{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-109.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-109.3","heading":"Delivery of commitment order.","body":"(a)\tWhenever the district court sentences a person to imprisonment and commitment to the custody of the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction pursuant to G.S. 15A-1352, the clerk of superior court shall furnish the sheriff with the signed order of commitment within 48 hours of the issuance of the sentence.\n(a1)\tIf the district court sentences a person under the age of 18 to imprisonment and commitment, the clerk of superior court shall furnish the detention facility approved by the Division of Juvenile Justice with the signed order of commitment within 48 hours of the issuance of the sentence.\n(b)\tWhenever the superior court sentences a person to imprisonment and commitment to the custody of the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction pursuant to G.S. 15A-1352, the clerk of superior court shall furnish the sheriff with the signed order of commitment within 72 hours of the issuance of the sentence.\n(c)\tIf the superior court sentences a person under the age of 18 to imprisonment and commitment, the clerk of superior court shall furnish the detention facility approved by the Division of Juvenile Justice with the signed order of commitment within 48 hours of the issuance of the sentence. (1999-237, s. 18.10(c); 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-186, s. 2(b); 2020-83, s. 8(a); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(p), (z).)","path":["Chapter 7A. Judicial Department.","SUBCHAPTER III. SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION OF THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE.","Article 12. Clerk of Superior Court."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7A/GS_7A-109.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:27Z","sha256":"43cd9a75352c9191f4806e14fa51c3618691f75df8b4a51412f5cf6551aea011","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-109.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-109.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}