North Carolina · North Carolina General Statutes — Chapter 15A, Criminal Procedure
N.C.G.S. (Crim. Proc.) § 15A-151.5: Prosecutor access to expunged files
What this law says, in plain English
This statute requires courts to provide prosecutors electronic access to expunged criminal records and allows expunged convictions to be used for sentencing calculations, habitual offense charges, and certain evidence purposes in subsequent criminal cases.
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