GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1995 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 206

HOUSE BILL 634

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION OF CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHILE TRANSPORTING PERSONS IN CUSTODY WITHIN THE STATE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-402(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)      City Officers, Outside Territory. - Law-enforcement officers of cities may arrest persons at any point which is one mile or less from the nearest point in the boundary of such city.  Law enforcement officers of cities may transport a person in custody to or from any place within the State for the purpose of that person attending criminal court proceedings.  While engaged in the transportation of persons for the purpose of attending criminal court proceedings, law enforcement officers of cities may arrest persons at any place within the State for offenses occurring in connection with and incident to the transportation of persons in custody."

Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1995.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives