NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 729

SENATE BILL 330

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE SEARCH WARRANTS TO BE AFFIXED TO THE PROPERTY WHEN THE OWNER OR POSSESSOR OF THE PROPERTY IS NOT PRESENT AND REASONABLE EFFORTS TO LOCATE HIM HAVE FAILED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 15-27.2(e) is amended by adding to the end of that subsection the following sentence:

"If the owner or possessor of the property is not present on the property at the time of the search or inspection and reasonable efforts to locate the owner or possessor have been made and have failed, the warrant or a copy thereof may be affixed to the property and shall have the same effect as if served personally upon the owner or possessor."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of May, 1979.