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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-729: Authority of arresting officer.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.
- SUBCHAPTER VII. SPEEDY TRIAL; ATTENDANCE OF DEFENDANTS.
- Article 37. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.
Every such peace officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein as peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their assistance. (1937, c. 273, s. 9; 1973, c. 1286, s. 16.)
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