GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 375

HOUSE BILL 682

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE USE OF THE STATE COURIER SERVICE OR A COMMON OR CONTRACT CARRIER IN ADDITION TO THE UNITED STATES MAIL FOR PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING A CHAIN OF CUSTODY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 8 of the North Carolina General Statutes, as the same is found in Volume 1B of the General Statutes, 1981 Replacement, is amended by adding a new Article 14 to read as follows:

 "ARTICLE 14.

 "Chain of Custody.

"§ 8-100.  Courier service and contract carriers. - For purposes of maintaining a chain of custody for any item of evidence, depositing the item with the State courier service operated by the Department of Administration or a common or contract carrier shall be considered the same as depositing such item in First Class United States Mail."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-101(c)(2), as the same is found in the 1981 Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes, 1981 Replacement, is amended by rewriting the first line to read:

"(2)      The State courier service operated by the Department of Administration, a common or contract carrier, or a public warehouseman, or an".

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1983.