North Carolina
North Carolina General Statutes — Chapter 15A, Criminal Procedure
769 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 15A-250 — Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-251 — Entry by force
- § 15A-252 — Service of a search warrant
- § 15A-253 — Scope of the search; seizure of items not named in the warrant
- § 15A-254 — List of items seized
- § 15A-255 — Frisk of persons present in premises or vehicle to be searched
- § 15A-256 — Detention and search of persons present in private premises or vehicle to be searched
- § 15A-257 — Return of the executed warrant
- § 15A-258 — Disposition of seized property
- § 15A-259 — Application of Article to all warrants; exception as to inspection warrants and special riot situations
- § 15A-260 — Definitions
- § 15A-261 — Prohibition and exceptions
- § 15A-262 — Application for order for pen register or trap and trace device
- § 15A-263 — Issuance of order for pen register or trap and trace device
- § 15A-264 — Assistance in installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device
- § 15A-265 — Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-266 — Short title
- § 15A-266.1 — Policy
- § 15A-266.10 — : Repealed by Session Laws 2001-282, s
- § 15A-266.11 — Unauthorized uses of DNA Databank; penalties
- § 15A-266.12 — Confidentiality of records
- § 15A-266.2 — Definitions
- § 15A-266.3 — Establishment of State DNA database and databank
- § 15A-266.3A — DNA sample required for DNA analysis upon arrest for certain offenses
- § 15A-266.4 — DNA sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction or finding of not guilty by reason of insanity
- § 15A-266.5 — Tests to be performed on DNA sample
- § 15A-266.5A — Statewide sexual assault examination kit testing protocol
- § 15A-266.6 — Procedures for obtaining DNA sample for analysis; refusal to provide sample
- § 15A-266.7 — Procedures for conducting DNA analysis of DNA sample
- § 15A-266.8 — DNA database exchange
- § 15A-266.9 — Cancellation of authority to exchange DNA records
- § 15A-267 — Access to DNA samples from crime scene
- § 15A-268 — Preservation of biological evidence
- § 15A-269 — Request for postconviction DNA testing
- § 15A-270 — Post-test procedures
- § 15A-270.1 — Right to appeal denial of defendant's motion for DNA testing
- § 15A-271 — Authority to issue order
- § 15A-272 — Time of application; additional investigative procedures not precluded
- § 15A-273 — Basis for order
- § 15A-274 — Issuance of order
- § 15A-275 — Modification of order
- § 15A-276 — Failure to appear
- § 15A-277 — Service of order
- § 15A-278 — Contents of order
- § 15A-279 — Implementation of order
- § 15A-280 — Return
- § 15A-281 — Nontestimonial identification order at request of defendant
- § 15A-282 — Copy of results to person involved
- § 15A-283 — through 15A-284
- § 15A-284.50 — Short title
- § 15A-284.51 — Purpose
- § 15A-284.52 — Eyewitness identification reform
- § 15A-284.53 — Training of law enforcement officers
- § 15A-285 — Non-law-enforcement actions when urgently necessary
- § 15A-286 — Definitions
- § 15A-287 — Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited
- § 15A-288 — Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices prohibited
- § 15A-289 — Confiscation of wire, oral, or electronic communication interception devices
- § 15A-290 — Offenses for which orders for electronic surveillance may be granted
- § 15A-291 — Application for electronic surveillance order; judicial review panel
- § 15A-292 — Request for application for electronic surveillance order
- § 15A-293 — Issuance of order for electronic surveillance; procedures for implementation
- § 15A-294 — Authorization for disclosure and use of intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communications
- § 15A-295 — Reports concerning intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communications
- § 15A-296 — Recovery of civil damages authorized
- § 15A-297 — Conformity to provisions of federal law
- § 15A-298 — Subpoena authority
- § 15A-299 — Discontinuation of telecommunications services used for unlawful purposes
- § 15A-300 — Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-300.1 — Restrictions on use of unmanned aircraft systems
- § 15A-300.2 — Regulation of launch and recovery sites
- § 15A-300.3 — Use of an unmanned aircraft system near a confinement or correctional facility prohibited
- § 15A-300.4 — Use of an unmanned aircraft system near a forest fire prohibited
- § 15A-301 — Criminal process generally
- § 15A-301.1 — Electronic Repository
- § 15A-302 — Citation
- § 15A-303 — Criminal summons
- § 15A-304 — Warrant for arrest
- § 15A-305 — Order for arrest
- § 15A-306 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-307 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-308 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-309 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-310 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-311 — Consulate documents not acceptable as identification
