{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-644","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-644","heading":"Form and content of indictment, information or presentment.","body":"(a)\tAn indictment must contain:\n(1)\tThe name of the superior court in which it is filed;\n(2)\tThe title of the action;\n(3)\tCriminal charges pleaded as provided in Article 49 of this Chapter, Pleadings and Joinder;\n(4)\tThe signature of the prosecutor, but its omission is not a fatal defect; and\n(5)\tThe signature of the foreman or acting foreman of the grand jury attesting the concurrence of 12 or more grand jurors in the finding of a true bill of indictment.\n(b)\tAn information must contain everything required of an indictment in subsection (a) except that the accusation is that of the prosecutor and the provisions of subdivision (a)(5) do not apply. The information must also contain or have attached the waiver of indictment pursuant to G.S. 15A-642(c).\n(c)\tA presentment must contain everything required of an indictment in subsection (a) except that the provisions of subdivisions (a)(4) and (5) do not apply and the foreman must by his signature attest the concurrence of 12 or more grand jurors in the presentment. (1973, c. 1286, s. 1; 1975, c. 166, s. 27.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","Subchapter VI. Preliminary Proceedings.","Article 32. Indictment and Related Instruments."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-644.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"9db45367196ebc6c9e1d75bbd4970fa6a96f3cd820f0ad095c5133dae92dc148","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-643","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-644.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}