NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 451

HOUSE BILL 149

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PARTY MAY INTRODUCE PHOTOGRAPHS AS SUBSTANTIVE EVIDENCE UPON LAYING A PROPER FOUNDATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Chapter 8 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is amended to add a new Article as follows:

"ARTICLE 13.

"Photographs.

"§ 8-92. Photographs as substantive or illustrative evidence. - Any party may introduce a photograph, video tape, motion picture, X-ray or other photographic representation as substantive evidence upon laying a proper foundation and meeting other applicable evidentiary requirements. This section does not prohibit a party from introducing a photograph or other pictorial representation solely for the purpose of illustrating the testimony of a witness."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective on October 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1981.