the prison authorities hold any person to answer any charge upon a warrant or notice when the charge has not been regularly docketed in the court in which the warrant or charge has been issued: Provided, that this section shall not apply to any State agency exercising supervision over such person or prisoner by virtue of a judgment, order of court or statutory authority.  (1949, c. 303; 1953, c. 603; 1957, c. 349, s. 10; 1967, c. 996, s. 13; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2012-83, s. 21; 2017-186, s. 2(ll).)
NC Gen Stat § 15-10.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 15-10.2 - Mandatory disposition of detainers - request for final disposition of charges; continuance; information to be furnished prisoner.

 15-10.2. Mandatory disposition of detainers - request for final disposition of charges; continuance; information to be furnished prisoner.(a) Any prisoner serving a sentence or sentences within the State prison system who, during his term of imprisonment, shall have lodged against him a detainer to answer to any criminal charge pending against him in any court within the State, shall be brought to trial within eight months after he shall have caused to be sent to the district attorney of the court in which said criminal charge is pending, by registered mail, written notice of his place of confinement and request for a final disposition of the criminal charge against him; said request shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Secretary of Public Safety stating the term of the sentence or sentences under which the prisoner is being held, the date he was received, and the time remaining to be served; provided that, for good cause shown in open court, the prisoner or his counsel being present, the court may grant any necessary and reasonable continuance.(b) The Secretary of Public Safety shall, upon request by the prisoner, inform the prisoner in writing of the source and contents of any charge for which a detainer shall have been lodged against such prisoner as shown by said detainer, and furnished the prisoner with the certificate referred to in subsection (a).  (1957, c. 1067, s. 1; 1967, c. 996, s. 15; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; c. 1262, s. 10; 2011-145, s. 19.1(i).)
NC Gen Stat § 15-10.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 15-10.3 - Mandatory disposition of detainers - procedure; return of prisoner after trial.

 15-10.3. Mandatory disposition of detainers - procedure; return of prisoner after trial.The district attorney, upon receipt of the written notice and request for a final disposition as hereinbefore specified, shall make application to the court in which said charge is pending for a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum and the court upon such application shall issue such writ to the Secretary of Public Safety requiring the prisoner to be delivered to said court to answer the pending charge and to stand trial on said charge within the time hereinbefore provided; upon completion of said trial, the prisoner shall be returned to the State prison system to complete service of the sentence or sentences under which he was held at the time said writ was issued.  (1957, c. 1067, s. 2; 1967, c. 996, s. 15; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; c. 1262, s. 10; 2011-145, s. 19.1(i).)
NC Gen Stat § 15-10.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 15-10.4 - Mandatory disposition of detainers exception as to prisoners who are mentally ill.

 15-10.4. Mandatory disposition of detainers - exception as to prisoners who are mentally ill.The provisions of G.S. 15-10.2 and 15-10.3 shall not apply to any prisoner who has been transferred and assigned for observation or treatment to any unit of the prison system which is maintained for those prisoners who are mentally ill or are suffering from mental disorders. (1957, c. 1067, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 2 - Record and Disposition of Seized, etc., Articles.|§ 15-11 - Sheriffs and police departments to maintain register of personal property confiscated, seized or found.

 15-11. Sheriffs and police departments to maintain register of personal property confiscated, seized or found.Each sheriff and police department in this State is hereby required to keep and maintain a book or register, and it shall be the duty of each sheriff and police department to keep a record therein of all articles of personal property which may be seized or confiscated by him or it, or of which he or it may have become possessed in any way in the discharge of his duty. Said sheriffs and police departments shall cause to be kept in said registers a description of such property, the name of the person from whom it was seized, if such name be known, the date and place of its seizure, and, where the article was not taken from the person of a suspect or prisoner, a brief recital of the place and circumstances concerning the possession thereof by such sheriff and police department. Such sheriff and police department shall also keep in said register appropriate entries showing the manner, date, and to whom said articles are disposed of or delivered, and, if sold as hereinafter provided, a record showing the disposition of the proceeds arising from such sale. (1939, c. 195, s. 1; 1973, c. 1141, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 2 - Record and Disposition of Seized, etc., Articles.|§ 15-12 - Publication of notice of unclaimed property; advertisement and sale or donation of unclaimed bicycles.