- § 15A-312 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-313 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-314 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-315 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-316 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-317 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-318 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-319 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-320 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-321 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-322 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-323 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-324 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-325 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-326 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-327 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-328 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-329 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-330 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-331 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-332 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-333 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-334 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-335 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-336 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-337 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-338 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-339 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-340 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-341 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-342 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-343 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-344 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-345 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-346 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-347 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-348 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-349 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-350 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-351 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-352 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-353 — : Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-354 — through 15A-400
- § 15A-401 — Arrest by law-enforcement officer
- § 15A-402 — Territorial jurisdiction of officers to make arrests
- § 15A-403 — Arrest by officers from other states
- § 15A-404 — Detention of offenders by private persons
- § 15A-405 — Assistance to law-enforcement officers by private persons to effect arrest or prevent escape; benefits for private persons
- § 15A-406 — Assistance by federal officers
- § 15A-407 — through 15A-409
- § 15A-410 — through 15A-453
- § 15A-454 — through 15A-500: Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-501 — Police processing and duties upon arrest generally
- § 15A-502 — Photographs and fingerprints
- § 15A-502.1 — DNA sample upon arrest
- § 15A-503 — Police assistance to persons arrested while unconscious or semiconscious
- § 15A-504 — Return of released person
- § 15A-505 — Notification of parent and school
- § 15A-506 — through 15A-510: Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-511 — Initial appearance
- § 15A-512 — through 15A-520
- § 15A-521 — Commitment to detention facility pending trial
- § 15A-522 — through 15A-530
- § 15A-531 — Definitions
- § 15A-532 — Persons authorized to determine conditions for release
- § 15A-533 — Right to pretrial release in capital and noncapital cases
- § 15A-534 — Procedure for determining conditions of pretrial release
- § 15A-534.1 — Crimes of domestic violence; bail and pretrial release
- § 15A-534.2 — Detention of impaired drivers
- § 15A-534.3 — Detention for communicable diseases
- § 15A-534.4 — Sex offenses and crimes of violence against child victims: bail and pretrial release
- § 15A-534.5 — Detention to protect public health
- § 15A-534.6 — Bail in cases of manufacture of methamphetamine
- § 15A-534.7 — Communicating a threat of mass violence; bail and pretrial release
- § 15A-534.8 — Rioting or looting; bail and pretrial release
- § 15A-534.9 — Threats against public officers; bail and pretrial release
- § 15A-535 — Issuance of policies on pretrial release
- § 15A-536 — Release after conviction in the superior court
- § 15A-537 — Persons authorized to effect release
- § 15A-538 — Modification of order on motion of person detained; substitution of surety
- § 15A-539 — Modification upon motion of prosecutor
- § 15A-540 — Surrender of a defendant by a surety; setting new conditions of release
- § 15A-541 — Persons prohibited from becoming surety
- § 15A-542 — False qualification by surety
- § 15A-543 — Penalties for failure to appear
- § 15A-544 — : Repealed by Session Laws 2000-133, s
- § 15A-544.1 — Forfeiture jurisdiction
- § 15A-544.2 — Identifying information on bond
- § 15A-544.3 — Entry of forfeiture
- § 15A-544.4 — Notice of forfeiture
- § 15A-544.5 — Setting aside forfeiture
- § 15A-544.6 — Final judgment of forfeiture
- § 15A-544.7 — Docketing and enforcement of final judgment of forfeiture
- § 15A-544.8 — Relief from final judgment of forfeiture
- § 15A-545 — Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-546 — Contempt
- § 15A-547 — Right to habeas corpus
- § 15A-547.1 — Remit bail bond if defendant sentenced to community or intermediate punishment
- § 15A-547.2 — through 15A-547
- § 15A-548 — through 15A-574: Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-575 — through 15A-600: Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 15A-601 — First appearance before a district court judge; consolidation of first appearance before magistrate and before district court judge; first appearance before clerk of superior court
- § 15A-602 — Warning of right against self-incrimination
- § 15A-603 — Assuring defendant's right to counsel
- § 15A-604 — Determination of sufficiency of charge
- § 15A-605 — Additional proceedings at first appearance before judge
- § 15A-606 — Demand or waiver of probable-cause hearing
- § 15A-607 — through 15A-610
- § 15A-611 — Probable-cause hearing procedure
- § 15A-612 — Disposition of charge on probable-cause hearing
- § 15A-613 — Setting offense for trial in district court
- § 15A-614 — Review of eligibility for pretrial release
- § 15A-615 — Testing of certain persons for sexually transmitted infections
- § 15A-616 — through 15A-620
- § 15A-621 — "Grand jury" defined