{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-257","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-257","heading":"Return of the executed warrant.","body":"An officer who has executed a search warrant must, without unnecessary delay, return to the clerk of the issuing court the warrant together with a written inventory of items seized. The inventory, if any, and return must be signed and sworn to by the officer who executed the warrant. (1973, c. 1286, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER II. LAW-ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES.","Article 11. Search Warrants."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-257.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"bd737a7ff9a12e030229233b23ae4bd4c6adfd32cb0c30a6b36af497123378f3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-256","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-258"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}