 15-12. Publication of notice of unclaimed property; advertisement and sale or donation of unclaimed bicycles.(a) Unless otherwise provided herein, whenever such articles in the possession of any sheriff or police department have remained unclaimed by the person who may be entitled thereto for a period of 180 days after such seizure, confiscation, or receipt thereof in any other manner, by such sheriff or police department, the said sheriff or police department in whose possession said articles are may cause to be published one time in some newspaper published in said county a notice to the effect that such articles are in the custody of such officer or department, and requiring all persons who may have or claim any interest therein to make and establish such claim or interest not later than 30 days from the date of the publication of such notice or in default thereof, such articles will be sold and disposed of. Such notice shall contain a brief description of the said articles and such other information as the said officer or department may consider necessary or advisable to reasonably inform the public as to the kind and nature of the article about which the notice relates.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, when bicycles which are in the possession of any sheriff or police department, as provided for in this Article, have remained unclaimed by the person who may be entitled thereto for a period of 60 days after such seizure, confiscation or receipt thereof, the said sheriff or police department who has possession of any such bicycle may proceed to advertise and sell such bicycles as provided by this Article, or may donate such bicycles to a charitable organization exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. If the bicycles are to be donated, the notice shall state that as the intended disposition if they are not claimed. (1939, c. 195, s. 2; 1965, c. 807, s. 1; 1973, c. 1141, s. 4; 1997-180, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 2 - Record and Disposition of Seized, etc., Articles.|§ 15-13 - Public sale 30 days after publication of notice.

 15-13. Public sale 30 days after publication of notice.If said articles shall remain unclaimed or satisfactory evidence of ownership thereof not be presented to the sheriff or police department, as the case may be, for a period of 30 days after the publication of the notice provided for in G.S. 15-12, then the said sheriff or police department in whose custody such articles may be is hereby authorized and empowered to sell the same at public auction for cash to the highest bidder, either at the courthouse door of the county, the county law enforcement headquarters if the sale is conducted by the sheriff, or at the police headquarters of the municipality in which the said articles of property are located, and at such sale to deliver the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. (1939, c. 195, s. 3; 1973, c. 1141, s. 5; 1991, c. 531, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 2 - Record and Disposition of Seized, etc., Articles.|§ 15-14 - Notice of sale.

 15-14. Notice of sale.Before any sale of said property is made under the provisions of this Article, however, the said sheriff or police department making the same shall first advertise the sale by publishing a notice thereof in some newspaper published in the said county at least one time not less than 10 days prior to the date of sale, and by posting a notice of the sale at the courthouse door and at three other public places in the said county. Said notice shall specify the time and place of sale, and contain a sufficient description of the articles of property to be sold. It shall not be required that the sale lay open for increase bids or objections, but it may be deemed closed when the purchaser at the sale pays the amount of the accepted bid. (1939, c. 195, s. 4; 1973, c. 1141, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-14.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 2 - Record and Disposition of Seized, etc., Articles.|§ 15-14.1 - Sale of property through electronic auction.

 15-14.1. Sale of property through electronic auction.In addition to selling property as authorized in G.S. 15-13, a sheriff or police department may sell property in his or its possession through an electronic auction service. The sheriff or police department shall comply with the publication and notice requirements provided in G.S. 15-12 through G.S. 15-14 prior to any sale under this section. (2003-284, s. 18.6(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 15-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 2 - Record and Disposition of Seized, etc., Articles.|§ 15-15 - Disbursement of proceeds of sale.

 15-15. Disbursement of proceeds of sale.From the proceeds realized from the sale of said property, the sheriff, police department or other officer making the same shall first pay the costs and expenses of the sale, and all other necessary expenses incident to a compliance with this Article, and any balance then remaining from the proceeds of said sale shall be paid within 30 days after the sale to the treasurer of the county board of education of the county in which such sale is made, for the benefit of the fund for maintaining the free public schools of such county. (1939, c. 195, s. 5; 1973, c. 1141, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 2 - Record and Disposition of Seized, etc., Articles.|§ 15-16 - Nonliability of officers.

