{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-822","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-822","heading":"Securing attendance of prisoner outside the State as witness in proceeding in the State.","body":"(a)\tWhen\n(1)\tA criminal action or proceeding is pending in a court of this State, and\n(2)\tThere is reasonable cause to believe that a person confined in a correctional institution or prison of another state, other than a person confined as mentally ill, possesses information material to such criminal action or proceeding, and\n(3)\tThe attendance of the person as a witness in such proceeding is desired by a party thereto, and\n(4)\tThe state in which such person is confined possesses a statute equivalent to G.S. 15A-821, the court in which such proceeding is pending may issue a certificate under the seal of the court, certifying all such facts and certifying that the attendance of the person as a witness in such court is required for a specified number of days.\n(b)\tThe certificate may be issued upon application of either the State or a defendant setting forth the facts specified in subsection (a).\n(c)\tUpon issuing such a certificate, the court may cause it to be delivered to a court of such other state which is authorized to initiate or undertake action for the delivery of such prisoners to this State as witnesses. (1973, c. 1286, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER VIII. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES; DEPOSITIONS.","Article 44. Securing Attendance of Prisoners as Witnesses."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-822.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"54ceaade0fb2e5856a3e93b0024263e521ebd3c5394a1d05ef5f3bf7197a2bc1","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-821","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-823"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}