 15-16. Nonliability of officers.No sheriff, police department, or other officer shall be liable for any damages or claims on account of any such sale or disposition of such property, as provided in this Article. (1939, c. 195, s. 6; 1973, c. 1141, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 2 - Record and Disposition of Seized, etc., Articles.|§ 15-17 - Construction of Article.

 15-17. Construction of Article.This Article shall not be construed to apply to the seizure and disposition of whiskey distilleries, game birds, and other property or articles which have been or may be seized, where the existing law now provides the method, manner, and extent of the disposition of such articles or of the proceeds derived from the sale thereof. (1939, c. 195, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-24.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 3 - Warrants.|§ 15-24.1 - Amendment of warrant to show ownership of property.

 15-24.1. Amendment of warrant to show ownership of property.Any criminal warrant may be amended in the superior court, before or during the trial, when there shall appear to be any variance between the allegations in the warrant and the evidence in setting forth the ownership of property if, in the opinion of the court, such amendment will not prejudice the defendant. This section shall be construed as enlarging and not limiting the conditions and situations under which a warrant may be amended. (1965, c. 285.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-43 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 6 - Arrest.|§ 15-43 - House broken open to prevent felony.

 15-43. House broken open to prevent felony.All persons are authorized to break open and enter a house to prevent a felony about to be committed therein. (1868-9, c. 178, subch. 1, s. 4; Code, s. 1127; Rev., s. 3179; C.S., s. 4545.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-53 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 7 - Fugitives from Justice.|§ 15-53 - Governor may employ agents, and offer rewards.

 15-53. Governor may employ agents, and offer rewards.The Governor, on information made to the Governor of any person, whether the name of such person be known or unknown, having committed a felony or other infamous crime within the State, and of having fled out of the jurisdiction thereof, or who conceals himself or herself within the State to avoid arrest, or who, having been convicted, has escaped and cannot otherwise be apprehended, may either employ a special agent, with a sufficient escort, to pursue and apprehend such fugitive, or issue a proclamation, and therein offer a reward, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), according to the nature of the case, as in the Governor's opinion may be sufficient for the purpose, to be paid to anyone who shall apprehend and deliver the fugitive to such person and at such place as in the proclamation shall be directed.  (1800, c. 561, P.R.; R.C., c. 35, s. 4; 1866, c. 28; 1868-9, c. 52; 1870-1, c. 15; 1871-2, c. 29; Code, s. 1169; 1891, c. 421; Rev., s. 3188; C.S., s. 4554; 1925, c. 275, s. 6; 1967, c. 165, s. 1; 2013-276, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-53.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 7 - Fugitives from Justice.|§ 15-53.1 - Governor may offer rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction.

 15-53.1. Governor may offer rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction.When it shall appear to the Governor, upon satisfactory information furnished to the Governor, that a felony or other infamous crime has been committed within the State, whether the name or names of the person or persons suspected of committing the said crime be known or unknown, the Governor may issue a proclamation and therein offer an award [reward] not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), according to the nature of the case as, in the Governor's opinion, may be sufficient for the purpose, to be paid to anyone who shall provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of such person or persons. The proclamation shall be upon such terms as the Governor may deem proper, but it shall identify the felony or felonies and the authority to whom the information is to be delivered and shall state such other terms as the Governor may require under which the reward is payable.  (1967, c. 165, s. 2; 2013-276, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 7 - Fugitives from Justice.|§ 15-54 - Officer entitled to reward.

 15-54. Officer entitled to reward.Any sheriff or other officer who shall make an arrest of any person charged with crime for whose apprehension a reward has been offered is entitled to such reward, and may sue for and recover the same in any court in this State having jurisdiction: Provided, that no reward shall be paid to any sheriff or other officer for any arrest made for a crime committed within the county of such sheriff or officer making such arrest. (1913, c. 132; 1917, c. 8; C.S., s. 4555.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-55 through 15-84 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 8 - Extradition.|§ 15-55 through 15-84 - through 15-Transferred to G.S. 15A-721 to 15A-750 by Session Laws 1973, c. 1286, s. 16.

 15-55 through 15-84. Transferred to G.S. 15A-721 to 15A-750 by Session Laws 1973, c. 1286, s. 16.
NC Gen Stat § 15-126 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 12 - Commitment to Prison.|§ 15-126 - Commitment to county jail.

 15-126. Commitment to county jail.All persons committed to prison before conviction shall be committed to the jail of the county in which the examination is had, or to that of the county in which the offense is charged to have been committed: Provided, if the jails of these counties are unsafe, or injurious to the health of prisoners, the committing magistrate may commit to the jail of any other convenient county. And every sheriff or jailer to whose jail any person shall be committed by any court or magistrate of competent jurisdiction shall receive such prisoner and give a receipt for him, and be bound for his safekeeping as prescribed by law. (1868-9, c. 178, subch. 2, s. 33; Code, s. 1164; Rev., s. 3231; C.S., s. 4598; 1973, c. 1286, s. 26; 1975, c. 166, s. 25.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-129 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 13 - Venue.|§ 15-129 - In offenses on waters dividing counties.

 15-129. In offenses on waters dividing counties.When any offense is committed on any water, or watercourse whether at high or low water, which water or watercourse, or the sides or shores thereof, divides counties, such offense may be dealt with, inquired of, tried and determined, and punished at the discretion of the court, in either of the two counties which may be nearest to the place where the offense was committed. (R.C., c. 35, s. 24; Code, s. 1193; Rev., s. 3234; C.S., s. 4601; 1973, c. 1286, s. 26; 1975, c. 166, s. 25.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-130 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 13 - Venue.|§ 15-130 - Assault in one county, death in another.

 15-130. Assault in one county, death in another.In all cases of felonious homicide when the assault has been made in one county within the State, and the person assaulted dies in any other county thereof, the offender shall be indicted and punished for the crime in the county wherein the assault was made. (1831, c. 22, s. 1; R.C., c. 35, s. 27; Code, s. 1196; Rev., s. 3235; C.S., s. 4602.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-131 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 13 - Venue.|§ 15-131 - Assault in this State, death in another.

 15-131. Assault in this State, death in another.In all cases of felonious homicide, when the assault has been made within this State, and the person assaulted dies without the limits thereof, the offender shall be indicted and punished for the crime in the county where the assault was made, in the same manner, to all intents and purposes, as if the person assaulted had died within the limits of this State. (1831, c. 22, s. 2; R.C., c. 35, s. 28; Code, s. 1197; Rev., s. 3236; C.S., s. 4603.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-132 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 13 - Venue.|§ 15-132 - Person in this State injuring one in another.

 15-132. Person in this State injuring one in another.If any person, being in this State, unlawfully and willfully puts in motion a force from the effect of which any person is injured while in another state, the person so setting such force in motion shall be guilty of the same offense in this State as he would be if the effect had taken place within this State. (1895, c. 169; Rev., s. 3237; C.S., s. 4604.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-133 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 13 - Venue.|§ 15-133 - In county where death occurs.

 15-133. In county where death occurs.If a mortal wound is given or other violence or injury inflicted or poison is administered on the high seas or land, either within or without the limits of this State, by means whereof death ensues in any county thereof, the offense may be prosecuted and punished in the county where the death happens. (1891, c. 68; Rev., s. 3238; C.S., s. 4605.)
NC Gen Stat § 15-144 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 15 - Criminal Procedure|Article 15 - Indictment.|§ 15-144 - Essentials of bill for homicide.

 15-144. Essentials of bill for homicide.In indictments for murder and manslaughter, it is not necessary to allege matter not required to be proved on the trial; but in the body of the indictment, after naming the person accused, and the county of his residence, the date of the offense, the averment "with force and arms," and the county of the alleged commission of the offense, as is now usual, it is sufficient in describing murder to allege that the accused person feloniously, willfully, and of his malice aforethought, did kill and murder (naming the person killed), and concluding as is now required by law; and it is sufficient in describing manslaughter to allege that the accused feloniously and willfully did kill and slay (naming the person killed), and concluding as aforesaid; and any bill of indictment containing the averments and allegations herein named shall be good and sufficient in law as an indictment for murder or manslaughter, as the case may be. (1887, c. 58; Rev., s. 3245; C.S., s. 4614.)